[Discuss] An observation

[Chad Ziccardi]

On Jun 11, 2007, at 11:04 AM, Tom wrote:

> On 06/11/2007 02:27 AM, Greg McGlynn wrote:
>> If civil work is boring, perhaps the idea that every region should  
>> be at stats of 100-100-100-Core needs to go. As suggested above,  
>> make it easier to keep regions from revolting outright, but make  
>> optimal stats virtually impossible to achieve. Make it so that  
>> "Core" really only describes the few core regions of your realm,  
>> and "Main" really is the level of control you should expect over a  
>> typical region. Large realms should expect to have several  
>> outlying regions that are only Province. This should be affected  
>> by distance from the capital and tax rate, of course.
>
> Totally! That has always been the intention. I'm very surprised  
> that people are so insistent on "perfect" stats.
>
> Implementing it is tricky, though. People are willing to  
> unbelievable amounts of effort on raising the stats from 95 to 100.  
> If I don't want to make it flat out impossible, then how?

Typically I'm not one for obfuscation but...
Hide the numbers, replace it with some descriptive text.

If 90->100 is Very good People will stay within there and if it drops  
below they will work to bump it back up, but anywhere inside there  
and no one will mind that much.

--
Chad Ziccardi, Professional Slacker          cz at digitalfreaks.org
"Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go."




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