Also, from a "this is a quest" perspective, we succeeded in our roll, we got the best outcome other than a crit-success on dealing with the problem, which doesn't sound like the kind of thing that leads to "and suddenly your biggest concrete advantage over your enemies is gone"
So, basically this is because society is advanced enough that launching a crackdown no longer inherently makes everyone panic(particularly when we've established laws for evidence and forms of crime), but it also inherently makes people question whether the guy on top actually has your best interest in mind or if he's just another power grab.
War Missions are any military action. In this case since it's a mandatory war mission, it's defensive.
On the other hand it's much better as a Purge Corruption option now if Mained with Proclaim Glory.
Naw on both points:
Huh, missed that. Cool
Less a cultural merge and more of "our city is way nicer to live in than yours, why not move your royal family here?"
Well, I don't know about that; we're happy to trade with anyone who wants to.
Hmm...wasn't exactly a quest, though. AN has noted that the corruption situation arose due to a critical innovation fail, so without a critical success to mop it up, some symptoms may persist.
By quest i meant "this whole thing is a quest", not that the corruption issue was an in-quest quest or anything like that. And i agree that "some symptoms" will exist, but "some symptoms" and "our people flee to other civs and teach them one of our greatest secrets in spite, even though by all accounts our People are pretty proud of being People and don't think super highland of the lowlanders" is a bit more than "some symptoms"
Ugh, the pain! "Does the term 'cruel and unusual punishment' mean anything to you?"
After looking through a few more numbers, it's not as bad as I initially thought.
Action | cost | Effect |Total Cost| Overall Efficiency
{S} RO + {S} PG | 2 actions, 2 art | 1 Stability | 3.5 | .2857
{S} RO + {M} PG | 3 actions, 3 art, 1 econ | 2 Stability, 0.5 Prestige | 5.75 | .3478
{M} RO + {S} PG | 3 actions, 2 art | 1.44 Stability | 4.5 | .32
{M} RO + {M} PG | 4 actions, 3 art, 1 econ | 2.44 Stability, 0.5 Prestige| 6.75 | .3615
Certain
Yep. Going by the Glass discovery, the Lumpers were the Pottery association heads, who didn't want a new material made in similar ways for similar purposes to weaken their authority.
Most people fear and dread foreign ideas.
Dude, this is nothing compared to the monte-carlo sims I was running during some of those near-death turns.
EVE Online. Space MMO, AKA Spreadsheet Simulator. Or a 2nd job.
They were probably outnumbered, as it was the furthest-out defenders that are retreating.
Once everyone is safe behind the walls, we can out last them forever.
Uh, no, because then they'd just raze the countryside and starve us out.
Well, the People have much more to protect than the nomads do. We vastly prefer a defensive war, the kind where people ride up and beat their fists on our walls while we stand on towers and turn them into arrow-cushions.
Then we amass our army and wipe them out, we have every advantage except a martial hero.
Well, keep in mind that they've got a genius leader. Tactics and strategy can and do trump even significant tech advantages. The nomads just happen to be able to produce martial geniuses quite often.
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