Sval

A war all about gold. Your theme better be the Midas Touch.

Can confirm. Though usually somebody who goes on a colour without permission is asked to leave first, not immediately regarded as an aggressor and attacked. I'd consider that the proportional reaction.

A place to throw my pie-in-the-sky ideas at you would be great 😉

Anything that adds diversity to it would be good. Used to play another nation sim about a billion years ago which had what felt like a thousand different economic products, there were efficiency and quality upgrades that affected the running costs and output product of any one item. The quality of the resources you fed into the corporation would effect the quality of its outputs. There was mining, farming, all different kinds of manufacturing, and you could produce anything from soy beans to tactical nuclear missiles - even the upgrades themseves were a commodity you could produce and trade. And as a nation ruler you had to concern yourself with educating citizens, making sure your population had the right quantities of workers, executives, manager, etc. It was absurdly over-engineered, but really engaging. You could even participate in the game environment as the CEO of an enterprise if you just wanted to play the econ side of the game. Having to interact with Presidents and Prime Ministers as the CEO of a business looking to set up shop was fun. Negotiating tax rates, trading stocks, etc. I would't want our dev team to go that far overboard with it. But just adding a bit more depth to the econ side of things really opens up a nation sim. Hell, even if military units went from being magically crafted out of thin air to being something you can produce, buy and sell would be great. How much more fun and challenging war would be if planes and tanks and ships came with a production time, a quality level, an increasing obsolescence over time. Some additional raw resources, like precious metal mines, water extraction, quarrying. Some intermediary things like oil creating plastics, quarrying materials to maintain infrastructure. Some advanced manufacturing, like electronic components needed to upgrade your military or infrastructure. Hell, add a shelf-life to food. Add a freshness factor to it. Freshest food goes further than bad food. After X amount of in-game months, it's useless. That'll deal with the infinite farming without destroying the economic side of the game entirely. Anything that adds depth and challenge to the econ side of the game.

Lack of war isn't what causes the game to stagnate. The problem is the lack of new blood, the years-long slog it takes to get anywhere near the levers of power in global politics. The same old faces doing the same old things in the same old repetitive circles is what causes stagnation. I doubt there's a game mechanic capable of fixing that. Rather than nerfing the economic aspect of the game with "stagnation" why not add some more depth to it? Some more resources. Manufacturing chains that go one or two layers deeper than "bauxite→Aluminium→PewPewAirplane". I don't know, maybe add some actual consumption to city/infrastructure upkeep, rather than just a little bit of cash?

Very happy birthday TKR

1. Treaty 2. Cute dog You're welcome

Table For Two Booking Ahead We’re hungry. You’re hungry. Let’s eat together. Peas We love sharing our peas. To continue sharing our peas, we will always discuss how best to share our peas before we stop sharing our peas. Gravy We agree to share the gravy. Should any third party seek to take our gravy, they will be denied access to the boat by any and all means at our disposal. Chicken We agree that proper carving technique matters. When you know, you know. And when you know you know, you share. Sharing Having friends over for dinner is always nice. So we’ll have them over at our leisure. Condiments If the seasoning’s no good, we can always end the meal early. Just give the chef give the chef three days notice or you'll lose your deposit. /s/ The Knights Radiant Adrienne, Queen of the Heralds Benfro, Prince of the Heralds BigMorf, Ghostblood Babsk HannaH, Ghostblood Babsk Zeotrope, Herald of War Miller, Herald of Growth Indger, Herald of Internal Affairs Ricky, Herald of Fabrials /s/ Royal Alba Charter Company Odie, Hooligan, Criminal, Terrorist, Stinky & Handsome Azure Kaiser, Chancellor Sval, Busman Bendigeidfran, Dogman Kamade, Portman TomCat, Trenchman Bobert, Fodder Greypher, Because he asked me not to...

Even on Orbis people are arguing over their imaginary friends.

Here to express my support for Eclipse. Go Team First Contact! I did this entirely of my own volition.

I learned something. But I forgot it again almost instantly.

Bold of you to assume I can count to 8. With that kind of skill I'd be able to join Singularity for this historic win instead of being stuck on the losing side of this special military operation.

Yeah. You're winning so hard there's nothing left for me to hit!

You missed one

Of all the things that could possibly exist, this is definitely one of them. Congrats.

Working this hard to call a loss a win is the funniest part of the war so far.

No, no. The aggressors are clearly the victims. Got to aim for that pre-emptive L in order to really twist the narrative.

Had to double-check you weren't actually in Singularity for a moment...

You can accuse Mayor of many things. War-dodging is definitely not one of them.

Witnessing Singularity double down on their failure to grasp just how much of an own goal this is has been an absolute delight. Please stop trying to ruin my fun.

It's a very interesting sensation, witnessing the defensive side of a war dogpile the aggressor into oblivion.

In my defence... Well, no. I got nothing. 10 points to Hufflepuff.

You looked like you could use the help 😉