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Post by tenbsmith on May 30, 2015 13:13:24 GMT -5
"The biggest probable causes [of Solar wars and, presumably, other political conflicts] are bad dice, unbalanced colonies, unbalanced TP, unbalanced Morale." ( See original post here.) I'd like a screen that showed faction-specific stats relevant to causing/maintaining political conflicts. The screen might also have quick explanation along the lines. "Maintaining the balance of power between the factions decreases the likelihood of political conflicts occurring. When things are out of balance, conflict is more likely." This screen would provide two advantages: 1) a convenient way to check the balance between factions. 2) An explicit reminder of the factors that cause political conflict. (This would be very helpful to newer and intermittent players.) Currently the stats are available overall and by colony, but, it's a pain to count up TP or morale points by faction. Politics is a major cool part of this game. I just had a Trade Embargo reducing my income under near 0. That coupled with low morale on a couple of overcrowded systems and active Sidtax had me worried I might loose the game. This created tension. Successful Trade Sanctions turned the economy around providing the resources needed to deal with the other issues. That was very rewarding. Love it! Might be cool to have a scenario like this in the tutorial, so the player gets one experience with resolving a political conflict. |
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Post by Kanly on May 30, 2015 13:21:01 GMT -5
I really like this idea.
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Post by CdrPlatypus on May 30, 2015 18:32:15 GMT -5
tenbsmith You read my mind I just came here to post a thread on this and you beat me to it +1 to you sir! I would like a per faction breakdown of TP/EP/RP When I checked the TP for the game I asked about I had to get out a pen and paper and do some arithmetic myself and hey. I'm lazy.
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Post by hlo on May 30, 2015 19:05:19 GMT -5
Yes. We need a simple screen that tells us these stats.
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Post by Cory Trese on May 30, 2015 23:11:35 GMT -5
There is currently a screen that shows it globally, per faction and per colony.
You can use the per Faction screen to view the stats per Faction.
I will add a screen that shows the global totals with faction sub-totals on one screen, but that is a much bigger order.
Someone on the forum asked for the Faction specific pages ages ago, so we added them.
Thanks!
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Post by tenbsmith on May 31, 2015 9:53:19 GMT -5
Sort of funny, I spent a fair amount of time looking around the game for faction stat screens but didn't find them until I saw Cory's post most recent post.
I agree that a new screen that showed all three faction stats, maybe in a grid for easy comparison, would be best. Maybe you could leave the global totals off that page to make it easier for small screens. The Empire Summary screen does a great job providing global totals with explanatory text.
I hope the faction stats screen includes some language about balance of power. Us mid-core gamers love that sort of help.
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Post by CdrPlatypus on May 31, 2015 19:41:33 GMT -5
Cory Trese I just figured out how to get to that screen and its really well hidden. Practically an Easter egg. Also it has EP and RP, but does not display TP.
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Post by Cory Trese on May 31, 2015 21:21:49 GMT -5
Cory Trese I just figured out how to get to that screen and its really well hidden. Practically an Easter egg. Also it has EP and RP, but does not display TP. Oh, looks like I messed up the TP display with a recently release. I was fixing some issues in there for a few e-mail players. I am glad you found it, our metrics say most people do -- but we can certainly do more to make it available! Thanks for the feedback. |
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Post by Kanly on May 31, 2015 21:44:35 GMT -5
Wow, just now found it too. Nice.
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Post by CdrPlatypus on May 31, 2015 21:46:01 GMT -5
Cory Trese there is nothing that indicates click here. Maybe a guide post in the tutorial. Also for large screens like on pc maybe change UI so it's displayed on the same page underneath each faction description?
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Post by elwoodps on May 31, 2015 22:00:49 GMT -5
Sort of funny, I spent a fair amount of time looking around the game for faction stat screens but didn't find them until I saw Cory's post most recent post. ....... Cory Trese I just figured out how to get to that screen and its really well hidden. ........... Wow, just now found it too. Nice. Ditto: This is an addition I'd been hoping for, for months and then (ironically) it turns out it was there all along.   I think these valuable and much appreciated summaries would be a lot easier to find, if at the top of the Faction List screen it said something like: "FACTION LIST (touch a flag for the Faction's Stat Summary)"  |
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Post by Brutus Aurelius on May 31, 2015 22:15:49 GMT -5
Maybe the solution that could benefit all players, since some might find it hard to keep clicking back and forth to compare Faction stats, is to have the advisor say something to the effect of "The balace of Faction power is shifting towards X. Try to build up the other Factions to keep the peace".
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Post by CdrPlatypus on May 31, 2015 22:32:56 GMT -5
If you could add table formatting and an export to .xls function that would be great um kay.
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Post by Cory Trese on May 31, 2015 22:45:00 GMT -5
Adding some additional AI routines for the advisor is good advice.
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Post by euphorion on Jul 3, 2015 5:59:46 GMT -5
Just came here to request something identical - so at least I was able to find those hidden pages now.
As for the stats per faction I would have 1 suggestion:
Why a page for each individual faction (and not even able top go back and forth easily from 1 faction to another), why not 1 page with a table?
Vertically: Colonies - Population - Quality - .... Research - Spy - (TP)
Horizontally: Faction 1 - Faction 2 - Faction 3
Would make it tremendously easier to compare the factions imo
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