Question about Cabinet and Cathedral

[StrayCat]

When you look at the Cabinet tasks that a member is performing, the icons, whether admin, diplo or mil can either be gold, silver, or bronze, what do these colors signify? You can also see this on the government section of the ledger to the right.

Also, why would you lose religious influence if you constructed a cathedral?

[tonypa]

Originally posted by StrayCat:

Also, why would you lose religious influence if you constructed a cathedral?

You do not lose it, you trade it for the Cathedral.

Just like you do not "lose" the money when you buy a hotdog, you spend the money and gain a hotdog. Hotdog = cathedral.

[Azunai]

The icons show how good that character is st this task. Bronze means they have low skill in the relevant category, gold is high skill, silver is in between.

Don't know the exact thresholds.

I think there was also a purple indicator when the guy has 90+ skill or so?

[Krozan]

Yup there is also a purple one.

0-33 bronze
34-66 silver
67-99 gold
100 purple

[StrayCat]

Well I feel stupid.....should've figured that out myself - thank you Azunai and Krozan.

So Tonypa, religious influence being used as a commodity for a building is absurd. The cathedral should be about materials and money....and shouldn't cost religious influence, but rather, should increase it for obvious reasons. So yeah, hotdog = cathedral, but you're not losing any influence with anyone when you buy the hotdog with money, except perhaps for some vegan types you may have a as acquaintances.

It's just as stupid as the 'no threat rival' system costing prestige...if anything, you should get more prestige because your realm is so secure. And there's many other systems like this in the game that are just as tiresome.

[eaerion]

Originally posted by StrayCat:

Well I feel stupid.....should've figured that out myself - thank you Azunai and Krozan.

So Tonypa, religious influence being used as a commodity for a building is absurd. The cathedral should be about materials and money....and shouldn't cost religious influence, but rather, should increase it for obvious reasons. So yeah, hotdog = cathedral, but you're not losing any influence with anyone when you buy the hotdog with money, except perhaps for some vegan types you may have a as acquaintances.

It's just as stupid as the 'no threat rival' system costing prestige...if anything, you should get more prestige because your realm is so secure. And there's many other systems like this in the game that are just as tiresome.

A cathedral isn't just a fancy pile of bricks - by definition, it's the seat of a bishop. Establishing a new diocese or bishopric isn't something a ruler could do simply by throwing money and stone at it. It requires lobbying the Church hierarchy (like the Pope) to reorganize ecclesiastical administration and grant the title.
In that sense, spending Religious Influence represents the political and clerical capital needed to establish that administrative structure, not the physical construction itself.

About prestige and rivals - I agree. Being the strongest force around should increase prestige, not decrease it.

[tonypa]

Originally posted by StrayCat:

Well I feel stupid.....should've figured that out myself - thank you Azunai and Krozan.

So Tonypa, religious influence being used as a commodity for a building is absurd. The cathedral should be about materials and money....and shouldn't cost religious influence, but rather, should increase it for obvious reasons. So yeah, hotdog = cathedral, but you're not losing any influence with anyone when you buy the hotdog with money, except perhaps for some vegan types you may have a as acquaintances.

It's just as stupid as the 'no threat rival' system costing prestige...if anything, you should get more prestige because your realm is so secure. And there's many other systems like this in the game that are just as tiresome.

It is not enough to have pile of money to build a cathedral, of course you need religious influence to even think about it. If you just have pile of money and even bigger pile of lumber you can build a tavern or sawmill or srawberry field, but not a cathedral.