Theodosius

I have said this many times so far (all those retirement pings, s m h), but I felt like not posting here for posterity would be wrong. It has been the absolute pleasure working alongside you, mon ami. I know you'll enjoy your retirement. I am very much looking forward to yet another excellent addition to our EE advisory board. May the ROI bless you.

This reminds of Hollywood actors and moguls who kept denying that Harvey Weinstein is scum of the earth despite gruesome amount of facts right in front of them. It would be hilarious if it wasn't so sad.

I got that from the changelog. You missed my entire point, which was built on understanding that the new meta will only allow for defending parties in wars to get beiged, and as aforementioned, that is no good. As some people mentioned in previous threads, and as I've outlined on the previous page, there are some serious issues that would come out of such war system - mainly easy nation cycling, permawarring possibilities and lack of viable opportunities to fight back and get respite. I don't know, have I bungled my points? Mayhaps someone with better English can explain it better?

ftfy

It's supposedly designed to make beige less desirable/useful (which okay, kinda makes sense as a counterbalance?), but you can't get enough beige in the first place anyway so ayy lmao

A well supported player simple solution/suggestion of making **all wars (edit: for clarification, make both the offensive and defensive parties in all wars be able to receive beige)** end in beige upon expiry dependent on remaining resistance has been made meaningless with this, what, a cosmetic change at best? No one cares about the in game victory/loss ratio mechanic. None of the proposed points address fighting back from an unfavourable position and none of them address easy time of continuous cycling/sitting on people (translation: permawar easy af) that the recent changes have made possible (and the aforementioned ones do not fix this). Make the first point actually do something and make all the wars beige upon expiry, either based on resistance or some additional factors - and at least, in a way, it will patch up the main issues of the current meta that was radically broken when beige was completely removed. Not being able to break beige until you're down to 12 turns seems like a sufficient counterweight to getting beiged, but it's meaningless if there is simply no possible scenario of a nation getting enough time on beige for respite in the first place.

All political squabbles, rivalries and blue balls are henceforth to be settled by... CHESS DUELS That's right, you heard me people! *throws gauntlet at Keegoz* ROOK TO G8, YOUR MOVE SIR On topic: This is a formality thread and we all know you're gonna do whatever you want, so lets pretend I've thrown some angreh input here and you can go ahead and keep pretending anything the playerbase says is being taken into consideration. I doubt you're gonna see the community want to be your guinea pig, though.

There seems to be no point in arguing or bringing forward well-intentioned, valid suggestions if the administration is just gonna arbitrarily chop off whatever they deem a nuisance to moderate in this game, however crucial a given mechanic or however radical the change is, without any consideration for how it reflects on the gameplay meta, or without any plans how to alleviate newly induced (and much bigger) issues. But new projects, amirite? Just sit back and let it burn, dawgs.

a forum suggestion with overwhelming support: gets ignored for 3 months one voicey boi: haha downvotes go insta brrr still tho:

I don't care what evidence people bring to you guys in t$, the level of reparations and harsh terms my dear friend Aero was asking on behalf of his alliance were perfectly reasonable and they don't even count because he strongly said "not bad guy, quick peace yes" in my DMs. Ftfy. What's embarrassing here is as a former member is shilling for a guy who was ready to push harsh terms on your alliance and your people and (inadvertently or not) attempt to drive them out of the game. So yes. Soft.

The nation name is now Basileia ton Rhomaion if anyone is still feeling frisky and wants to try and impose those terms. I'll be waiting. @Aero @Poolaris

Meanwhile Epi

+ - 5 day cooldown (if gained through trade) on a treasure to prevent abuses (ping-ponging the treasure to prevent losing it) - instituting the same mechanics that apply to resources (can't trade treasures if you're blockaded) Seems pretty straight forward and simple to make considering the mechanics for it already exist, no need to overcomplicate something if there's a simple way to do it

Exactly. Why not make both kill the same amount? (14%)

Balance > real life sense No one will dispute airplanes needed a nerf, but you added so many nerfs that they're now almost useless lmao This one mainly: Aircraft Killed by Tanks in a Ground Battle: 0% -> 42% (only after Ground Control has been established) 10% seems far more reasonable.

Nothing wrong with couping t$ Come on people do it already I want out oh god please help me let us out

Until me and Dryad roll Vein

roll vein

nope, he just means we had enough of you muahahaha yeah okay, i joke.. unless?

That's correct. We discussed it a few days ago when the change was made. As it usually happens, Sheepy probably did not fully understand the negative ramifications of introducing such a feature. In a normal environment, it would go without saying that using this feature to force other players to delete their cities would be inconceivable, but after the last war I understand why people felt the need to proclaim this publicly.

Investor Contact: Leopold von Habsburg Media Contact: Partisan SYNDICATE, INC., ANNOUNCES COMPANY PANDEMIC MEASURES AND EXECUTIVE BOARD RESTRUCTURING Company Retreat, Diocletian's Palace, Spalato (de facto provisional Corona HQ) NASSAU, Bahamas (de jure), April 10th, 2020 – SYNDICATE, Inc. (NYSE:SCC) Amidst growing global pandemic crisis, the executive board has escaped a lively corona epicentre from Bahamas and decided to spend the rest of self-imposed quarantine measures in the Company retreat at Diocletian's Palace, SPALATO. Diocletian's Palace came into possession of the Syndicate during the breakup of Yugoslavia. It is rumoured, but never proven in court that the Company acquired this wonderful location and converted into a luxurious Company retreat by bribing the local government with 300 liters of gasoline. Amidst the global chaos, attempting to maintain social distance and abide by Company imposed quarantine rules, the incumbent Executives have grown ever more irrational. It is rumoured by the Retreat's staff that Mr Leopold, incumbent COO has been heard yelling in an inarticulate language at present wall paintings in his quarters. Later, it is believed that this language is known as Austrian German, deciphered by a staff employee, the laundry boy Pablo. Attempting to alleviate and de-escalate the situation, the Executive Board has introduced Resolution 138, calling for mandatory NO PANTS policy for all incumbent board residents, regardless if meetings were to be in person or via Skype. Furthermore, while Company shares continue to plummet contingent to the global trends amidst a growing pandemic, the Board has felt obligated to increase security amongst its employees now working from home, with no pants on, and forthwith hire a rising star of the Company as Chief Security Officer. It is rumoured by close confidants of the CSP, Mr Partisan, that he has been infected by a disease. Mr Partisan, a known hypochondriac, fearing influenza infection, has frantically invited a certain Mr Shiho to decipher the disease. After close examination by Shiho Nishizumi, it has been established that Mr Partisan has contracted syphilis on one of his many encounters around the world and will be treated accordingly. It is believed that Mr Shiho has gained such trust with swift action on Mr Partisan's behalf, and gained enough favour of the leading figure of the Company, that has prompted the aforementioned Mr Partisan, otherwise known in the red-light districts as "The Snake" to promote Mr Shiho Nishizumi to the position of Chief Security Officer. The motion to pass the resolution 139, the no underwear policy, has been shut down by the rest of the Board, and its proponent, incumbent CFO, Mr Theodosius, has been left devastated ever since. The board will continue to monitor the global developments and accordingly increase preventive measures in the future. The board once again implores its employees to stay safe and take all precautionary measures to protect themselves from the rampant pandemic, and syphilis (amended by Mr Partisan 15:36). Signed, the Board, Partisan, Leopold von Habsburg, Theodosius, Shiho Nishizumi

It's only week one of the quarantine. Keep it healthy people