Post by tenbsmith on Jul 15, 2015 11:18:08 GMT -5
I'm re-posting this to make it easier to find if/when changes are made to the Empire Summary screen.
Cory Trese and fallen, the inconsistent use of language describing politics across screens in 4X is confusing, especially for the new player. For example, on the Empire Summary screen...
--the Treaties button takes you to the Diplomatic Efforts screen.
--the New Treaty button takes you to the New Diplomacy screen.
--The bottom line under Politics and Defense uses "treaties" to refer to things on the Diplomatic Efforts screen, and the word "conflicts" to refer to things on the Faction Politics screen.
The terms "diplomacy" and "diplomatic effort" seem the best English-language words for the group of technologies that affect politics (e.g., Trade Summit). And, the word "politics" seems the best term for referring to existing politics between pairs of factions (e.g., Trade Route)
I suggest updating language on the Empire Summary screen to be consistent with other screens like this:
--Rename the treaties button label to diplomacy (This button takes you to the Diplomatic Effort screen).
--Rename the new treaty button label to new diplomacy or, if that's too long, new diplo. (This button takes you to the New Diplomacy screen)
--Revise the bottom line under Politics and Defense to, "We have [X] diplomatic efforts and [Y] faction politics" (This makes the language in the sentence consistent with language on the screens from which the counts come; the Diplomatic Efforts and Faction Politics screens.)
Cory Trese and fallen, the inconsistent use of language describing politics across screens in 4X is confusing, especially for the new player. For example, on the Empire Summary screen...
--the Treaties button takes you to the Diplomatic Efforts screen.
--the New Treaty button takes you to the New Diplomacy screen.
--The bottom line under Politics and Defense uses "treaties" to refer to things on the Diplomatic Efforts screen, and the word "conflicts" to refer to things on the Faction Politics screen.
The terms "diplomacy" and "diplomatic effort" seem the best English-language words for the group of technologies that affect politics (e.g., Trade Summit). And, the word "politics" seems the best term for referring to existing politics between pairs of factions (e.g., Trade Route)
I suggest updating language on the Empire Summary screen to be consistent with other screens like this:
--Rename the treaties button label to diplomacy (This button takes you to the Diplomatic Effort screen).
--Rename the new treaty button label to new diplomacy or, if that's too long, new diplo. (This button takes you to the New Diplomacy screen)
--Revise the bottom line under Politics and Defense to, "We have [X] diplomatic efforts and [Y] faction politics" (This makes the language in the sentence consistent with language on the screens from which the counts come; the Diplomatic Efforts and Faction Politics screens.)
