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I'm playing the Romans (Augustus) and I've finally discovered how effective this strategy on religion is. I know that a ton of other people have advocated this strategy before, but I've always been a major builder and have had trouble even maintaining enough of an army to keep Ghandi off my back.
Now I've learned.
Step 1: I'm playing the Romans, so I'm not going to be able to found Buddhism or Hinduism and I'm not going to be the king of the Jews in either sense unless I make it my top priority.
Since Praetorians are just so darned tasty, I figured I'd skip religions and just go for Bronze/Iron working and some worker techs with just enough Pottery to keep my economy stable as I send out settlers.
Step 2: Asoka founds Buddhism, builds the shrine of cash in his capital and converts my other two neighbors.
Step 3: I build Praetorians, capture a few of his cities. Convert to Buddhism. Asoka gives me a few Techs to get me off his back.
Step 4: I build Catapults and take all but one of the rest of his cities. Asoka is now my vassal and I have the Buddhist shrine pumping out cash to sustain my large and growing empire. I happened to pick up the holy city of Islam and Christianity as well.
Don't found a Religion. Conquer one. Or two or three.
Now I've learned.
Step 1: I'm playing the Romans, so I'm not going to be able to found Buddhism or Hinduism and I'm not going to be the king of the Jews in either sense unless I make it my top priority.
Since Praetorians are just so darned tasty, I figured I'd skip religions and just go for Bronze/Iron working and some worker techs with just enough Pottery to keep my economy stable as I send out settlers.
Step 2: Asoka founds Buddhism, builds the shrine of cash in his capital and converts my other two neighbors.
Step 3: I build Praetorians, capture a few of his cities. Convert to Buddhism. Asoka gives me a few Techs to get me off his back.
Step 4: I build Catapults and take all but one of the rest of his cities. Asoka is now my vassal and I have the Buddhist shrine pumping out cash to sustain my large and growing empire. I happened to pick up the holy city of Islam and Christianity as well.
Don't found a Religion. Conquer one. Or two or three.
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