Gisele Howard
Posts: 1
6/21/2018
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Hello,
First to say I am quite enjoying this game and reading the forum posts about the election. Many players seem to have a single concern which I have a suggestion for, namely the difficulty of advancing Career due to the advancement options being locked to Sometimes cards, making those who are able to play less often or have poor luck with the RNG directly disadvantaged.
I suggest simply adding two (or one with branches) Always storylets with options something like:
Arrange An Audience (Action Cost 4): Forces draw of the Advance your Reputation card.
Rouse The Rabble (Action Cost 2, Favor cost 1, basically a clone of the Advance Reputation card but instead of that it just draws the card).
Reasoning (in case any of it is useful even if the direct suggestion is not):
Minimal work to add as it is just one layer above the existing system.
One can choose to devote Action resources to this without allowing those who have lots of favors/money and playtime to specifically overwhelm the system quickly (if avoiding that was somehow the intent of this design).
Players with little or no interest will still draw the Election cards naturally and be aware.
Players with less playtime can do this until they run out of favors or other items for the purpose, which becomes more likely if you are using up actions this way.
And obviously, Players who really want to participate, RP, etc, have what might be considered a valid lore option for doing so on demand, before our time to enjoy this event runs out.
Thank you for your attention.
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Daedalus_Falk
Posts: 234
6/22/2018
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I agree with everything written here. To be honest, I'm getting a little frustrated with all of the RNG-dependent opportunity cards for events. I think the most fun at an event I ever had was the Fruits of the Zee, precisely BECAUSE there was minimal RNG involved in getting wasted on Mutton Island.
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Jolanda Swan
Posts: 1784
6/22/2018
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No, then we would only get this card.
I advanced fairly fast (twenty since yesterday) and still, I find the RNG turning all events into frustration. At least, give us the opportunity to grind for the card. Or to grind for an equal result as the card gives. It is a pity for such well-written events to turn stressful because of mechanics. Even if few people are truly unlucky, what about them?
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Jolanda Swan
Posts: 1784
6/24/2018
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And apart from the luck factor, heists and flash lays and cases give you a sense of doing things FOR the election. Otherwise, you play as normally and election content comes up occasionally. Not as immersive.
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Azothi
Posts: 586
6/25/2018
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It seems, furthermore, that they've attempted to alleviate this problem by making the Further Your Reputation card Ubiquitous frequency now. I believe it was only Frequent last week.
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Barse
Posts: 706
6/25/2018
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Jolanda Swan wrote:
Where is the Flash LaY? I am already at reputation 20 but I would play for the fun of it!
The Flash Lays are somewhere towards the bottom of the main Election 1896 storylet.
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Jolanda Swan
Posts: 1784
6/25/2018
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Thank you!
edited by Jolanda Swan on 6/25/2018
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Anne Auclair
Posts: 2215
6/29/2018
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I actually kind of prefer the current system to the previous? It's way less grindy? We're not constantly redoing flash lays and investigations and there's a single electoral currency that works for everything.
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Azothi
Posts: 586
6/22/2018
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This thread made me consider what else could be implemented to reduce the RNG dependency without tipping the scales in favor of late-game players, and I've left my thoughts below:
While this would require more time and investment to implement, making it improbable to implement this year while Sunless Skies and the website redesign take precedence, a good solution to the RNG dependency would be the addition of a mechanic akin to a Flash Lay or Heist. Ideally, it'd taken somewhere around ten to fifteen actions to complete (like the Finishing School), with the reward being convertible to Reputation (Favours in High Places for Fixers, Magnificent Diamonds for Campaigners, and Blackmail Material for Agitators). With Favour cards changed to Frequent frequency, the idea is that players can, through these mechanics, continually refresh their deck. With 20 actions and a deck of 6 cards, one can easily refresh the deck once. With 40 actions, one can refresh the deck two or three times while building up materials to use for Reputation.
Admittedly, this still leaves the election dependent on the RNG, but it creates an illusion of progress because the player continues to invest actions to gain resources and participate in the election.
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Chezz
Posts: 8
6/22/2018
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I commented about it on Tuesday on the main Election thread, seems to being happening to a lot of players. In my case, I've been playing for a bit less than a month, so my deck isn't even crumpled, and I still have a hard time seeing the card appear. Since my rant, luckily things have gotten better and the card finally appeared and did it a few more times, but I totally agree that leaving the outcome of events like this to RNG is a risky proposition.
edited by Chezz on 6/22/2018
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Honeyaddict
Posts: 501
6/22/2018
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These options do look very interesting, but they would be a bit unbalanced for end-game players, seen as you can advance reputation with a mere 2 Making waves (rather easy to acquire for anyone really) or those who can grind making waves.
Though I must agree that the card's drawing ration is perhaps too low. Maybe if they increase it to Abundant Frequency it would be solved mainly?
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Aardvark
Posts: 119
6/25/2018
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So, now we can take part in an election Flash Lay, for Vital Intelligence, 3 Reputation and some more insight into the candidates. I can't overstate how happy that makes me, as that single-handedly addresses pretty much all the points of discontent that have been raised in this thread and others.
Especially with what has been very nicely summed up here:
Jolanda Swan wrote:
And apart from the luck factor, heists and flash lays and cases give you a sense of doing things FOR the election. Otherwise, you play as normally and election content comes up occasionally. Not as immersive.
Could't agree more with this point, and I'm already looking forward to delving into murky waters of Flash Lays. It's a nice bonus that it actually gives you more currency to spend on Further your Reputation card. Well played, FBG, and thank you for this elegant solution 
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