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Z Game profile

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Aug 8th 2011, 14:07:43

COOL bEANZ~

hanlong Game profile

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Aug 8th 2011, 17:59:53

Originally posted by Slagpit:
It's just rounding.


that's what the accountants said at enron also ;)
Don Hanlong
Don of La Famiglia

torment Game profile

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Aug 9th 2011, 9:42:22

who what when where why?

diez Game profile

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Aug 9th 2011, 12:46:19

torment sucks, that is all.

Slagpit Game profile

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Aug 10th 2011, 5:06:19

I wrote a blog post to address some of the issues players brought up.

BobbyATA Game profile

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Aug 10th 2011, 5:32:45

tried to write a comment on your blog post. It said 404 error not found when I tried to log in to do so...

Chaoswind Game profile

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Aug 12th 2011, 3:20:02

Me too :(

Oh well, the points you make Slagpit are more than relevant, this should change the overwhelming negativity of some of the player base towards the nerf of the uber decay bonus.
Elysium Lord of fluff
PDM Lord of fluff
Flamey = Fatty
Crazymatt is Fatty 2

highrock Game profile

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Aug 12th 2011, 4:55:14

overwhelming negativity? most of the people who have actually used the decay bonus are in favor of nerfing it.
formerly Viola MD

enshula Game profile

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Aug 12th 2011, 14:32:19

Luck 0.4% 8
Luck +0.25% 6

.4/8=.05
.25/6=0.041666
.05/0.041666=1.20

8/6=1.333
.25*1.333=0.33333325

so new luck is 20% better than old luck

and new luck rounded up .0333 up to .04

so you round up something which is exactly 1/3 of the difference between .03 and .04, best case i can think of you rounded .0333 up to .035 then rounded it up again to .04

Expenses -1.25% 12
Expenses -0.8% 8

8/12=.666
1.25*.666=.8325
.8/.8325=0.960960

so you rounded .0325 down to .00 which rounding .0333 up to .04

one of which is a 20% buff and the other is a 3.9% nerf

i would have expected luck to have been much more used compared to expenses previously so it seems counter productive to treat them in opposite ways

particularly when a rounding effect on a smaller value is way higher than that on the larger one

if the goal is to make it easier to change values dropping a significant place and having to take into account weird rounding seems needlessly complicated

you traded a 10% nerf for a 20% buff with weird rounding but left a 3.9% nerf that you could have turned into a 8.1% buff on a category which arguably deserved more buffing

or you could just add a significant place

enshula Game profile

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Aug 12th 2011, 14:34:26

the blog seems messed up

there was no obvious place to create an account, eventually i found one by going to a different page than the one linked to, but once i made an account it wouldnt login and wouldnt even let me resend password when trying username or email used on sign up and it said it accepted both

Dragonlance Game profile

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Aug 13th 2011, 13:51:54

i came into this set with the intention of trying the fascist farmer decay option to see how much cash could be made from it if any.

But i've already fallen behind on collecting my bonuses as well as having an issue with 1 of the sites claiming i am cheating with my vote or something, so i may not be able to give much insight:p

Marshal Game profile

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Aug 13th 2011, 20:20:33

already voted-msg?
Patience: Yep, I'm with ELK and Marshal.

ELKronos: Patty is more hairy.

Gallery: K at least I am to my expectations now.

LadyGrizz boobies is fine

NOW3P: Morwen is a much harsher mistress than boredom....

highrock Game profile

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Aug 15th 2011, 3:46:02

building costs is the new decay in that it is the only bonus that can significantly add nw to the right country.
formerly Viola MD

Dragonlance Game profile

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Aug 16th 2011, 6:57:45

yeah but now it's back to letting me vote marshal.

it only happened on like 1 day, weird.

yeah, should have gone building costs.

alas i hope some of my clanmates did.

Pteppic Game profile

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Aug 16th 2011, 17:49:26

The 15% Bonus for Facism was not enough to make up for the decrease in the decay bonus to play Facism. Nevertheless I like the idea to increase the bonus effectiveness.

hanlong Game profile

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Sep 23rd 2011, 1:23:27

looking back so far this reset in alliance, this change did not nerf decay for techers as planned (unless i misunderstood the intentions)

i would argue it is a slight buff for techers and a huge nerf for cashers. what it merely did was push the food peak to be later and higher.
Don Hanlong
Don of La Famiglia

highrock Game profile

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Sep 23rd 2011, 1:41:20

i think we need another reset to tell...the fact that tech prices are so high still tells me that there was probably some strat imbalance this set.
formerly Viola MD

locket Game profile

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Sep 23rd 2011, 17:40:58

no one played farmer because it sucks.

Pteppic Game profile

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Sep 23rd 2011, 23:33:39

Now you get your bonus for the day and apply it. I liked it more before - you had to be a bit more careful. Now it becomes more like an automated routine again.

Z Game profile

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Sep 26th 2011, 21:52:03

Ouch even~~~~~~