Balance - Advancement of Religion Act

[artemis667]

The Advancement of True Religion Act is a decision with very questionable benefit.

+1 global unrest for a mere +1 missionary strength - that you can never get rid of - is too much of a disincentive, human players are crazy to take it, and the AI is (rightfully) hard-coded not to.

It would make more sense to change the penalty from a global unrest penalty, to be, let's say, -1 to heathen and heretic tolerance.

Alternatively you could leave the global unrest penalty in, but make the missionary strength boost higher - maybe +2. It's still probably not worth it in almost all cases.

 

[bbqftw]

Christians have so many good missionary strength decisions without even considering that one, though.

 

[Denkt]

If you manage rebels, that unrest may mean nothing while the missionary strength still help you.

 

[zodium]

Yeah, I would actually much rather that similar decisions came with as harsh a counter to the bonus.

 

[IIWW]

If you manage rebels, that unrest may mean nothing while the missionary strength still help you.

When You convert everything You own missinary strengh mean nothing to You, while the Unrest still hurts You.

 

[artemis667]

Christians have so many good missionary strength decisions without even considering that one, though.

Sure. And most if not all players will take them all. Why have a decision that no one wants and no one takes? I'd be nerfing the bonuses on all the others - especially Act of Uniformity - and boosting this one.

OTOH I've said before, I really don't like the conversion strength mechanic in the first place - suggesting tweaks to it is a bit like trying to polish a turd, if you all will pardon the crude expression. But it is what it is - and doesn't seem to be going anywhere, so it's probably a good idea to balance everything around it as best as you can.

 

[zodium]

OTOH I've said before, I really don't like the conversion strength mechanic in the first place

This is a much more interesting discussion, tbh.

 

[grommile]

When You convert everything You own missinary strengh mean nothing to You, while the Unrest still hurts You.

When I convert everything I own, the next thing I do is arrange to own more things.

Which then need converting.

 

[IIWW]

When I convert everything I own, the next thing I do is arrange to own more things.

Which then need converting.

When You conquer new land You get unrest in them, too. -1 unrest means You get "no unrest" state 2 years earlier, and 2 years earlier a possibility to decrease authonomy. +1% missionary strengh won't make any province converted 2 years earlier.