Jun 17th 2014, 4:11:37
Completely disagree with Viceroy's edit.
It would just show the game isn't balanced to begin with. Adding even more choices would have a good chance to further unbalance the game, because bonuses multiply against each other. The right step is to simply balance the governments.
In games, interesting decisions come down to risk-vs-reward. All-X is a playstyle that is low-risk, and therefore should also be low-reward. Giving all-X a bonus is good and all, but it may potentially allow strong strats to be even stronger if their first 500 turns might receive an explore bonus as well.
I believe Fascism and Communism needs some serious tweaks. What and how, I don't know because I haven't put any thought to it. Having yet another bonus on top of the current bonus points bonus system isn't going to fix them too much. I haven't seen a Commie that doesn't pick -Expenses bonus.
It would just show the game isn't balanced to begin with. Adding even more choices would have a good chance to further unbalance the game, because bonuses multiply against each other. The right step is to simply balance the governments.
In games, interesting decisions come down to risk-vs-reward. All-X is a playstyle that is low-risk, and therefore should also be low-reward. Giving all-X a bonus is good and all, but it may potentially allow strong strats to be even stronger if their first 500 turns might receive an explore bonus as well.
I believe Fascism and Communism needs some serious tweaks. What and how, I don't know because I haven't put any thought to it. Having yet another bonus on top of the current bonus points bonus system isn't going to fix them too much. I haven't seen a Commie that doesn't pick -Expenses bonus.