Multipolarity II - Game Thread

[Tani Coyote]

So, for MP3, should I keep national powers?

To avoid a bureaucratic mess, I have divorced national powers from any corporation.

However, should I ditch powers altogether to avoid balancing issues? The game has enough going for it I think we can lose it with no serious loss.

To refresh your memory, powers bestow benefits. Scientific gave more research, military higher victory chance, etc.

 

[Jehoshua]

Kill the Witch! (ergo ditch it).

 

[NinjaCow64]

Yeah, they just invited unbalancing problems. Get rid of them.

 

[Patriotic_Fool]

Keeeep

 

[Double A]

They're lulzy. Keep em.

 

[Sonereal]

Ditch them.

 

[Kinich-Ahau]

Keep, please.

 

[topsecret]

So, for MP3, should I keep national powers?

To avoid a bureaucratic mess, I have divorced national powers from any corporation.

However, should I ditch powers altogether to avoid balancing issues? The game has enough going for it I think we can lose it with no serious loss.

To refresh your memory, powers bestow benefits. Scientific gave more research, military higher victory chance, etc.

Keep 'em.

 

[Tyo]

burn them

 

[SamSniped]

Kill with fire.

 

[GenMarshall]

So, for MP3, should I keep national powers?

To avoid a bureaucratic mess, I have divorced national powers from any corporation.

However, should I ditch powers altogether to avoid balancing issues? The game has enough going for it I think we can lose it with no serious loss.

To refresh your memory, powers bestow benefits. Scientific gave more research, military higher victory chance, etc.

Throw it out the airlock!!

 

[Tani Coyote]

6 for death, 4 for life. I think this is a tight issue, to say the least.

 

[topsecret]

Would it help if I voted again?

 

[Osmowstroyer]

I can haz vote?

 

[Tani Coyote]

Really any IOTer would have a vote.

 

[NinjaCow64]

I really don't know why people like them so much. I can think of three reasons why we should remove them off the top of my head:

1) They just invite the game to be unbalanced. Getting rid of them would remove something that Tani needs to keep track of to nerf/buff. And that is a good thing.
2) Tani wants to make MP III simpler and this is something that could be removed easily. It's like the Dictatorship/Democracy thing, they weren't really nessecary so why have them?
3) They aren't a vital part of the game, so it wouldn't change the game too much if you removed them. It wouldn't be like he was removing clients or something.

I could probably think of more reasons if I really put my mind to it.

 

[Mosher]

Kill them with life

 

[Tani Coyote]

Really balancing is the biggest issue of all with such powers. And with a radically altered model of gameplay, there's even less reason to keep them around. Industry as we know it no longer exists, population takes care of itself (more or less), etc.

 

[Patriotic_Fool]

well I just really wish we could get a "flair", ya know? Maybe we can have just a starting boost, like..

Choose industrial: Get +50 industry on turn 1.
Choose combat. Get 3 extra starting troops.
Espionage: Additional 1 spy turn 1.

Etc.

 

[NinjaCow64]

That would still suffer from lots of problems. I just don't think they are a good idea.