How much more difficult is it to get empowered via greenways? Greenways seems to throw up some nice RP angles, but it does seem like not all angles would be appreciated the same.

Can anyone with greenways experience IMM/Otherwise shed some light on the process?

The Greenways are similar to "custom empowerment" in that you are relying on a random Immortal (or in theory multiple) to take an interest in your role and patron you through the process. In one sense, this can make it a more "difficult" path than traditional empowerment. It's still definitely a better option than seeking out most dormant Immortals, for example.

Beyond that, I think difficulty is subjective.

I had struggled with grasping religious doctrine. I had three empowered Baerinika followers and two empowered Whiysdan followers. With each of those I never really understood what I was doing right or wrong with the characters and preaching/explaining myself to a god seems odd. I still like it but I struggle. In contrast though Helfinu was a walk in the park RP-wise for me.

I established all the presuppositions and metaphysics myself, I knew where all my ethical boundaries and beliefs were. I didn't have to explain myself to my god because "It" already knew me and what I was. (To be fair I did spell it out in my role though so that any immortal looking knew what they were seeing if they were looking at it for the first time.) Empowerment came at the same pace and perhaps a bit faster than it had been with my IMM followers. That maybe also because I didn't require just one IMM looking in on me, any and all of them weighed in and gave a hand. (That is how I understood it to be anyway: IMMs can correct me if I am wrong.) You should have the same luck in this manner as I did as long as you follow some basic steps.

What you need to do for a self-made religion is ask yourself (and answer): Who/what are we? Why are we here? What is the point of living? If you flesh out those three questions and follow them you shouldn't have any trouble RP'n a greenway. If you start to lose your RP angle - revisit your ROLE(s) that explained it and re-cage your RP.

I hope that helps!

Perpetual_Noob