Which relgion is better for England (or any country for that matter) in the game? What are the pros and cons of each relgion? Do you think there is a better religion than these two? Help me out!
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Personally I found they both have advantages. Protestant countries have a greater direct income, for instance. However, my personal preference is usually Reformed, for three reasons.
1- More colonists. If there's anything I find I'm short on, it's colonists. The more you get, the bigger your trade empire gets, and that's where most money comes from I found.
2- More effective Merchants - again I tend to focus on a strong trade empire.
3- The extra level of Morale is very nice, especially when it can be the key to winning a battle you might otherwise lose.
Just my opinion though
1- More colonists. If there's anything I find I'm short on, it's colonists. The more you get, the bigger your trade empire gets, and that's where most money comes from I found.
2- More effective Merchants - again I tend to focus on a strong trade empire.
3- The extra level of Morale is very nice, especially when it can be the key to winning a battle you might otherwise lose.
Just my opinion though
Both work very well. I prefer Lutheran though when England.
Seeing they get colonial dynamism, I can do without the extra settler a year.
More income from taxes (+20%), whiel refomed have -30%. That 's a quite difference. With Lutheranism I grow wealthy very quickly.
Traders are better with reformed but I got a good grasp on the trading engine in the game so I don't suffer at all with Lutheran traders.
The extra morale is the thing lacking from Lutheranism but if I'm England I stay out of Europe and go for the colonial trading empire. If u want to fight many wars though, reformed might be better.
An extra bonus is that u only need to reform once so u only will have to take one big stability hit and just once major drop in relations.
Seeing they get colonial dynamism, I can do without the extra settler a year.
More income from taxes (+20%), whiel refomed have -30%. That 's a quite difference. With Lutheranism I grow wealthy very quickly.
Traders are better with reformed but I got a good grasp on the trading engine in the game so I don't suffer at all with Lutheran traders.
The extra morale is the thing lacking from Lutheranism but if I'm England I stay out of Europe and go for the colonial trading empire. If u want to fight many wars though, reformed might be better.
An extra bonus is that u only need to reform once so u only will have to take one big stability hit and just once major drop in relations.
Normally I play with northern German countries, and I tend to switch on Lutheranism as soon as I can, for two reasons:
1) Money. You get a lot more.
2) Stability penalty for Lutheranism isn't really hard, as you can esaily manage it.
3) Also morale isn't a big problem, because you can send much more money to military tech, and so you can keep a good edge on your enemies. Futhermore, when you reach a certain tech level you get morale bonuses, that can lead quite soon your forces to the 'invincible' level, which is the maximum. So the bonus for Reform disappears after some time (which is quite realistic: reformed nations, especially Netherlands and England, fought a lot in the first years, but then they turned peaceful).
4) In northern Europe a lot of provinces are Lutheran, and I tend to assume the religion of the majority of my lands, for obvious reasons.
1) Money. You get a lot more.
2) Stability penalty for Lutheranism isn't really hard, as you can esaily manage it.
3) Also morale isn't a big problem, because you can send much more money to military tech, and so you can keep a good edge on your enemies. Futhermore, when you reach a certain tech level you get morale bonuses, that can lead quite soon your forces to the 'invincible' level, which is the maximum. So the bonus for Reform disappears after some time (which is quite realistic: reformed nations, especially Netherlands and England, fought a lot in the first years, but then they turned peaceful).
4) In northern Europe a lot of provinces are Lutheran, and I tend to assume the religion of the majority of my lands, for obvious reasons.