Coupl'o questions and why the Governor is really bad ...

[Borg]

Q1 : On the Domestic Advisor Screen : why are some town names written in Italics and others not ? What does that indicate ?

Q2 : world screen : what do those numbers mean next to your Civ and gvmt ......... like ........ China - Communism (4.6.0)
What does the "4.6.0" stand for ?

And for those wanting proof that the Governor is corrupt and only wants to boycot you :
Here's what he tried to pull off.

Town production : 55 shields - Coal plant in 2 turns
when in fact I needed only ONE MORE SHIELD (56) to complete the Plant in 1 turn.
That governor was going to WASTE FIFTY FOUR !!!! shields (plus the 4 wasted already)
I simply had to replace a 2Food/2Gold tile with a Policeman to get my building in 1 turn.

Man, I understand the Governor is not supposed to be perfect,
because otherwise handing everything over to the AI would make the game all too simple but this is simply outrageous.
They could as well have skipped the governor item, it cannot be relied upon at all, not even for the simplest tasks.

If the governor does nothing but s***w you up, why put him in there ?
Is there any way to "finetune" him ?

 

[Gumby78]

Q2. (Tax.Science.Entertainment)

"4.6.0"
40% Tax . 60% Science Rate . 0% Entertainment Spending

 

[nullspace]

Yeah, micromanaging will always be (lots) better than the governor. The governor seemes to assign citizens based on the idea that the city should be growing (but not too fast) and then should be making as many shields as possible. And then hire entertainers if needed. It doesn't seem to consider how much food is needed to grow, how many shields to finish the project or whether a taxman would be just as good as an entertainer for preventing disorder. Even the "emphasize food/production/trade" setting have very small effects.

The only things I've found it good for are managing war weariness, and putting citizens back on tiles after pollution is cleaned up. But I only do that when there aren't any real decisions for the governor to make, when every tile is improved, and every tile is worked.

 

[Commander Bello]

Q1: Italics indicate cities being managed by governors.

 

[Borg]

Thank you very much

 

[KrikkitTwo]

Does anyone know how the governor assigns the non-entertainment specialists? (civil engineers v. scientists v. taxmen v. police)