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Lex Sedet In Vertice: A Supervillain in the DCU CK2 quest

What sort of tone should I shoot for with this Quest?

  • Go as crack fueled as you can we want Ambush Bug, Snowflame and Duckseid

    Votes: 30 7.7%

  • Go for something silly but keep a little bit of reason

    Votes: 31 7.9%

  • Adam West Camp

    Votes: 27 6.9%

  • Balanced as all things should be

    Votes: 195 50.0%

  • Mostly serious but not self-involvedly so

    Votes: 73 18.7%

  • Dark and brooding but with light at the end of the tunnel

    Votes: 12 3.1%

  • We're evil and we don't want anyone to be happy

    Votes: 22 5.6%
  • Total voters
    390
  • Poll closed .
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She's another Hero Unit though, which means more bonuses we can give to our actions. We got 4 Hero Units and 8 Actions, so we should snag another 4 Hero Units. Besides, with Lucy Lane on our side, we can use that connection against Lois.

Mean seriously, Lucy can legally tell us secrets about Lois, and it wouldn't be too difficult getting people to assume Lois is trying to deliberately ruin her sister's career. Very least, it looks bad when siblings are opposed to each other professionally.
 
Learn about space will join the tie with one more vote. With two or more it should be guaranteed to pass. Someone, give poor Ivo something to do. Let him use his 30 learning to develop zero-G adapted robots or something like that.
 
[X] Crush all criminals

[X] Investigate the five dead assassins

[X] Donate to injured veterans

[X] Look into hiring a PR representative

[X] Go green

[X] Increase manufacturing cell phones

[X] Reach out to Lucy Lane

[X] Improve phones
 
[X] Tighten security
[X] improve armor option
[X ] Donate to injured veterans
[X] Look into hiring a PR representative
[X] Build a panic room
[X] Learn about biology
[X] integrating the bank
[X] Upgrade the surveillance system in LexCorp
 
Did we recieve more actions for hiring 2 heros?? Maybe that's something that you could implement? That way we can eventually go through the whole backlog of actions
 
Stylph said:
Did we recieve more actions for hiring 2 heros?? Maybe that's something that you could implement? That way we can eventually go through the whole backlog of actions
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No you did not. If you get more heroes with a cooperation score over 1 though I will allow more actions. I don't want to make just getting heroes so powerful I want it to be something you have to invest in a little to get the full rewards
 
Stylph said:
Did we recieve more actions for hiring 2 heros?? Maybe that's something that you could implement? That way we can eventually go through the whole backlog of actions
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We have to increase their cooperation score with Lex to be greater than 1, or increase it to greater than 1 with someone else that already has cooperation score of greater than 1 with Lex.
 
The vote tally is wrong if King Crimson includes plan votes / typo votes. See this chart:

(4 votes for the plan "To Rule" minus one because Shaper's votes were already counted in the original tally)
Vote by TallyActionPlanTypoFinal with PlanFinal without Plan
14[X] Look into hiring a PR representative311815
11[X] Increase manufacturing cell phones31411
10[X] Investigate the five dead assassins11111
10[X] Donate to injured veterans31310
9[X] Destroy Jason Woodrue's reputation11010
9[X] Go green3129
8[X] Reach out to Lucy Lane199
8[X] Integrate banking and payment service onto phone199
7[X] Learn about space77
7[X] Tighten security3107
6[X] Build Ivo housing in a sublab177
6[X] Learn about computers66
5[X] Research botany55
5[X] Investigate inside the company55
5[X] Learn about robotics166

The main difference is that with the plan included, Tighten security is happening (along with a tie to break), but without it, it isn't.
 
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Nystical said:
The vote tally is wrong if King Crimson includes plan votes / typo votes. See this chart:

(4 votes for the plan "To Rule" minus one because Shaper's votes were already counted in the original tally)
Vote by TallyActionPlanTypoFinal with PlanFinal without Plan
14[X] Look into hiring a PR representative311815
11[X] Increase manufacturing cell phones31411
10[X] Investigate the five dead assassins11111
10[X] Donate to injured veterans31310
9[X] Destroy Jason Woodrue's reputation11010
9[X] Go green3129
8[X] Reach out to Lucy Lane199
8[X] Integrate banking and payment service onto phone199
7[X] Learn about space77
7[X] Tighten security3107
6[X] Build Ivo housing in a sublab177
6[X] Learn about computers66
5[X] Research botany55
5[X] Investigate inside the company55
5[X] Learn about robotics166

The main difference is that with the plan included, Tighten security is happening (along with a tie to break), but without it, it isn't.
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I'm not sure how you are calculating the votes. Using the vote tally option on sufficient velocity seems to only be giving me 8 votes for tightening security.
 
King crimson said:
I'm not sure how you are calculating the votes. Using the vote tally option on sufficient velocity seems to only be giving me 8 votes for tightening security.
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I used the same tally, but it could have changed since then. I mostly brought it up to point out that tighten security has a good chance of winning even if it doesn't look like it does on initial viewing of the tally.

I think it could be beneficial if you say for the next vote that we should specifically not use plan voting for actions. (And simply not count votes that ignore your request) To avoid this issue and make both the players and yourself have an easier time of judging what is going to win - there are usually a lot of near-ties so far which is healthy but also requires a close eye. This could make your part to determine which votes won easier.
 
