Coming out of retirement

[Archaic]

2161 to Herc, and a late Happy Birthday to Flubber.

Apologies for the wait, was away for the Easter weekend.

[Hercules]

Turn 2161 to the older Flubber.

[Flubber]

Originally posted by Hercules
Turn 2161 to the older Flubber.

yup I am officially ancient now!!

Oh and the turn has been passed.


I am most interested in talking about a subsequent game since in my view this one has been over since before I started playing. That said I will continue to play as long as people wish to do so

[Hercules]

I am most interested in talking about a subsequent game since in my view this one has been over since before I started playing. That said I will continue to play as long as people wish to do so

Ok well open the discussion here or in a new thread. To discuss settings. Thankfully we have Mart7x5 still around to deliver a balanced game.

In the meantime I would like to continue for a while longer.

[bdanv]

Can we keep it on this thread? I would like to start the new game on the same map and with the same players.

[bdanv]

2162 to Archaic

[Hercules]

Originally posted by bdanv
Can we keep it on this thread? I would like to start the new game on the same map and with the same players.

I can live with that suggestion.

[Flubber]

2163 on to bdanv

Oh and to add to my problems here, either the PKs don't work the way I recall them or they are broken in this game. I don't play the PKs a lot so here it is


MY understanding is that the 4th PK citizen is supposed to be a talent since we attract the intellectual elite--Yet all my size 4 bases in demo/planned wealth with a police unit and a rec commons can have 3 content citizens at size 3 but upon growing to size 4 I get 3 content and one drone. I would have thought that any bureacracy drone issues would not come into play so all that would arise is the normal tendency of a 4th citizen to be a dron versus the factional characteristic to make them a talent--I would have thought at worst that these characteristics would balance to make them content.


Factionwide my recollection is that I have zero talents in any base unless I make them through the use of doctors. Is this normal PK behavior? I do understand that a supposed talent can be balenced off by other game mechanics sometiimes but so far I am not seeing anything that leads me to think I am getting a talebt credited anywhere let alone one at every base thats size 4 or above

[Flubber]

Confirmed

All of my size 4 bases will riot even with a police unit and rec commons.

I the psych screen they always show as 4 drones--facilities quell 2 and police quells another but nowhere is there any indication that a talent is in the mix. I probably ,isunderstand how this should work but this has put a major crimp in my plans since now I have doctors instead of citizens getting the bases to size 5

[Hercules]

I always thought the drones were to get, well fewer drones. but I don't see much evidence of it.

I tended to put it down to playing at transcendence level.

[Flubber]

I just did some testing and in a SP game at transcend the PKs had talents without psych and doctors in almost every base-- I am not getting that in the vets game


I am not sure-- as I say I rarely played PKs but the extra talent just doesn't seem to exist in this game-- I see no evidence of it whatsoever and my drones are consistent with what I would expect if I were playing factions without an extra talent


Just curious archaic but does the university get its extra unhappy souls like it should ??

[bdanv]

i've got the same problem in a scenario game some time ago. see link.

[Flubber]

Originally posted by bdanv
i've got the same problem in a scenario game some time ago. see link.

hmmm-- I thought of the bureacracy effect but it shouldn't be enough to negate all the talents based on my recollection of how it all works.

[bdanv]

2163 to Archaic

[Archaic]

Could have sworn I made a reply here before the weekend...
Anyway, sent the turn onto Herc on Friday.

I'll have to get back to you after my next turn on if my drones are coming up correctly. I haven't really noticed, since I've been fairly careful with building facilities before there's any chance of riots, but I am founding a few bases next turn that may take me over another bureacracy warning. If I don't have instant drones in at least 1 of those, I'd be surprised.