This could be resolved by together with making every religion have 5 tenets also adding a few more tenets that are only present in certain religious groups, tenets that can only be used and added to Islamic faiths or Eastern Faiths, etc. This would allow for both historical representation and true variety and it is not difficult or expensive to add
There are already as many Restricted tenets as there are Common ones. 24 of each, so a total of 48, not counting Syncretism tenets.
Yeah so many of the tenets are so boring and useless that I will never pick them for a custom religion if I only have three choices.
The more variety you give, the more "boring" tenets you'll get. So which is it ? Should we have more tenets for more variety ? Or should we have more interesting tenets ?
Yeah, I know, we want it all.
Exactly, they do not fell like actual religions like they did in other paradox games but i think adding more flavor and differentiate them more would be a satisfyingly solution
The actual problem is the modularity. While nice for the niche modded community, it means that Catholicism isn’t Catholicism but a generic religion with 3 tenets tacked on, same with Orthodoxy, or the various branches of Islam.
if you actually want religions to shine, then have the historical religions custom designed uniquely, flesh out some specific heresies, and give them all unique life.
But that will never happen.
So same question as above : is it the mechanic of the religions that is lacking, or the Tenets in themselves ?
In CK2, there were 4 Christian religions, and 10 heresies.
In CK3, there are 16 Christian faiths.
In CK2, there were 34 religions, and 21 heresies, excluding reformed religion.
In CK3, there are 99 playable religions, excluding reformed religions.
So I really, really don't think "more" is the problem here.
As on other topics, I'm not saying nothing can be improved upon. But I don't think the problem is the system in itself.
I mean, Crusades are unlocked by a Tenet, so it's not a problem to have custom mechanics for a religion, and still have them embedded in the global religion mechanics.