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[X] Donate to injured veterans
[X] Look into hiring a PR representative
[X] Reach out to Lucy Lane
[X] Integrate banking and payment service onto phone
[X] Increase manufacturing cell phones
[X] Hire Ex-Cons
[X] Investigate the five dead assassins
[X] Learn about computers

@King crimson Would hiring a pr representative help us with future interviews, like with Lois? As in, would it suggest/recommend certain things to talk about, or certain rebuttals, or speculate what the interviewer might talk about? Not to say their thoughts or suggestions are completely accurate or all inclusive, of course.
 
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[X] Donate to injured veterans
[X] Look into hiring a PR representative
[X] Reach out to Lucy Lane
[X] Integrate banking and payment service onto phone
[X] Increase manufacturing cell phones
[X] Hire Ex-Cons
[X] Investigate the five dead assassins
[X] Learn about computers

@King crimson Would hiring a pr representative help us with future interviews, like with Lois? As in, would it suggest/recommend certain things to talk about, or certain rebuttals, or speculate what the interviewer might talk about? Not to say their thoughts or suggestions are completely accurate or all inclusive, of course.
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Yes it would. Potentially it would allow you to just flat out avoid speaking to Lois yourself and blacklist her from the company while counterspinning anything she writes. Granted that needs a high roll
 
So the cooperation mechanics have been updated to be this Hero A + (Hero B*cooperation score)
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(Hero C*AC cooperation score)​
and so on. Hero A is hero assigned to be a leader. The update will be up at 10:00 pm PST ​
 
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    • The vote is now closed and the winning options are as follows:

    D [ ] Look into hiring a PR representative
    DC 12
    S [ ] Increase manufacturing cell phones
    DC 10
    I [ ] Investigate the five dead assassins
    DC 20
    D [ ] Donate to injured veterans
    DC 10
    D [ ] Reach out to Lucy Lane
    DC 24
    I [ ] Destroy Jason Woodrue's reputation
    DC 5
    S [ ] Integrate banking and payment service onto phone
    DC 20
    M [ ] Tighten security
    DC 23

    I will not be posting the complete write up for every possible stat combination (it has too many permutations at this point for me to reasonably list it). I have put up a letter in front of each of the winning options so you know what category the action falls into (M for martial, D for diplomacy, S for stewardship, I for intrigue and L for learning). Do not copy the letters into your vote (it will disqualify it). Please keep your vote in plan format as any non-plan votes will be discounted. Remember if you want to assign multiple heroes to a task you must assign a primary hero to the task. Don't forget to include that in your vote. You do not have to assign every hero to a task but leaving a hero unit free to do whatever they want can be risky. The hero boost system has been overhauled to Hero A + (Hero B*AB cooperation score) + (Hero C*AC cooperation score) and so on being how the bonuses are calculated. Hopefully the new system will cut down on some of the issues previously experienced. There is a one hour moratorium before votes will be accepted. Have fun.
     
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    • Well, we have no action that we can use Ivo on...

    EDIT: Here are the DCs for each of the action that we've picked:

    - Tighten security : 23
    - Donate to injured veterans : 10
    - Look into hiring a PR representative : 12
    - Reach out to Lucy Lane : 24
    - Integrate banking and payment service onto phone : 20
    - Increase manufacturing cell phones : 10
    - Investigate the five dead assassins : 20
    - Destroy Jason Woodrue's reputation : 5
     
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    ThatGuyWithIdeas said:
    Well, we have no action that we can use Ivo on...

    EDIT: Here are the DCs for each of the action that we've picked:

    - Tighten security : 23
    - Donate to injured veterans : 10
    - Look into hiring a PR representative : 12
    - Reach out to Lucy Lane : 24
    - Integrate banking and payment service onto phone : 20
    - Increase manufacturing cell phones : 10
    - Investigate the five dead assassins : 20
    - Destroy Jason Woodrue's reputation 5
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    Since Ivo is negative with everyone, his low scores are good for not reducing the roll much

    I say have lex talk to Lucy with ivy's help and mercy look into the assassins with ivo
     
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    One problem with many options available is I tend to be paralysed by indecision for too long, as I was for this vote, but hopeful this quest will give me more practice in deciding quickly.

    I think we could put Ivo on Destroying Jason Woodrue's rep, if only because he has more than enough spite, vindictiveness, and arrogance, plus maybe with is a way for Pamela at least to have one positive to keep in mind about Ivo (as I think the only way to help that relationship is really for Pamela to pivot towards at least putting on a face that Ivo sees as useful, maybe). Plus it is the easiest action. Although we probably don't want him to exercise his Intrigue too much.

    I'm kinda tempted to see what would happen if we just let him loose in the labs and see what he come up with (while keeping a very close eye on surveillance). Now is probably safer to experiment with the system than when say, Superman (perhaps backed up by Batman) is active and may talk to Ivo...

    Or maybe this is a chance to cover up his weaknesses a bit, if we want to take the risk, again in the safest environment we will probably ever have in the quest.
     
    I feel like we should've done some investigating on Woodrue before we smash his rep to bits, mostly because I'm curious about why he has such high stats in intrigue.
     
    Starting from next turn, we really should ensure we take two learning actions (or, at the very least, one learning action) each turn, so that we can actually make good use of our scientists.

    As for hero assignments, here's a possible assignment plan:
    Luthor - Investigate the five dead assassins
    Mercy - Tighten security
    Isley - Reach out to Lucy Lane
    Ivo - Destroy Jason Woodrue's reputation
     
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