Actual suggestion: How about the ability to target an investigation? On the investigations screen, you can pick a target and also instruct the investigators to look for something specific. If the target actually committed that crime, add a chance of uncovering it. If they didn't, add a penalty to the investigation, or worse, allow the investigators to find a "false scandal" that, when released has Beck/Limbaugh/Maddow/Anonymous/Internet Trolls pick it apart, giving the target MORE CS.
Well, I do like the idea of looking for specific scandals. I was trying to think of some way to counteract drowning out assassination scandals with lesser ones. This idea seems like it has potential in that department, so thanks!
So I'm glad my suggestion to "add a way to contact congressman directly" was added. It's good to know that I sharpened the knife used to kill me. :) - TC01
It's a fun game. But I do have a couple of gripes:
1. If there's a way to send private messages, I haven't found it. Is this in the game? Because, if we're going to have a "politics MMO", we NEED the means to plot against one another on a small scale. The Party and Team posts are nice, but we really need some way to communicate secretly.
2. It doesn't seem like there's enough punishment for letting a bill opposed to you and your party through. Currently, people would rather pass their own tax increase instead of voting against a tax cut; they'd get the clout for themselves and lose nothing by opposing the other bill. I don't know how big it should be, but no libertarian should be allowed to let a tax increase go by, and no communist can do the same for a tax cut, if you get my drift.
Thanks for the feedback! I never added a specific way to private message in-game due to the fact that it always runs within either Kongregate or Facebook, both of which have their own messaging functionality. However, the biggest drawback of this is that now that the game is multiplatform... Kongregate/Facebook users have little to no way to coordinate interactions. As a result, I will be adding a way to make people your associate in game so you can crony them. Making someone your associate will require approval, and can be revoked. You will only be able to privately contact your associates. This should help significantly reduce unwanted tell spam. I will be implementing this most likely after I finish the new missions and make a tweak to safe deposit boxes.
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Well, I do like the idea of looking for specific scandals. I was trying to think of some way to counteract drowning out assassination scandals with lesser ones. This idea seems like it has potential in that department, so thanks!