Is it worth changing religion as Russia?

[Aepdneds]

Hi, I am planning starting a Russian one faith run.

Is it worth in your opinion to change to catholic? This would open the road to become the emperor and also to become the pope with it's nice -20% aggressive expansion modifier.

Are there any events/mechanics for Russia which are requiring to stay orthodox?

 

[Dominion]

Are there any events/mechanics for Russia which are requiring to stay orthodox?

Yea. Every event related to the Orthodox church.

Ctrl+F "Orthodox"

 

[Aepdneds]

Thank you. They all look not game changing, just adding patriarch authority

 

[pedrito_elcabra]

Blasphemy!

 

[ecrurudesby]

Is it worth in your opinion to change to catholic?

Not as Russia

This would open the road to become the emperor

Peace of Westphalia allows any Christian denomination to be the Holy Roman Emperor.

and also to become the pope with it's nice -20% aggressive expansion modifier.

Papal controller is not the Pope.

 

[rauyran]

Hi, I am planning starting a Russian one faith run.

Is it worth in your opinion to change to catholic? This would open the road to become the emperor and also to become the pope with it's nice -20% aggressive expansion modifier.

Are there any events/mechanics for Russia which are requiring to stay orthodox?

Consider going coptic for access to many more missionaries.

 

[Aepdneds]

You are right with the pope.

I find it extremely hard to force the truce of Westphalia when you are not the leader of the Protestant league. I tried this before but failed.

I tried to be the only member of the league by adding me instantly after the Catholic league formed but the casus belly is only available after the next month and by then you lost already your place to one of the electors.

 

[DanubianCossak]

Changing religion from Orthodox when playing as Russia is unjohanly.

Youve been warned.

 

[Tavior]

Consider going coptic for access to many more missionaries.

How would you get access to coptic land?

 

[Rikissa]

How would you get access to coptic land?

Snake through the Golden Horde into the Caucasus

 

[Tavior]

Snake through the Golden Horde into the Caucasus

Awful long way to snake when it is tiny smidgen easier to stay orthodox and bake some wild bird.

 

[Mismangaement]

Honestly the rewards for having high patriarchy are awesome and you don't have to convert to get RM's, i usually just stay Orthodox with my russia plays.

 

[Anastasius]

 

[TheMeInTeam]

Consider going coptic for access to many more missionaries.

Orthodox also gets a ton of missionaries, and can actually convert faster at full patriarch authority.

Not that either religion has any trouble converting stuff, completing the conquest needed is the bigger step.

 

[Thrake]

I think it's worth it going Catholic, as it will spare you the trouble of converting most of Europe. Plus a chance to grab the HRE mantle, although I found that getting it late is a daunting task to pass up reforms once too many minors are gone, shadow kingdom came up and having to deal with the Catholic heresies. Not that it's hard per se to do but it drains a lot of ressources for a minor autority increase.

 

[Drachenfels]

I think it's worth it going Catholic, as it will spare you the trouble of converting most of Europe. Plus a chance to grab the HRE mantle, although I found that getting it late is a daunting task to pass up reforms once too many minors are gone, shadow kingdom came up and having to deal with the Catholic heresies. Not that it's hard per se to do but it drains a lot of ressources for a minor autority increase.

Conquer enough land and add them to hre. Reforms are trivial if you planning to amass a land (and he will in order to convert protestants) .

 

[Thrake]

Conquer enough land and add them to hre. Reforms are trivial if you planning to amass a land (and he will in order to convert protestants) .

The AI barely passes reforms usually, so this means that, by the time you get emperorship you have to do all the job. There are not enough provinces in Europe to pass all reforms I'd say.

 

[Dominion]

The AI barely passes reforms usually, so this means that, by the time you get emperorship you have to do all the job. There are not enough provinces in Europe to pass all reforms I'd say.

There are enough provinces for all 8 reforms.

 

[lightvsdarkness]

I tried it several times, to become Emperor, and once succeeded, but it's very hard. Chances are small.