Re: DIS: Regarding the rapid proprietization of land

2018-06-12 Thread Reuben Staley
Hm, those are some good ideas. Perhaps we should also repeal Arcadian Action 5 to encourage using the more volatile Alternating Land Types system. Maybe we need to also add more Arcadian Actions that flip the ALT switch. On Tue, Jun 12, 2018, 12:44 Corona wrote: > ​Well, the thing that comes to

Re: DIS: Regarding the rapid proprietization of land

2018-06-12 Thread Corona
​Well, the thing that comes to mind first is to incentivize small groups, which would in general make the board more lively, e.g. by​: -movement (to same color would cost 2 apples, to different 1 apple) -making facilities produce less for every other facility in the same-color "group" (or it could

Re: DIS: Regarding the rapid proprietization of land

2018-06-12 Thread Corona
It's off-topic, but it just occurred to me that it'd be nice if you (Trigon) could, in the interactive Cartographor report, make some little ownership flags or w/e display over the land units - clicking on them one by one to find out who owns what is a little awkward. ~Corona On Tue, Jun 12, 2018

Re: DIS: Regarding the rapid proprietization of land

2018-06-12 Thread Kerim Aydin
What's the reason for the 50/50 rule in the first place? It seems like the current players want plots/little empires whatever, and with upkeep fees keeping things undeveloped is occasionally useful. I would personally either change the ratio to allow more ownership, or maybe just plain old inc

Re: DIS: Regarding the rapid proprietization of land

2018-06-12 Thread Reuben Staley
Excuse me, but have you seen how big the groups of contiguous land units are? Capturing any unit except ATMunn's lone white unit would be nearly impossible. And it's not like it's gonna stop being that way any time soon. It only costs one more apple to make a land unit that you can choose the c

Re: DIS: Regarding the rapid proprietization of land

2018-06-12 Thread Corona
Well, what would you think about reviving my suggestion to incentivize "capturing" land units with a healthy financial reward? ~Corona On Tue, Jun 12, 2018 at 7:55 PM, Reuben Staley wrote: > In compliance with rule 2004, I run land auctions (almost) every Agoran > Week. However, I am not to run