Ideas for new Asian religion minor civs?

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1) Confucian

Religions with a strong tie to the state like Confucianism and Shintoism would be better represented by full civs rather than minor civs. Korean units should be part of a full civ, and China would be better off having Confucian religious units instead of the Kung Fu ones. The existing Chinese Kung Fu stuff would be a better fit for the Shaolin Temple than the Rattan Shields anyways.

2) Theravada

I agree with this one. It would be the logical place to move the War Elephant.

Forest Monastery - A home for the War Elephant

Forest Monasteries are a tradition in every region that practices Theravada Buddhism. The forests where these monasteries are found are also prime Asian elephant habitat. [image][image] The maps of Ceylon, Parallel Rivers, Indochina, Bengal, Himalayas, Deccan, Malaysia, and Siam (future), could all feature these settlements. Unit: War Elephant This would be a much better home for the unit that was formerly at the Sufi Mosque and currently at the Bhakti Temple. Elephants are hugely important…

3) Dorje

A 4th Buddhist holy sites is kinda pushing it. Especially with the Tengri Shrine covering some of the region.

4) Kutkh

The Siberian archers are cool but it seems like a bit of a stretch to have a second shamanistic Siberian holy site.

5) Kamuy

This is so specifically Ainu that you might as well just do a standard native site. The holy sites aren’t restricted to Asia, so I don’t think it would be unreasonable to include a few non-religious sites on the edges of Asia. Ainu, Bedouins, Kurds, and Armenians would all make sense as standard Asian natives.

6) Tao

This would be reasonable with a few more Chinese maps, but I’m not sure what it has to do with the Nain rebellion. The unit should be something to do with Tai Chi, and could have weapons like wind and fire wheels or meteor hammers (would be a lot more appropriate than having them as a main cavalry unit).

7) Islamic Split

I’d suggest also splitting the Sufi site into 2-3 Islamic holy sites. It’s stretching one site too far to try to make it fit everywhere from North Africa to Indonesia.

Split the Sufi Mosque

Holy Site Limitations The Sufi Mosque is the sole holy site representing Islam, and as a consequence, it is the most numerous minor faction and can be found on a massive number of maps. Since the site has only one unit that speaks a single language, this overuse makes them a poor fit on many maps. Splitting it into several new holy sites would allow more specificity for each site and a greater variety of representation overall. Islam has a lot more variation than just the Sufi orders. [image] …

8) Outside Asia

I don’t see why the holy sites need to be Asian. They’re already on some African and South American maps. The concept would also be a good fit for Polynesia and Australia.

Polynesian Minor Faction

To justify the inclusion of any minor faction, they’d need to be present on several maps. When it comes to Polynesian peoples, there are divided across distant islands with no one group that makes sense on more than a couple of maps. However, all the Polynesians descend from a common linguistic, cultural, and religious tradition. For this reason, the model of holy sites used on Asian maps would be a useful way to portray Polynesians. With a minor faction to populate the region, an expansion with…

They could also fit for Europe.

European Holy Sites

People often complain of how religious and mystical they make the non-European civs, but there is also the problem of how irreligious the western civs are portrayed. In the era of the Reformation and Counter-Reformation, religion was hugely important in the west and some European holy sites could help remedy the lack of focus on it. Hospitaller Commandery This is more of a thought experiment to show that essentially every important element of the Malta civilization can be fully (and arguably be…