Oberlus wrote: ↑Sun Nov 06, 2022 12:32 pm
We are talking about having a game mechanic that enables players to make in-game decissions that feel unnatural.
But is it not just - We are talking about having a game mechanic that enables players to make in-game decisions.
In MP21 I stopped my scout in a meteor storm to soak up RP - it was a decision, and one I later regretted as I did not explore enough above me. Was that also unnatural or just a mistake?
wobbly wrote: ↑Sun Nov 06, 2022 12:18 pm
Its a flaw in the design of the mechanics of the policy. For a start its encouraging the complete opposite behaviour to the policy name.
Call the policy "System Research" or "System Analysis" which is more consistent with how it operates.
But even that, does not solve the problem, and the problem as you already realise and are already grappling with, is difficult to solve- how to stop someone making that decision to not explore.
At the end of the day, its still a decision they make, even if we think its wrong,
but if you really have to stop them, then its simple-
a) get rid of the policy, and just have 1rp per unexplored system stopped at; or
b) give everyone a military slot from the beginning
I like both.
Ophiuchus wrote: ↑Sun Nov 06, 2022 6:30 pm
2) i dont see the connection between morals and choice in the context you offered. so i guess you don't mean the same thing with term 'morals' which i mean with it. E.g. we offer multiple options for genocide which is connected for me with morals. so please elaborate the context/what you mean - else your statement just sounds like an unreflected rant. or even better put that in a different topic
It probably should be in a different thread, so I wont expand on it too much
we offer multiple options for genocide
Do we? Concentration camps are not available, unless you go the racial purity path
Scorched earth strategy is being nerfed or already has been - a strategy valid in any war, but not here.
Bombing strategies are only for unowned planets and are still there, however further up the tech tree, and I bet if used in a scorched earth situation, will be quickly nerfed.