I thought the Xohyssiri already took that one?
we've gained other options for agricultural innovations (vineyards, study->expand forest, hemp, poppies, possibly black soil) but haven't rly used them.
Not really innovations that increase agricultural yield as discussed there. We're pretty much capped out on agricultural yield for now.
personally I consider water mills to be partially agricultural in nature.
Industrial is pretty much the definition. For milling grain the ox drawn mill already largely produce all the flour you could eat already.
establishes alternate center of local power
However, our priests do not claim to power in that sense. They present a social service, but they don't generally comment on politics.
agree, except that the urban poor and laborers might not want it
Not very likely, the appeal system means that a Palace in their city is fantastic, they can seek redress immediately for injustice through them.
What they might not want?
Gymnasiums. THAT is an elite only structure they cannot participate in or use.
Well Yenyna had to use that ability throughout the entire war to make up for both a lack of years of training and being a young woman going up against highly disciplined warriors. If we had created some order of warriors capable of using that ability I believe our people would have enough common sense to use it in only the most dire of circumstances. They wouldn't need to hurt themselves in every battle, only when desperate.
I just wanted Dragon Warriors capable of pulling of ridiculous physical feats and to create a triumvirate of holy orders , is that to much to ask?
Doesn't work like that.
You know why no formal martial arts devised encourage going into a berserker frenzy?
To USE and channel the fury, you need to train with it.
Unless you had the Sharingan, you can't really use your berserk stats for anything unless you train in a frenzied state
Okay. Can we all please agree that the new City Policies should go towards Vassal Support?
We really, really need that right now.
Nope. Again, as with Forests, as with walls, as with Infrastructure.
Policies are all about the long game. The super long term benefits of making a problem less of a problem.
I'd agree that a Policy set to Vassal Support is useful, but for the immediate situation, we'd be better off taking Support Subordinate manually to cope with current issues. Heck, what do you do to fix culture gap with policies the most quickly right now? Build a library, temple and governor's palace in Redhill to push our culture into them.
For now, just one. And start Integrating Txolla from the ass up.