I started playing as the Duke of Sicily in 767 (might not be the exact start year?). My liege was the Byzantine Emperor, who was of Iconoclast religion/heresy. I created a custom ruler, but changed my religion to Orthodox.
When I started the game there was an indication that I was playing as an Iconoclast ruler in one of the initial game messages that generates, even though I was actually personally playing a proper Orthodox ruler. I ignored the message, thinking it was merely stating that I was part of an Iconoclast Empire.
At any rate, a bit into the game I noticed that if I asked a bishop to convert to Orthodox from Iconoclast, in most cases following the conversion, they would be replaced by a new Iconoclast bishop?! I eventually converted to Iconoclast myself, which at least ensures that my religion can match with that of my bishops. But, 100 years or so into the game, I'm finding this increasingly annoying. There are some catholic counts in my realm who are repeatedly turning their bishops to Catholic, as would be expected, but I'm constantly being notified of bishop after bishop after bishop usurping the titles, forcing an Iconoclast bishop into the role (at least, until they get converted and forced out).
I have a lot of hours in this game, and have never seen this before. Anyone else encountered it? Are there any known workarounds?
When I started the game there was an indication that I was playing as an Iconoclast ruler in one of the initial game messages that generates, even though I was actually personally playing a proper Orthodox ruler. I ignored the message, thinking it was merely stating that I was part of an Iconoclast Empire.
At any rate, a bit into the game I noticed that if I asked a bishop to convert to Orthodox from Iconoclast, in most cases following the conversion, they would be replaced by a new Iconoclast bishop?! I eventually converted to Iconoclast myself, which at least ensures that my religion can match with that of my bishops. But, 100 years or so into the game, I'm finding this increasingly annoying. There are some catholic counts in my realm who are repeatedly turning their bishops to Catholic, as would be expected, but I'm constantly being notified of bishop after bishop after bishop usurping the titles, forcing an Iconoclast bishop into the role (at least, until they get converted and forced out).
I have a lot of hours in this game, and have never seen this before. Anyone else encountered it? Are there any known workarounds?