Does it really matter what RELIGION u found?

[Lickmajora]

i only read that certain civs prefer certain religions.... how does that impact gameplay? it's not like in order for me to Pagoda, I have to be a buddhist civ, etc

[Desperado]

the name and icon you choose for your religion doesnt matter at all....as for selecting beliefs, its just a matter of how you wish to play

[re1er]

The certain civs preffeer ceratain religions is for the AI only otherwise it is completly irellavent

[ZeBunisher]

Every AI civ will *try* to found its own religion and if it succeeds in doing so it will use its 'prefered religion'.
If it fails to get its own religion it will just go with whatever other religion is being spread by some other civ but they wont ever care if it is their 'prefered' one or not.
The tenets you choose also have pretty much no effect on whether they will like any particular religion or not.

[runequester]

It's all up to the "skills" you pick.

I try to pick what fits the civ I am playing the best but that's just for role playing purposes.

[Lickmajora]

so that is pretty shallow no?? Like if I pick Orthodoxy I wish there was something exlcusive to Orthodoxy like Nicene Creed,.... or if pciked Judaism something like Messiah , blah blah etc etc , u know what i mean? Or Islam, bonus to Prophet skills, etc

[Akko Chan]

it's more for roleplay but certain civs will choose their respective religions.

Celts, Spanish, Rome, France will usually choose Catholic
England, America will typically be Protestant

you can assume that certain religions have morales to their real life counterparts. So if you personally are against the Ethics of Judaism or Islam. Buddhism or Christianity you can OPT for other religions. It's mainly out of personal preference. But some civs are religious fanatics like Spain who will spam Missionaries at you and other countries.

[cuqeen]

All religions are equal in Civ5 and there is a limited number of them, if there are many civs, some of them will never found a religion.
The name of the religion does not matter, they could had created a game with religion a, religion b, etc.

[Lickmajora]

I like this , there should be more like this ... "But some civs are religious fanatics like Spain who will spam Missionaries at you and other countries."

but aside from that exception, the religion a vs b vs c does not really matter reality looks like a waste of opportunity here.

I would like it if there was some "exclusive" factors for a particular religion.

1) Like Catholics should get a bonus feature if they find Notre Dame first , it gives bonus HP to the holy Catholic city
2) Judaism should get a penalty to happiness if their tiles have a pig on it (not that pigs exist in Civ 5),
3) Hinduism should get a massive faith bonus if they possess the highest number of cattle(Cow) tiles owned
4) Islamic civs should starve at a slower rate than others since they are used to fasting

u get me?? the possibilities are endless. Fireaxis should double down on the religion thing

[Washell]

Originally posted by Lickmajora:

u get me?? the possibilities are endless. Fireaxis should double down on the religion thing

So? Make a mod, because Firaxis sure as hell isn't touching this game anymore.

[The Rock God]

Originally posted by Lickmajora:

3) Hinduism should get a massive faith bonus if they possess the highest number of cattle(Cow) tiles owned

Because Hindus love eating beef, right?
At least all of the ones I've known.

[Lickmajora]

nah man i meant for future civs...
as for hindus they revere cow, so they should get hooked up if cows are on their tiles, as long as they not slaughtered.

[Count Von Count]

Originally posted by Lickmajora:

Judaism should get a penalty to happiness if their tiles have a pig on it (not that pigs exist in Civ 5)

Truffles.

[Washell]

Originally posted by Lickmajora:

nah man i meant for future civs...
as for hindus they revere cow, so they should get hooked up if cows are on their tiles, as long as they not slaughtered.

Basically, you'd need to swap out the food and production bonuses of cattle to piety bonuses.

But the thing is, the current setup of religion is quite brilliant. By decoupling the tenets from the specific religions and countries, they prevent stereotyping things. They also stop lengthy, controversial debates about, say, Islam being better than Christianity (for specific bonus reasons) which would backfire horribly in a market like the US. Or vice versa, being accused of making Christianity the only valid option and deliberately gimping other religions to placate their biggest market.

[Lickmajora]

Originally posted by Washell:

Originally posted by Lickmajora:

nah man i meant for future civs...
as for hindus they revere cow, so they should get hooked up if cows are on their tiles, as long as they not slaughtered.

Basically, you'd need to swap out the food and production bonuses of cattle to piety bonuses.

But the thing is, the current setup of religion is quite brilliant. By decoupling the tenets from the specific religions and countries, they prevent stereotyping things. They also stop lengthy, controversial debates about, say, Islam being better than Christianity (for specific bonus reasons) which would backfire horribly in a market like the US. Or vice versa, being accused of making Christianity the only valid option and deliberately gimping other religions to placate their biggest market.

nah, i dont think the people who play civ games are that dumb and shallow that that they would have to reduce themselves to have debates like that...

by your logic, i mean technically right now as civ 5 stands, there are no debates how Notre Dame (Catholic) is better//worse than Taj Mahal (Muslim).

Or Mosque bonus as it compares to Church, etc etc

[dande48]

You must found the one true religion, or God/ the Gods/ Karma will smite your Civ.