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IDProjectCategoryLast Update
0015053The Last FederationBug - GameplayMay 12, 2014 3:06 pm
ReporterRagwortshire Assigned Tokeith.lamothe  
Status resolvedResolutionfixed 
Product Version1.016 (Finish Him!) 
Fixed in Version1.017 (Back From A Long Quest) 
Summary0015053: RCI Dispatch actions cause disproportionate influence loss
DescriptionWhile improving a race's RCI using a dispatch action, any other race which dislikes them seems to seriously overreact. You lose 1 influence with them *each month*, typically 5 times the rate at which you gain influence with the target race, simply for improving their medicine or what-not.

To reproduce:

 - Start a game and complete the first battle.
 - Give someone spacefaring tech.
 - Plant evidence of a conspiracy between the two races to reduce their attitude.
 - Now go to the "conspirator" race and use an RCI action. You will see the influence with the other race drop by 1 each month.

The reason I've reported this as a bug rather than balance issue is that almost all other actions, including military ones like fighting alongside the target race or helping with Armada Construction, give an influence penalty of at most half what you gain with the target race (on Normal; on Nightmare of course that becomes double what you gain with the target race!). I cannot imagine this being intentional.
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keith.lamothe

May 12, 2014 3:06 pm

administrator   ~0037913

For 1.017:

* RCI-improving dispatch influence-lost-with-enemies-of-client from 1 per month => 0.05 per month. The 1 had been intentional back before the benefit was changed to 0.2 per month.

Thanks :)

Issue History

Date Modified Username Field Change
May 8, 2014 12:42 pm Ragwortshire New Issue
May 12, 2014 10:13 am Chris_McElligottPark Assigned To => keith.lamothe
May 12, 2014 10:13 am Chris_McElligottPark Status new => assigned
May 12, 2014 3:06 pm keith.lamothe Internal Weight => New
May 12, 2014 3:06 pm keith.lamothe Note Added: 0037913
May 12, 2014 3:06 pm keith.lamothe Status assigned => resolved
May 12, 2014 3:06 pm keith.lamothe Fixed in Version => 1.017 (Back From A Long Quest)
May 12, 2014 3:06 pm keith.lamothe Resolution open => fixed