Plantations Open Beta started!

[Captain Jack]

Permission issues are explained in detail at first post of plantations expansion suggestion. Have a read there and let me know if you still have questions.


People will ultimately die. This is one of the issues we are waiting to tweak during beta. Perhaps now it is a bit aggressively configured. This only happens to ensure that investments into facilities matter. It is something we can easily configure and we will just wait a few more days for the profitability reports. We will then tweak to ensure they are a profitable enterprise.

[Kangaroo]

I feel you are perhaps being dismissive of an issue that can occur at anytime to any governor whilst there is no mechanism in place to protect their investment.
It would seem an obviously fair solution that a governor who through game mechanics has their home port changed has their investment protected to some extent at least.
If the 90 day statute is too much in this instance than a 30 day grant that carries through port handover one would allow them time to negotiate properly a continuation?
I do not wish to have to lock governors into ports and prefer the game mechanics determine this as intended.

Locking them in creates complications of an unnecessarily complex nature should they instead of simply switching port they lose their privilege through someone gaining higher influence and them losing their status completely. Should this occur with battling players switching a port rank for days on end the complication with regard to plantation permission is just silly.

I am happy to be guided on this but fail to see an inherent fairness.

[Medici]

Personally, i havnt had anyone die yet and i am earning half and full stars in 3 different plantations. Die off may start to happen soon but thats expected early on. It might be a bit aggressive qnd may need a tweak, or most just have not figured out the easiest start yet. I dont find that troublesome either, it is not meant to be a short term profit generator or an easy enterprise to get into.

So far it has really made me work and think to make any headway though, thats how it should be when your new to it.



For the governor issue, Can the king not just assign ports and this will no longer be an issue? I think its meant to be that way for potential take overs. Govscshouldnt maintain a free pass if an enemy takes their port.

[Medici]

Would it be possible to have a small numeric value listed for the number of buildings currently being “used” based on those constructed and acres alotted to that infrastructure type? This might give a small visual for those looking to see some results and also a tool to better work out the formula for efficiency.

[Stan Rogers]

"Every Operating Permission lasts for 90 days."

- Unless you change ports of governorship and then your permission is no longer valid. You must purchase a new permission to remain in control of your plantation.

Of this rule, I disagree. It makes the govs permission a false proclamation and is misleading at best. Either the rule should be rephrased to indicate what actually happens or the metrics should actually adhere to the rule proclaimed.

[sXs]

You have sent an offer of gc5,000,000 to BEENO (Cancel)
48 hours have passed since you sent your offer and the Governor has not responded yet..
A deadline has now been given to the Governor to reply. If no reply is given, your contract will be activated for a fee of gc15M.
A different Governor is currently in charge of Akrotiri!
If the contract defaults with a different Governor, it will fail.
You can send a new offer to SlammerG or hope that BEENO will return.

If you send a new offer now, you will reset the countdown.

third governor in 3 days.My question is the 48 hours has passed will I get the acreage or not?

"A different Governor is currently in charge of Akrotiri!
If the contract defaults with a different Governor, it will fail."

I put my initial bid in withe the first governor..... cancelled and put current offer in with the second governor...... now the 48 hours has expired on my second offer.

"A deadline has now been given to the Governor to reply. If no reply is given, your contract will be activated for a fee of gc15M."

This is confusing. One lined implies i will get my bid at default rate of 15 mill. Another lines says it wont be fulfilled.

[Medici]

Experienced my first rise is happiness and health today.

Health went from 55% to 56%. Happiness went from 2% to 3%. Looking forward to seeing if the trend will continue.

[Lod]

What did you do to achieve that, Medici?

[Medici]

Followed all the thoughts i mentioned earlier that seemed to get shot down for being incorrect.

[sXs]

CJ....."You can not expect to keep them happy

Health will always decrease because workers get old and die.Even if work them 0 hours a day and feed them 8 meals. That is the formula built in. Workers are a diminishing asset. The only way to increase health is to bring in more workers.

SO you did just the opposite. .... you added workers.

Now ..... add more and watch those stars you are getting dissapear as well.

I suggest you go to the slack conversations and read everything CJ wrote.