Modding: Allow harmonization of specific heathen religions

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marcavis

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Currently harmonization can be done with whole groups of heathen religions, or with specific heretic religions. It would be good to be able to harmonize specific heathen religions, like Sunni, then Shia, then Ibadi, for 3 different bonuses.
I don't suggest changing vanilla EU4 in this way, as harmonization usually implies glossing over the differences in smaller details that religions within a group have.

Our mod has a very large religious group which most of the provinces follow, and I'd prefer if harmonizing that group didn't quickly give you religious harmony with 90% of the map.
 

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I don't suggest changing vanilla EU4 in this way, as harmonization usually implies glossing over the differences in smaller details that religions within a group have.
I suggest that vanilla EU4 should be changed in this way too, for the following reasons.
  1. Harmonization has to be a bi-directional process. Getting Confucians tolerant to particular religious group can indeed "gloss over the differences in smaller details", but to make local population pay taxes and become less rebellious you'll have to find a key to everyone with their differences.
  2. It doesn't make much sense that each branch of Buddhism requires individual harmonization, while harmonizing Christians, Muslims, and Pagans is done with a single action, despite each of these groups covering a larger part of the world map than all of Buddhism together.
  3. When country becomes Confucian by decision or event, old religion is automatically harmonized, which is overpowered when old religion doesn't belong to Eastern group. For example, formation of Qing by Tengri Manchu makes the whole Pagan group harmonized, and all non-Tengri pagans which previously hated Manchu for being heretics suddenly start liking them as true believers.
 
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