Unable to launch inquisiton

[chryzis]

I was unable to create my own religion. Now my cities are getting converted. I can build missionaries and apostles. However I cannot initiate the start inquisition. What am I missing?

[Rhudda]

Originally posted by chryzis:

What am I missing?

A religion. You can't launch an inquisition for a religion that isn't yours, just like you can't evangelise it. But you can build apostles, so use those for defence if you must. If you're a bit careful, they won't die and are worth their high cost.

Do keep in mind that any apostles and missionaries you build belong to the majority religion of the city you're building them in, so if you want to defend against a specific religion, don't do it with units that adhere to it.

[chryzis]

Thanx for the info. In the next game I was able to create a religion and also start the inquisition. Just seems a bit off that you are defenseless if you don't start a religion. I had accumilated like 5k in religion points, useless. Maybe the trick is to conquer a city with a different religion and start from there.

[BoydofZINJ]

Originally posted by chryzis:

Thanx for the info. In the next game I was able to create a religion and also start the inquisition. Just seems a bit off that you are defenseless if you don't start a religion. I had accumilated like 5k in religion points, useless. Maybe the trick is to conquer a city with a different religion and start from there.

If you did not start a religion... then it is assumed that you dont care which religion you have. Likewise, how does the AI really know which religion to cleanse... since none are yours? However, Apostles can still fight... and you can still use them when you have someone else's religion. Just becareful about spreading someone else' religion... they may win the religious victory condition (and cause you to lose) and your the one who helped them.

[Dr Duh]

Originally posted by chryzis:

Thanx for the info. In the next game I was able to create a religion and also start the inquisition. Just seems a bit off that you are defenseless if you don't start a religion. I had accumilated like 5k in religion points, useless. Maybe the trick is to conquer a city with a different religion and start from there.

Don't forget you can buy great people with faith, and also you can look for civics and other things that allow you to buy units or buildings with faith.

[term.guff]

I'd love the option to use an apostle from a different religion to start an inquisition, seems like a major oversight in game's religion design. Especially since one of the most famous Inquisitions in history was the Spanish Inquisition, which, if it played out in game, would be impossible since the Spanish Civilization were followers of another Civilization's religion (Roman Catholicism).

I'm currently playing through a game where I missed founding my own religion. Hinduism is a better fit for me than Islam or Zoroastrianism (both of which benefit rival civs while carrying little benefits for me), and I am a majority Hindu nation so it just seems logical that I should be able to start an Inquisition to purge the other religions from my borders.