Which at the end of the day is what's important we can build more, but as noted in the update they're no fucking use sitting in docks because the people manning them are too terrified to go to sea because god may smack them with a lightening bolt!
It's a drop in personal power and having them under our personal command is preferable over having to beg the cult of we really need them
I am alright if she were to keep her cult under control and out of hands of robber barons of Marineburg. I mean already they are trying to use it to gut our treasury.
Why wouldn't she?
That's one reason why we make sure to not just do the bare minimum since her position in the cult is strengthended by us appeasing Manaan
Oh no a drop to our personal power we can replace in three years, and we will not have to beg them to protect our coastlines. My its almost like the GM's been repeating they're not going anywhere they're going to keeping doing what they were doing before just flying different flags!
Given the power of the mannanite priests...that's a huge deal!
How? Even just common sense should tell you god of the sea is a big deal.
I am with you 100% my only criticism of this update is that there is no shark fight option!
Aaaand there it is. Somebody pick that phone because I called it.
The point of the greatships are to protect people.
Because they are incredibly apolitical in comparison to how much political soft power they should have, this is why we don't really have to worry too much about the Cult trying to make Frederick subordinate to their will.
we could refuse kneehalling.... and insist on shark fight as it said in update....
A situation all people generally try to maintain, cause as shown even just them being dissapproving can completely knacker anyone with a coastline.
I want to fight a shark, burn its body on the Druchhi ships, mount one's head on a Great ship then get Keerhauled!
They would view it as cowardly because losing shiny baubles during keelhauling is a explicit risk and recommended since its seen as a sacrifice. Taking it off would be seen as Freddy too afraid of losing a gift.
If we don't wear it is because we are too afraid of losing it. It won't invalidate the keelhauling since it is still keelhauling but it would probably not net as much favor
I'd rather go harder on gifting our current stock then keep any new ships we build, just to guarantee Manaan is appeased.
But the three aren't using the cult to come after us. They're using their own trade routes/resources. If they were actively using the priesthood to come after us Maghda would've already come down on them like a sack of bricks.
Again, that's the specific subset of the Cult that she feels is overly fond of the monetary side of things. Whilst their might be a bit of overlap, they're still separate from the nobles we're in a Trade War with.
