Imperator - Development Diary - 12th of November 2018

[Orimichi]

No, I’m correct here. “Pluto” is Greek, not Latin. The God “Ploutos,” whose name likewise derived from the Greek word for wealth, was a separate God who also overlooks wealth, and would sometimes identified with Plouton. The Latin names for the God are Dis Pater or Orcus.

I said roman, not latin.
Yes Pluto is a greek name, but the greek called this god Hades on the beginning. After they refer to him as Pluto, and roman take this name in their pantheon. Dis Pater, is the name of a similary roman god before the integration of greek's god in the roman pantheon.
I know that Ploutos is a separate god, but if you look for a god just about wealth and not inferno, this one match better.

 

[LordDamien]

Good Dev Diary and very intriguing. Although I can't help but wonder why you decided to call ancient Egyptian religion Kemetic:

Kemetic Orthodoxy is a modern religious sect based on Kemeticism, which is a reconstruction of Egyptian polytheism. So in a sense, this is not even true ancient Egyptian Religion but a modern version of it. so Why not just call it Ancient Egyptian? or Just call it Kemiticsim or Kemet because Kemetic is the Modern version of it. Just a small minor thing

Also Apollo giving Manpower boost is a Odd choice
Why not have Demeter/ Ceres give the Manpower boost ?. which makes more sense than Apollo giving that boost. Since Apllo mainly dealt with god of music, truth and prophecy, healing

 

[blargle_ragequit]

Can I play as a Jew without paying $10 first? I'm happy to buy DLC, but I don't want to wait until months post-launch to play a campaign as my own people.

 

[Deleted]

I said roman, not latin.
Yes Pluto is a greek name, but the greek called this god Hades on the beginning. After they refer to him as Pluto, and roman take this name in their pantheon. Dis Pater, is the name of a similary roman god before the integration of greek's god in the roman pantheon.
I know that Ploutos is a separate god, but if you look for a god just about wealth and not inferno, this one match better.

Again, “Haides” was the God’s name in a funerary context. In all other instances, the God was worshiped as Ploutōn, God of mineral wealths.

Dis Pater is a name that is explicitly associated with mineral wealth as well.

 

[DFrantz]

Didn't Crete have it's own religion or was it before the game start?

 

[Riekopo]

Wow love the detail!

 

[Samitte]

Didn't Crete have it's own religion or was it before the game start?

Way before game start (about 1000+ years), the ancient Minoans are long gone at this point

 

[Supersotamies]

which is timespan of this game?

 

[ranbir]

Wow I didn't realise the map stretched so far. Time to recreate a Mahabharata.

 

[Vaximillian]

Could you share any more detail or information links about Martist? I never heard it before. I will be gald, if I could know why Paradox choose this name.

They chose this name because it’s about a mother goddess. Mother is mater in Latin. Mater → matrism.

 

[aweaster]

Is there an event in which Antico was defeated? And whether there is a follow-up to Dmitry's invasion of Macedonia.

 

[zjamespryor]

Technically, the Jewish scripture would be the TaNaKh (Torah, Nevi'im, Ketuvim). I suppose it doesn't really make a difference for this though

 

[Thure]

What is with the Germanic Tribes? Thor, Odin etc. Those are not Viking special, The norse are more or less the last germanic pagans. There are differences between the later Northe paganism and the erlier germanic tribes. But the germanic is not Celtic. Indeed, there is a dicussion are the first germans a kind of celts? But in the beginnig of the Game there must be some true germanics in the northeast of todays Germany

Ehem:

• Tuistic: The ancient Germanic god for Tius, Teiws, or Tuisto, was worshipped by the early migratory tribes from modern-day Scandinavia. Many accounts suggest that the Germanic people practiced a largely animist religion, venerating the earth and sky, and the life force of all living things.

 

[Madmanscience]

I think you forgot to bold Kios.

 

[Altnkurt]

Hirfanlı Dam was completed in 1959. But there is Hirfanlı Dam Lake. LUL.

 

[Thure]

Hirfanlı Dam was completed in 1959. But there is Hirfanlı Dam Lake. LUL.

You can make a nice suggestion. Somebody can't now EVERY dam lake in the world and it's foundation date. Just tell the devs nicely what should be changed

 

[Had a dad]

which is timespan of this game?

start of the Republic to the start of the Empire

 

[Goodis]

Oh my god this looks too good to be true, I LOVE IT

 

[Atlantians]

How moddable are religions? Would it be possible to mod in a religion with a religious head (e.g. Catholicism/Christianity)?

There was no 'religious head' in Christendom for centuries after it was formed, long after the time period of this game.

 

[Had a dad]

There was no 'religious head' in Christendom for centuries after it was formed, long after the time period of this game.

And that answers his question how? One of the nice things about moding is you can change the game...