having played in a realm where forced conversion to the realm's religion was part of realm policy, and seeing how very unfun that was and how much it turned off new players that they couldn't rp their characters the way THEY wanted, i seriously have to object to this whole forced religion deal.
i see no one clamoring for this except you, vita, and im left scratching my head as to why you continue to devote energy and time to this mostly-unasked-for pet project when nothing is being done to fix looting, militia problems, etc that make waging war in bm an unbalanced hassle for many realms, and have been repeatedly requested for fixing by many players.
religion is an aspect of the game that SO many players want no part of, whether because of lack of interest in any of the stale established religions, or because of the repeatedly proven historical tendency for religion to lead only to entrenched federations and gangbanging. forcing it on players isnt going to make it better. the ingame religious features that already exist are more than enough for those who WANT to take part in it.
Actually in this field I agree with Vita on the fact of enforce religion. We don't always see eye to eye on all things, such as voting out of Dukes of which i very very strongly object, but I do agree with him on forcing religion and making it a bit more important than it currently is. Religion from the base should have played an important role, but also some religions need to adapt a bit. What happened with the SA federation (realm over religion !@#$) should be avoided of course, which is player based. If they don't use religion for it, they'll use something else.
