Hey everyone. Originally, I was planning on advancing some more into my current game before posting some feedback here, but I've run into a decision that I don't feel I have enough knowledge on to make: Absolutism. I'm currently playing as an Imperial Merchant Republic and, after reforming, gained the opportunity to press that little button to change my government. I pressed it just to make sure that it wouldn't give me a game over, and much to my pleasure, it didn't. It nuked my trade posts and economy, but it worked.
My question is: will my government revert back to a merchant republic upon losing Absolutism, or will it switch to Oriental Despotism (this is the government all of my vassals have, and I'm guessing is my culture/religion's Feudal equivalent)?
Additionally, are reformed Religious Head titles supposed to be destructible? My religious head, for some reason, ended up gaining an unfortunate province that one of my vassals decided to gobble up, and now he's just...gone, with no ability to bring it back.
Finally, are Shia supposed to have the defensive pagan attrition penalty? I've simply never seen such a massive, stable empire form before in this mod like the Shia caliphate has, so I'd love to know if them having this buff (which I think is a major reason for why they succeeded) is WAD or not.
I'll give some further thoughts once I'm satisfied with my game. Cheers!
My question is: will my government revert back to a merchant republic upon losing Absolutism, or will it switch to Oriental Despotism (this is the government all of my vassals have, and I'm guessing is my culture/religion's Feudal equivalent)?
Additionally, are reformed Religious Head titles supposed to be destructible? My religious head, for some reason, ended up gaining an unfortunate province that one of my vassals decided to gobble up, and now he's just...gone, with no ability to bring it back.
Finally, are Shia supposed to have the defensive pagan attrition penalty? I've simply never seen such a massive, stable empire form before in this mod like the Shia caliphate has, so I'd love to know if them having this buff (which I think is a major reason for why they succeeded) is WAD or not.
I'll give some further thoughts once I'm satisfied with my game. Cheers!
