Slitherine

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ORIGINAL: Medway

Does using lastplanetgenerated count as a new game when trying the latest beta?

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-Fixed Archeology Stratagem *

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ORIGINAL: oldspec4

Same for me..can't get the soldier salary slider to work under 1.03-beta 2 and beta 3

• Create Siwa Planet with high rainfall. Temperature of 30°C or more increases average rainfall result.
  
• Ensure the planet has a breathable Atmosphere
  
• Reroll Colonization history. Previously very high population counts could be reached reliably under above circumstances.
  

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ORIGINAL: Tree Dog

Playing PBEM with a friend, we're on turn 92 and getting a crash while processing the next, on both our machines. That's on 1.03 beta 3.
https://we.tl/t-cmlVWE186K

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ORIGINAL: Vic
-Added “Unification” and “Annexation” Minor Dip Stratagems *

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-Fixed glitch with Task priority sliders not doing exactly what they were supposed to do.

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-Fixed a Model stat calculation bug that was not properly reading the actual Base Design value resulting in too low Armour,Weapon and Engine Design scores.

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ORIGINAL: KingHalford

Experience tells me that when this happens, players will complain that it's a bad game because it's too easy.

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ORIGINAL: ramnblam

I think it will take a little bit of balancing to achieve the desired result. You want players to be experience a spectrum of potential minor/major regime relations, from the friendliest cuddly bears to the most obnoxious aggressive warmonger, the stratagems should be there to give the player a way to influence and maneuver politically without being a binary "OH positive relations play the x card". The character skill rolls already come into play here which is good but I think being able to not cheese any one area of the game to make the rest trivial is really important.

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ORIGINAL: Malevolence

As I've demurred from starting a new game since launch, I guess I'm going to miss out on Anschluss before the nerf.

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ORIGINAL: KingHalford

Experience tells me that when this happens, players will complain that it's a bad game because it's too easy.

I suspect this is a myth perpetuated by tubers and streamers in general. The quoted evidence tends to be viewer comments rather than players. The majority of subscribers are potential purchasers, not purchasers.

Someone who comments, "yeah this game sucks" may have no skin the game. They might never have purchased the game in the first place. The "easy" part justifies their feelings in general.

I've heard the spitting brit has the developers of mount and blade bannerlord running in circles.

I'm crushing the AI's balls with a wrench so far, but normal difficultly and procgen all play a part. The PRNG plays a big role in this game too. It's still very enjoyable.

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ORIGINAL: KingHalford

Vic, those Minor Stratagems you've added, Unification and Annex, I can tell you without even using them that their PP cost is way too low. They should be closer to 80-100.

Here's my reasoning: this is a wargame, and if taking Minors at the start is a matter of just saving a couple of turns of PP and playing a card, then you're essentially removing any incentive to engage in the game's strongest feature: combat.

Whilst I like the idea of being able to use diplomacy to remove the "Minor Roadblocks" the cost should be very high, else we've got the potential to see players steam across the map. Experience tells me that when this happens, players will complain that it's a bad game because it's too easy.

One of the guys on our discord has already shown us how he's easily taken large amounts of territory and thinks it's overpowered.

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ORIGINAL: KingHalford

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ORIGINAL: ramnblam

I think it will take a little bit of balancing to achieve the desired result. You want players to be experience a spectrum of potential minor/major regime relations, from the friendliest cuddly bears to the most obnoxious aggressive warmonger, the stratagems should be there to give the player a way to influence and maneuver politically without being a binary "OH positive relations play the x card". The character skill rolls already come into play here which is good but I think being able to not cheese any one area of the game to make the rest trivial is really important.

My worry here is that if you get a very strong diplomat then 30 PP is rather trivial to obtain, especially if you play for this strategy from the start. I like the cards (although I do wonder if just one of them might do since they're both very similar?) I can just see the potential for abuse, particularly in multiplayer.

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ORIGINAL: KingHalford
Here's my reasoning: this is a wargame, and if taking Minors at the start is a matter of just saving a couple of turns of PP and playing a card, then you're essentially removing any incentive to engage in the game's strongest feature: combat.

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although I do wonder if just one of them might do since they're both very similar?

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One of the guys on our discord has already shown us how he's easily taken large amounts of territory and thinks it's overpowered.