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| ID | Project | Category | Date Submitted | Last Update | |
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| 0014710 | The Last Federation | Gameplay Issue | Apr 26, 2014 4:27 pm | Apr 28, 2014 9:34 am | |
| Reporter | GC13 | Assigned To | keith.lamothe | ||
| Status | resolved | Resolution | fixed | ||
| Product Version | 1.005 Beta (Holy Smokes It's Big) | ||||
| Fixed in Version | 1.006 Beta (Besieging And Federating) | ||||
| Summary | 0014710: Federation Points accrue far too slowly | ||||
| Description | This is very, very bad and I'd roll back if I could. The earliest I can reasonably expect to form a federation is in 3015, and forming it so early strictly limits which races I can have found it (I believe the only two choices I have at that point are the Andor and the Peltians). I was, however, trying to set up an Andor-Acutian federation, and so will have to wait until roughly 3040. The only gameplay there really is at that point is to try to keep the Skylaxians or Evucks from erasing a race out of boredom, and I simply don't have the credits to keep convincing them to call the whole thing off. If the mechanic is meant to be kept, I'd like to suggest the following: *Make being in a defensive war cause a large Federation Point gain. Being in an offensive war might somewhat reduce FP monthly; I don't know about that part. *The racial attitude requirement to found the Federation should be either removed or greatly reduced, and instead should lower the FP cost. *Work FP gain into the bribery mechanics for most races: *Burlusts should stay Leverage-only and not really need Federation points. *Evucks should have their FP cost required be reduced by having Pro-Federation elders. *Bribed Acutian CEOs should be more supporting of Federation membership. *Bribing the Skylaxian Senate should increase FP. *Boarines should always be willing to join if Solar Unity is the top priority, and Peltians should have an option to burn vote proxies for FP. | ||||
| Tags | No tags attached. | ||||
| Internal Weight | New | ||||
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This one is important. Federation points are opaque, and require you to wait. For years. And it's very frustrating when a lot of your actions have related fed point costs with everyone. The game is significantly less fun because of them. |
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In the current iteration federation points seem like a feature tacked on at the last minute that detracts significantly from the game due to its lack of polish. Either the amount of points should be lowered or the player should gain more actions that directly increase the values, or both. I've basically stopped playing over the weekend due to this issue. If I had my way, I'd just remove them altogether. I don't think they are a necessary system. |
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I haven't paid attention to how balanced they are, but what difficulty is everyone playing on? Maybe they just need to be lower in easy mode, etc. |
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I was writing for Normal/Normal. I doubt it's any harder on Hard, as the only way the Acutians (and some other races) could gain points any slower is if they gained a fraction of a point every month. |
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* Federation points are being removed. Interesting beta-branch experiment, but didn't work out. Thanks! |
| Date Modified | Username | Field | Change |
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| Apr 26, 2014 4:27 pm | GC13 | New Issue | |
| Apr 27, 2014 7:12 am | Faulty Logic | Note Added: 0036877 | |
| Apr 27, 2014 1:22 pm | GC13 | Description Updated | |
| Apr 27, 2014 1:35 pm | tubasteve | Note Added: 0036883 | |
| Apr 27, 2014 1:36 pm | tubasteve | Note Edited: 0036883 | |
| Apr 27, 2014 1:36 pm | tubasteve | Note Edited: 0036883 | |
| Apr 27, 2014 1:36 pm | tubasteve | Note Edited: 0036883 | |
| Apr 27, 2014 1:39 pm | GC13 | Description Updated | |
| Apr 27, 2014 1:40 pm | GC13 | Description Updated | |
| Apr 27, 2014 2:11 pm | jdarrell | Note Added: 0036890 | |
| Apr 27, 2014 2:19 pm | GC13 | Note Added: 0036891 | |
| Apr 28, 2014 9:22 am | Chris_McElligottPark | Assigned To | => keith.lamothe |
| Apr 28, 2014 9:22 am | Chris_McElligottPark | Status | new => assigned |
| Apr 28, 2014 9:34 am | Chris_McElligottPark | Internal Weight | => New |
| Apr 28, 2014 9:34 am | Chris_McElligottPark | Note Added: 0036903 | |
| Apr 28, 2014 9:34 am | Chris_McElligottPark | Status | assigned => resolved |
| Apr 28, 2014 9:34 am | Chris_McElligottPark | Fixed in Version | => 1.006 Beta (Besieging And Federating) |
| Apr 28, 2014 9:34 am | Chris_McElligottPark | Resolution | open => fixed |
