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!@#$%! · 07.01.2010, 10:59 AM

yeah, wish that had worked too. by now all the aztecs would be doing yardwork in my versailles. seriously, that's one of the civs i always kill early when they are near-- cranky bastards!

i know what religion does and i do get missionaries everywhere once i get a religion, but i do not peddle any particular religion-- i get free religion ASAP and benefit from the clusterfuck by doubling my culture. i never do theocracy. i'd rather focus my research on key points of the tech tree (philosophy, liberalism, replaceable parts) and acquire mysticism etc by trading down with the most stupid suckas. i often end up discovering various religions, but only as an offshoot of my technological research: bullets beat arrows.

in other words, i use religion, obviously, and build whatever buildings i need (i like cathedrals, 50% culture), but i do not prioritize resources on expanding "my" religion as a political tool, because those are resources taken away from tech + industry-- once my economy explodes, the religious shit is carried easily by the wake of my overflowing trea$ury.

of course there is an advantage of converting early in the game: you have no state religion, you're right next to spain, and you need to bide your time, so you be buddy buddy, you build your buildings faster, you grow some advanced weaponry, and then tell them to fuck off and you receive their horses with mechanized infantry for the lulz. of course this is resolved much earlier--- my early macemen will kill pretty much all of their little lives while they are still building axemen.

btw, i always get the UN to ban H bombs before they even crop up, so that's a non-issue.

07.01.2010, 10:59 AM	#1639
!@#$%! invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: mars attacks Posts: 42,731	yeah, wish that had worked too. by now all the aztecs would be doing yardwork in my versailles. seriously, that's one of the civs i always kill early when they are near-- cranky bastards! i know what religion does and i do get missionaries everywhere once i get a religion, but i do not peddle any particular religion-- i get free religion ASAP and benefit from the clusterfuck by doubling my culture. i never do theocracy. i'd rather focus my research on key points of the tech tree (philosophy, liberalism, replaceable parts) and acquire mysticism etc by trading down with the most stupid suckas. i often end up discovering various religions, but only as an offshoot of my technological research: bullets beat arrows. in other words, i use religion, obviously, and build whatever buildings i need (i like cathedrals, 50% culture), but i do not prioritize resources on expanding "my" religion as a political tool, because those are resources taken away from tech + industry-- once my economy explodes, the religious shit is carried easily by the wake of my overflowing trea$ury. of course there is an advantage of converting early in the game: you have no state religion, you're right next to spain, and you need to bide your time, so you be buddy buddy, you build your buildings faster, you grow some advanced weaponry, and then tell them to fuck off and you receive their horses with mechanized infantry for the lulz. of course this is resolved much earlier--- my early macemen will kill pretty much all of their little lives while they are still building axemen. btw, i always get the UN to ban H bombs before they even crop up, so that's a non-issue.
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