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July 4th, 2009, 04:32 AM
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Who believes?
Do I understand correctly that Dominion is not about army presence, but the strength of the population's belief in your pretender God's supremacy? You build temples, for example, and your dominion increases because the people flock there and see the glory of God. Your priests spread the word, much like Saulus did back in the day. Soon everyone is talking: Your God is not just an idea!
So I am stil very new, but I was playing SP against lots of death nations, and came across 4 provinces with only a couple of hundreds of population in there. I tried some blood hunting, and had death scales, as did my opposition. Soon there was ... NO POPULATION left in half a dozen provinces. But my dominion rose.
So with no population -- who believes? How can anyone's dominion flourish with no citzens? No one is there to train the smiths to forge the armor to recruit the troops, but also no is there to flock to the temples! The priests preach -- to whom?
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July 4th, 2009, 05:19 AM
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Re: Who believes?
Dominion is not tied to population. Yes.
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July 4th, 2009, 05:40 AM
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Re: Who believes?
You believe therefor you are
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July 4th, 2009, 12:11 PM
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Re: Who believes?
Wouldnt that be "They believe, therefore you are"?
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July 4th, 2009, 05:50 PM
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Re: Who believes?
Quote:
Originally Posted by Gandalf Parker
Wouldnt that be "They believe, therefore you are"?
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No because they arnt there. It must the god keeping up the faith :P
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July 4th, 2009, 12:57 PM
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July 4th, 2009, 06:36 PM
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Re: Who believes?
Reminds me of a line from Jesus Christ Superstar:
"If every tongue were still, the noise would still continue / The rocks and stones themselves would start to sing"
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July 4th, 2009, 06:47 PM
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Re: Who believes?
It's just that all the dead people walking around don't pay taxes, and can't make stuff. Useless dead people! But they are pretty die-hard believers. It's all they have left, pretty much.
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July 4th, 2009, 06:55 PM
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Re: Who believes?
It's just the influence of the god. Judging by various events that can occur, it is tied to the faith of the population to an extent, but clearly that isn't all there is to it.
Also, it's just a game. Stuff is abstracted. Very little of it really makes much sense.
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July 4th, 2009, 10:52 PM
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Re: Who believes?
This is just another example of human-centric silliness. Clearly no PEOPLE live there, but that doesn't stop the spiders and rats and mushrooms and mold from expressing their faith.
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