[Discuss] War Island Change

[Tom Vogt]

John P. Murphy schrieb:
> In control theory, it's frequently worth basing your actions not just  
> on a variable, but on the rate at which the variable is changing.   
> What if instead of punishing the realms with the least glory, you  
> punish the realms where the change in glory is the smallest?  That  
> way, all of the realms are being judged both in relation to the  
> others and in relation to their own past performance.  A realm that  
> was doing poorly, but is improving, would thus be less likely to be  
> punished (or punished in different ways) than a successful realm  
> which is really just coasting on its past victories.
>   

I have a part of that. Glory is partially re-set after each evaluation 
round.


> I can see how this would be the case.  I suspect, though, that unless  
> it's made crystal-clear that this is happening, the rulers will play  
> it as safe as possible, and then blame a drop in glory on situations  
> beyond their control.
>   

Which is why the game makes it very clear that his removal was due to 
incompetence.