This seems like a neat idea. On Tue, 24 Oct 2017 at 13:42 Kerim Aydin <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > > I plan to run for the office of Surveyor with a proposed set of land > reforms. The incumbant's tenure has been marked with a low, supply- > side policy that has marginalized land and made it a part of the > ongoing economic malaise - eir campaign proposal is an inadequate > response to our ongoing problems. > > > My proto-proposal (long-term) starts as follows, comments welcome. I > don't know how much of this "in full" will be in the campaign proposal. > > 1. Land supply: # of land units will be pegged to the number of Offices > in the game. > > 2. Supply rate: Auction up to 3 units per month, with a "top N" bidding > system so that people with moderate shiny levels are competitive. > > 3. There's a Blueprint switch for Land. The owner can set it to Farm, > Mansion, or Business. > > 4. At the start of each month, the Land type (another switch) is set to > the Blueprint value, setting how the land is used for the month. Plan > ahead! Also paying attention to what others are planning. > > 5. Major change: shinies are no longer indestructible. Spending them > destroys them. > > 6. Farms create shinies. Farms belonging to Agora create shinies for > Agora. Farms belonging to player create a certain % for the owner, a > certain % for Agora. > > 7. Taking (5) and (6) together, the "supply problem" becomes one of > matching farms to needed supply, not this bouncing up-and-down against > a fixed supply that we're doing now. > > 8. Mansions give you an extra vote on all Proposals for the month. > > 9. Businesses do some combo of making proposals/CFJs cheaper, or > giving you an add-on shiny bonus for produced Officer reports (the > metaphor: you get your documents printed on professional stationary!) > > 10. (Toughest part) some recycling mechanism to make sure Land doesn't > get stuck with the richest. Best mechanism I can come up with is > a Disaster - once a month one Land Unit randomly returned to Agora > (metaphor of being foreclosed due to crops being lost) other mechanics > welcome. > > > >
