Any idea on their conversion rates? God-like or newbie-like?
Imo, balancing NPC priests is next to impossible. They are far more likely to be either way too powerless or way too powerful. If they can't be arrested and they have too good an oratory skill, then no IG religion will be able to compete with them and they'll just takeover everything. On the other hand, if they can be arrested or if they don't convert fast enough, they won't really represent any kind of significant threat.
In addition I think we can trust Tom far enough to expect that basic balancing such as would be necessary for this is being thought of, can we? If I would be working hard to make the game enjoyable for the rest of us I think I'd prefer comments along the 'I am curious / excited about / can't wait to see how this will affect...' line instead of glum 'this can't work....' statements. Balancing something complex will likely not be /perfect/ right away but surely it would be far better than outright stupid. Give the man a chance, he is still working on a game for free after /how/ many years? Managing to keep it interesting for hundreds of players for /how/ many years? Lets try to keep him /somewhat/ motivated....pretty please?
