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    Congrats NPO

    in Orbis Central

    Posted

    Have I ever told you the tragedy of Darth Roquentin the wise?

    I thought not, it's not a story the Syndisphere would tell you. It's a Paracovenant legend. Darth Roquentin was a Dark Lord of the New Pacific Order, so powerful and wise he could use his mastery of negotiation to influence the alliances and create coalitions... He had such a knowledge of Easy Mode he could keep the ones he cared about out of range.

     

    He became so powerful... the only thing he was afraid of was losing his power, which eventually of course, he did. Unfortunately, he taught Kastor, his apprentice, everything he knew, then the apprentice stole his bank in his sleep. Ironic, he could save others from defeat, but not himself.

     

    And this Orbis, is how you go from "Worst Alliance Leader of the Year" to "Best Alliance Leader of the Year" in a mere 6 months.

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    Double buys are dumb, MAPs model is good.

    in Game Suggestions

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    What if instead of being able to buy N percentage of your military, you could only buy N/12 per turn? A maximum of 1 day's worth of military buys could be stored, and after that your buy rate is reset and accrues every turn.

     

    This would prevent double buys, reduce load on the game server, and nerf the double-buy advantage of US based players. 

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    A Brief Statement from Spectrum

    in Alliance Affairs

    Posted

    smh

    The correct way to go about this is to enter on both sides, then declare war on yourself in defense of both sides. You should know better, Spectrum.

     

    Don't forget the best part, after the fact call it a "Successful life-fire training exercise" for the propaganda value

    Make Nukes Great Again

    in Game Suggestions

    Posted · Edited by Kyte

    TL;DR: Build a national project to launch 1 nuke per enemy city, regardless of current MAPs.

     

     

    12 MAPs to launch a single nuke that might get intercepted. It just doesn't seem worth it with today's mechanics.

     

    Proposal: Create a national project called the Nuclear Triad which allows you to launch a wave of nuclear missiles, one for each opponent city. 

     

     

    Nukes are a joke, no one is going to store up the MAPs to use just one nuke when the enemy is pounding you with ground, sea, and air strikes. This project/mechanic would not only make nukes viable again as both an offensive strategy, but also as a deterrent. This project is also already balanced in that the initial cost for nukes, as well as upkeep costs are relatively high. 

     

    The function for the number of nukes to retain is f(x) = (opponent_max_cities + 3_spy_ops). If the opponent has the Vital Defense System then f(x) = (opponent_max_cities * 1.2 + 3_spy_ops)

     

    For a simulated opponent with 20 cities, the VDS, and spais, the number of nukes needed to ensure a complete second strike is 27 nukes. The initial cost would be 20k alum, 12.5k gas, 6k uranium, and 47 million dollars. Upkeep costs would be 945,000 per day in peacetime. As the game currently stands, I believe this is balanced *enough*, although thoughts and suggestions are welcome.

     

    For a brief description of the Nuclear Triad project, click here.

    Multiple Project Suggestions

    in Game Suggestions

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    National project name: Nuclear Triad


    Small description: This project allows you to launch a Nuclear First Strike, or a second-strike in the vein of Mutually Assured Destruction. This project can only be activated once per war. Subsequent nuclear strikes will still cost 12 MAPs.


    Project effect: Launch a wave of nukes, one for each opponent city, regardless of current MAPs. Current MAPs set to zero.


    Resource cost: Steep, tbd


    Cash cost: 100,000,000 minimum


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    Extended Bank Actions

    in Game Suggestions

    Posted

    Simple request: Ability to search bank records by tag (the note section). A simple text box with a search button would retrieve all notes with text that matches the search string.

     

    For example, a banker searches for the string literal "loan", clicks search. The bank page refreshes to [https://politicsandwar.com/alliance/id=ID&display=bank&display=searchresults],displaying the past 15 transactions. Included in the result set are "loan grant for 10 million", "loan repayment 5/10 million", and "loaning out resources X food, Y oil"

     

     

     

    Complex request: Open up an alliance bank via the API, would require and API token, permission from admin, and appropriate privileges in a given alliance.

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