The most AMAZING religious times were the Strengthening, the Shift, etc... the times when allegiances changed and stuff happened. I loved the Geth story that went on as well.

Of all the sytems, my favourite time of all... was the neutrality-with-leanings system that I think was about a 3-7-3 split as Maelgrim suggested.

What about returning to that system with the intent of more (like once per RL year) where the allegiances get rocked/shifted around. That way there there is some rules/code in place to prevent gear whoring, keeps things fresh, gives players some way of inputting (through their RP and actions) of changing the religious landscape.

Sidenote: Resurrect Calypso.

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Originally posted by Pae

Sidenote: Resurrect Calypso.

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I've said before in another thread somewhere that I would have preferred if some of the gods were in completely different pantheons. Like, Set, Gethsemane and Bast are all in one pantheon and their followers believe them to be the only true gods, with those other demi-gods simply claiming to be gods, but are lesser creatures. While Bilanx believes himself to be the only true "god" and the others are simply splinters of his perfectly balanced self. They are lesser beings. Like his children. His stupid, stupid children.

Then everyone gets to be a heretic to some other cleric's gods.

Of course that's not how Thresh is designed. I say give us a demon to worship! Let some of the other gods return to the Forces and let new deities rise! And who says they have to be gods to be worshiped?

Personally, while I love the pantheon that Threshold has, and did have, I think there is still to many deities.

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Originally posted by Vidare
Personally, while I love the pantheon that Threshold has, and did have, I think there is still to many deities.

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Easiest solution is to get Deokoria to just switch religions. That should shrink the Aether

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Originally posted by Vidare
Personally, while I love the pantheon that Threshold has, and did have, I think there is still to many deities.

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I really liked the old ethos system, though I can see the potential of the current system.

What I miss the most is the effect ethos had on what you can and can't kill.

Also the belt of the traveler.

I didn't play much on the old system, not nearly as much as I do now with Tartun, but the old system is what kept me coming back and rerolling. It was that system which created the foundation on which the current system operates. I don't think we need complete regulation as we did before, but there are certain aspects of the current system that are just not roleplayed enough.

On the affinity thing...

I know this is totally apart from the Threshold religion system, but I always thought an interesting addition to the current religion system would be to have less "temples" with shrines in each to the various gods who could have an interest in each temple.

For example, the temple of Nature would contain a large shrine to Silvanus with smaller shrines to Erosia, and Tempest.

The temple of Light would contain a large shrine to Vishnu with smaller shrines to Vivoria and Erosia.

The Temple of War would contain a Large shrine to Tempest with smaller shrines to Belphegore, Set and possibly Herastia

That way different worshippers of different religions could explore different angles of those religions. And therefore different alliances.

One way that sort of thing could happen would be for all of the temples to somehow be destroyed. Then Worshippers of various religions would have to come together to build communal houses of Worship. It would take a lot more thought than that I'm sure, but I just thought I would throw that idea out there, as it's something that's been on my mind for a while.

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Originally posted by Etruscan
Maybe a religious consolidation that allows for sects inside religions (like Set and Kylamane) would help with the whole affinity/ethos issue?

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Originally posted by Etruscan
Maybe a religious consolidation that allows for sects inside religions (like Set and Kylamane) would help with the whole affinity/ethos issue?

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