Dire Straits

[stoutfellow]

I'm currently playing Civ VI as Qin Shi Huang, and I'm going for a Religious victory. One of my early successes was in Arabia, whose cities I converted from Islam to Confucianism. When I converted the Islamic Holy City of Sana'a, an Emergency was declared: I would strive to keep Sana'a Confucian, while Saladin would work to restore Islam, during the next thirty turns.

Conversion is primarily carried out by training Missionaries and Apostles, which takes place at Holy Sites of cities where the desired religion is predominant. *There were no cities in which Islam was dominant* - I had converted them all. And yet Islamic Apostles kept showing up, and I had to struggle to keep the city in line.

My guess is that, when a religious Emergency is in effect, the threatened religion can still generate evangelical units even without usable Holy Sites. I managed to hold them off, but had to use up a high-powered Apostle who was really needed elsewhere.

Comments

[litalex]

I know this is a digression, but Confucianism never struck me as a religion... Taoism, probably yes, but not Confucianism.

[stoutfellow]

A lot of people would agree with you, I think. Of course, the religions in the game have nothing to do with their real-world namesakes. (The real irony is having Qin Shi Huang fervently supporting Confucianism!)