Crafter of War
The Dorf
- Location
- Bend
I'm voting for influence because I like Nervos Belli's idea.
Who Needs Harmony?: An MLP Empire Quest
- Thread starter Questor
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lockingbane
If you're crazy and you know it clap your hands!
- Location
- Waxahachie tx
Huh, technically we could do that anyway with the neutral court and probably would have to do so for either religious freedom or influence and dealing with religion is a garruntee since we are unlocking the piety section.
Just want to point that out.
Crow gotta eat
That peckish, patriotic, Protestant passerine.
- Location
- United States of America
I just personally like the ideas around the state influence mechanics. Not doing it out of fear of Discord cultists or whatever.
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lockingbane
If you're crazy and you know it clap your hands!
- Location
- Waxahachie tx
Then i have no problems with that. How ever enough people have commented on that being their fear that it seems it is the general idea.
Frankly i am glad some people are voting for interest rather than worry over the non existent threats
Crafter of War
The Dorf
- Location
- Bend
Really? From the way the text is stated, it seemed like it's only possible if we go down the influence route. Freedom seems to indicate it will only exist as flavor text.
lockingbane
If you're crazy and you know it clap your hands!
- Location
- Waxahachie tx
Dude, even in modern day people have to work around religion. In medieval settings i expect it to be more so. And having a nuetral court would make sense even with religious freedom as we have so many religions in our empire having a nuetral court makes sense.
EDIT: Maybe even more so as it would allow other culture's religions to be integrated into the empire much more readily meaning we would be dealing with such things more and a court for such things becomes even more useful.
After all, even religiouns would still be held accountable by the law and we WOULD need a good religiously nuetral court to deal with such things. Wouldnt want religious bias after all.
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Nervos Belli
Don't think this means you've won!
- Location
- Murica
Yeah, in theory any of the options could have some safeguards to mediate religious conflict before it erupts, but it seemed to me like it fit best under the influence choice. Plus like I said, juggling some demands and offers of various factions seems like it could be interesting without adding too much complexity to the game. Things like providing funding for religious centers of higher learning or options to recruit specialized units sound like they could be fun.
- Location
- Space
I believe he was referring more to the realism of the game, basically in freedom we only have religion as flavor and nothing else, no positives and negatives with all problems or similar solving themselves behind the scenes without player input.
This is actually main reason why i vote for the influence option because we get to actually play and solve potential problems.
lockingbane
If you're crazy and you know it clap your hands!
- Location
- Waxahachie tx
Why though? It doesnt seem to be locked into any one more than another.
We would still be doing that as we ARE the ones with the most authority, power, and influence so they would want to make offers and demands. Why would it be limited to influence?
We would still be able to do that. Heck, we would probably have a greater variety to choose from due to the naturally greater different types that would gather under religious freedom. Might even get some unique ones simply due to there being enough freedom for them to form.
- Location
- Next Door, On the Moon, US of A, Andromeda Galaxy
[X] Total Religious Freedom
[X] Do Nothing about the Imperial Cult
[X] Do Nothing about the Imperial Cult
lockingbane
If you're crazy and you know it clap your hands!
- Location
- Waxahachie tx
We are the leader of the nation and we are unlocking the piety option. We WILL be dealing with such issues, the main thing seems to be it introduces a larger variety to choose from and we wont be suppressing religions.
Not only will this encourage a large and diverse group of possibilities but also allow us to have more religious tolerance which will also probably give us greater diplomatic bonuses with new nations and with our allies.
Crafter of War
The Dorf
- Location
- Bend
Dude, Questor said that Freedom would mean that we only get flavor text when it comes to religion.
- Location
- Space
Because in freedom that is only a flavor option, we don't have piety option and are continuing to play like before, so we won't get those demands while in influence we get piety option.
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lockingbane
If you're crazy and you know it clap your hands!
- Location
- Waxahachie tx
Ah, did not see that. My bad.
Though that seems a bit weird. Why would religious freedom be a flavor option when it is very much not historically?
- Location
- Germany
[X] State Influence: While you don't really like the idea of the government having direct control over religious institutions, it's clear that there needs to be some kind of authority to prevent sectarian conflict between the different faiths that exist within your Empire. As such, while you shan't have full control over the various religious institutions, you will exert some influence and control whenever it becomes necessary to do so, using your authority as Emperor.
[X] Do Nothing about the Imperial Cult: Maybe you're of two minds about your most fanatically loyal subjects. Perhaps you don't want to risk being misunderstood or accused of manipulating such vulnerable people. Or maybe you just want to see how things play out without your influence. Regardless of your motives, you'll leave the Cult to its own devices for now, neither encouraging nor discouraging it.
[X] Do Nothing about the Imperial Cult: Maybe you're of two minds about your most fanatically loyal subjects. Perhaps you don't want to risk being misunderstood or accused of manipulating such vulnerable people. Or maybe you just want to see how things play out without your influence. Regardless of your motives, you'll leave the Cult to its own devices for now, neither encouraging nor discouraging it.
- Location
- Italia
Changing my vote to :
[X] Total Religious Freedom
[X] Do Nothing about the Imperial Cult
[X] Total Religious Freedom
[X] Do Nothing about the Imperial Cult
- Location
- USA
[X] State Influence: While you don't really like the idea of the government having direct control over religious institutions, it's clear that there needs to be some kind of authority to prevent sectarian conflict between the different faiths that exist within your Empire. As such, while you shan't have full control over the various religious institutions, you will exert some influence and control whenever it becomes necessary to do so, using your authority as Emperor.
[X] Do Nothing about the Imperial Cult: Maybe you're of two minds about your most fanatically loyal subjects. Perhaps you don't want to risk being misunderstood or accused of manipulating such vulnerable people. Or maybe you just want to see how things play out without your influence. Regardless of your motives, you'll leave the Cult to its own devices for now, neither encouraging nor discouraging it.
[X] Do Nothing about the Imperial Cult: Maybe you're of two minds about your most fanatically loyal subjects. Perhaps you don't want to risk being misunderstood or accused of manipulating such vulnerable people. Or maybe you just want to see how things play out without your influence. Regardless of your motives, you'll leave the Cult to its own devices for now, neither encouraging nor discouraging it.
- Location
- Germany
[X] Total Religious Freedom
[X] Do Nothing about the Imperial Cult
[X] Do Nothing about the Imperial Cult
Tithed_Verse
Vainglorious
- Location
- Iowa
- Pronouns
- They/Them
Because this is a work of fiction, not a historical setting. Because "historical accuracy!" is the cry of neck-beards, and most quest runners don't care about historical accuracy, they care about entertaining the players. Because religion is a deeply uncomfortable topic for many. Most of us were raised to NOT TALK ABOUT RELIGION.
It makes perfect sense why we would avoid having a piety category, and what doesn't really make sense is why so many people want real-world parallels for a story.
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