I mean, if we're struggling to find Stewardship actions we can do because of fund cost, there is an option. It's one of the write-in actions. Another item to give to heroes would be neat.
the cunning disguise seems a bit short-sighted an action to devote our entire organisation to when it could do a business venture that would impact tons of people (and we're able to put Cruella on a fashion chain so it's contested anyhow, (with a smarty collaboration it would only cost 1 fund))
in the discord there was some discussion about improving disney's merchandising and i had the idea that we might be able to do a stewardship action to expand the scope of our subsidiaries (in this case, give it support to expand in scope so it can sell a bunch of merchandise)
this could presumably happen with other corporations we own, though hard to say where the profit would be (since disney doesn't have many relevant properties to franchise/merchandise out)
Our Stewardship actions have a lot of awkwardness about doing them. We can't really afford the funds cost right now
stewardship actions cost money, but they should still be taken since hopefully they'll make money too. hopefully some short term, though if it has to wait until the turn we get income that shouldn't stop us (or we'll neglect opportunities to produce more funds and thus have a harder time in the future)
lobbying/stewardship actions for now, once liquidator hits
Sending Russ to the Imagination Institute couldn't hurt, but I can't see what it would do right now. Who would we send over? It's not guaranteed that Negaduck will attack next turn. We need to keep the QMS and Lizzy home. Wendy will probably be busy. It also gives me the feel of metagaming.
i agree that sending russ to the imagination institute would have downsides so if we can put it off we should, it's just a question of whether we can afford it with stuff going down
not sure what you think is metagaming though. the keeping heroes around for liquidator/out of the path of negaduck? that's with information doof knows in-universe so it should probably be fine
[ ] Plan: Magic of (eugh) Friendship Mk. II
i probably shouldn't criticise all of your plan, but if people haven't said it already split-second is likely to be a bad choice with people finding it disrespectful after negaduck/not getting enthused because of the disasters, and diplomacy probably needs AI rights lobbying too (with 3 corporate actions for lobbying if that's possible)
there was some suggestions about putting NOWCA on a diplomacy action, so that might help you fit it in they're not built for it, but they'd get a +15 to the category so might as well get use out of it. not sure what's best to leave out, maybe underworld? it could be shaken up by liquidator anyhow so unless he's taking advantage of it (a possibility) it could be lower priority.
avatar of feldrake has use in combat but there might be better alternatives too, so i wouldn't be set on it. need to see what gets unlocked but with celena we might have access to some higher-tier actions she can do, for instance.
but really, going hard and fast on AI rights should save us anguish in the long term, so it's worth funds/action cost we'd have to pay anyhow
for personals, can i reccomend you swap out chatting to russ with asking him about CAIA? if you just want his secrets, the latter is probably more effective to get it (and he already has a bossman chat loyalty boost up so doing another would be innefficient)
no strong opinion of hero personals. people might dislike you going for all the multi-action ones that take time to show results, but they'll be worthwhile once we get them. except for coyote, maybe? expanding products to japan's DC reduction would be redundant if we've already completed the national)
I'm convinced we can drop designing a lair for russ to save on funds, the loyalty boost won't help right now and if you want a safehouse he doesn't need a lair for that
Also Russ is better unit to look for Star, since is his job as part of the Paranormal Division, and Tobe would be better to investigate Celebration instead of Danville Underworld, as part of his duties as a Time Cop.
less relevant to us, so it can probably be put lower on the priority list. DOR15 is dangerous but not next turn dangerous, so i'd prefer to prioritise doom (who has less eyes on him so it makes more sense for us to oppose, and who's actively annoying to us more frequently.
the government has an eye on DOR15 so less need for us specifically to act, basically?
you're right regarding bureaucracy, but if things start worsening i expect that to change fast
regarding alan/wendy, a bossman chat isn't guarenteed to give us a hero's deepest secrets when they might not want to share them full stop?
alan's information will be revealed anyhow if we go on the digital quest so there's no rush to talk to him (if we bring him, he might even let slip regarding the MCP's existence). talking to wendy might help if she's willing to spill, but other actions can probably help us more
...I'm unclear on what you mean.
they're saying the government's lacking in ability to respond to DOR15 because CAIA's time department is underfunded/being messed with. which is true, but the important thing is that they know in general (and other factions will focus on the mind control parts of DOR15 so they will be addressed at least
I'm not trying to stack. I'm trying to help Russ. Plus, Wendy and Alan can wait while we have Negaduck on our doorstep. Russ has Toon experience and we need him at full capacity (or close to it) once Liquidator shows up.
if you're trying to get rid of russ's "a frightful sight" malus, a bossman chat probably won't be that effective (since we're not trying to give him therapy)? and russ isn't the sort of hero for physically fighting liquidator anyhow, right? he'd just drown. letting him interact with some toons might be a good idea if he can spare the action though, it could synergise well with moseby doing the same
Toons tend to receive a break since there's no department made to handle them so this specific action is fine. If we want to meddle with Zootopia affairs, Monogram is definitely the one to send since his department is the one that handles that and they possible would do something about Bellwether prey supremacist agenda and that predator supremacist terrorist group.
sending hero's from the right department to respond to threats is advantageous, but not the only factor behind what hero to pick since sometimes we don't want the government knowing what we're up to, for instance.
Like I said Russ is not shape to fight toons thanks to his mind and him passing time with them is just him try to distract himself instead of tackling the issue and consider he is on the Toon Out phase that PA may do more harm than good since he's out of balance, he can't even take a coin one the Muppets trow at him because of that.
rather than "tackling the issue", it might be best just to wait things out with Russ. he's shaken up but a chance to do heroism might not be what he needs (if you review how he was in the declaration quest, he's still doing poorly even after a success). the blot might be different, but he also might fail to do things properly which would just demoralise him/piss off the blot. getting our object back is probably useful regardless, though.
if we're prioritising Russ's mental wellbeing then a chance to relax would help him more, though Russ has tons of other stuff to do so it may be wiser to go for those actions instead (they're pretty important)
Ya know, it's been confirmed we CAN write-in PAs..Why can't we just write-in a PA for Russ to talk to Dreamfinder? He told Doof that's who he's looking for, and I assume Doof told him after he got back, and the II are a government organization, so, ya know, why can't he set up a meeting on his own time, as a agent in a related department who now has some clout, and still have Doof able to talk to him?
might not even be needed, russ has a solid chance of unlocking new personals with new revealations/his improved position, and finding dreamfinder could be one of those
note: this got sent sooner than i was originally intending to so half of it was edited in mid-way though, so some people might miss it. i spend way too long replying to messages here:/
