[fahdiz]

Originally posted by Peter Ebbesen:

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Originally posted by fahdiz:
Well, this weekend I broke down and ordered EU2 (found it for $11 Online, couldn't find it in the bargain bins of the usual game stores I frequent)...so that'll be arriving soon. One quick question about EU2 - is it possible to mold the state religion of your nation of choice, or do you pretty much have to tow the line of recorded history?

For example: if I wanted a Catholic China or a Buddhist British Empire, could I do so in EU2?

No - not without modding (which is easy as all event and all save files are plain text format for easy editing).

You can change between Catholic-Protestant-Reformed Protestant at will (though you suffer a bit of turmoil when doing so), but all other religion changes have to be either scripted (e.g. all Indian nations have a chance to become Sunni muslim through events) or forced. Sunni/Shia's can force-convert each other as can Catholics-Protestants-Reformed, and everybody can force-convert the pagans... (Though it is much more profitable to conquer them and send out the missionaries)

It is possible to create weird-religion vassal states, however, by conquering a country, converting its provinces, and releasing the country as a vassal. This is not cost-effective, but can be quite fun. [A few nations have hard-coded religion when you release them, but in general a new country gets the starting religion of its capital province]

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Excellent. Thank you, Peter, for the valuable information. I'm also glad to hear that the game is so easily moddable...that's outstanding!

Mostly I was thinking about in-game religion changes as opposed to starting with that particular religion...(i.e. China would start out Confuscianist/Buddhist, and I would eventually turn them Catholic), so I'm glad to know it's possible to do that as well, through various in-game means.

I'm excited! In the space of just a couple of months, I've found several new (well, new to me ) games, all because of one fantastic game (Dom II).

I'm thinking the upcoming Crusader Kings is my next target.

[ March 15, 2004, 16:41: Message edited by: fahdiz ]