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Snover64

Aug. 26, 2013

Under rating threshold (show) So what happens if I upgrade a T1 to a T2 item? Does it stats improve or is it just cosmetic?

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Developer response from delosford

It improves the stats to that of a T2 item, it's just not better than a normal T2 item (but may be somewhat different in stats).

PatriotSaint

Aug. 26, 2013

Under rating threshold (show) I wonder why the CIA wants me to fund Local Food programs... But, on the other hand, a Corporate Interest wanting me to fund green energy makes perfect sense, if you think about it. "SOLYYYYYNDRAAAAAAA ATTACK!!!"

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Developer response from delosford

The truth is out there

Magistro

Aug. 25, 2013

Under rating threshold (show) When i pass a bill and then it's vetoed, but then i override the veto, do i gain the clout from passing them both times or just one time?

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Developer response from delosford

You gain Clout both times. Getting your bills vetoed can actually be a good thing.

Rhysdog

Aug. 25, 2013

Under rating threshold (show) why is it that i only realise my scandal coverup did nothing AFTER i order a new one of the same level...

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Developer response from delosford

short-term memory loss?

EliteRex

Aug. 21, 2013

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Developer response from delosford

Unlikely that this will be happening.

Rhysdog

Aug. 21, 2013

Under rating threshold (show) @nat, you get it at the end of the day

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Developer response from delosford

indeed

12q12q9

Aug. 21, 2013

Under rating threshold (show) "A lot of the people who play actually don't give a crap about politics."

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Developer response from delosford

This may be less true these days, though I'm not so sure.

Navtyr

Aug. 21, 2013

Under rating threshold (show) How come i only got the start a bill cash award but none because it passed, allthough it clearly said i get 1.2k. Unless the second cash has a delay.

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Developer response from delosford

You receive contributions for passing a bill at the end of the day when it's actually applied to the nation. Since the President has to sign a bill into law, there is the possibility that passing it through Congress alone will not make a bill law. In this case, you will not receive your contribution unless you override the veto.

Rhysdog

Aug. 21, 2013

Under rating threshold (show) my comment about moses' invulnerability is the 4th most popular comment on the game, yet people still wont accept the bullet hell tag

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Developer response from delosford

Not much I can do about that

Rhysdog

Aug. 19, 2013

Under rating threshold (show) Q played on a bill introduced by his alt. its official. Q is now a multiboxer!

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Developer response from delosford

lol... I just didn't realize I was on the facebook side when I hit that.

Magistro

Aug. 18, 2013

Under rating threshold (show) First your bill got vetoed, then it's halved...Q....you are losing power....

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Developer response from delosford

clearly

12q12q9

Aug. 18, 2013

Under rating threshold (show) Sure until you want to start a big popular character, and pick Skeletons in your closet then it becomes only a matter of time.

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Developer response from delosford

It's ALWAYS a matter of time. You're acting like the game is safe and without permadeath otherwise.

12q12q9

Aug. 18, 2013

Under rating threshold (show) Hehe Rhysdog made a bad mistake in picking his stats/

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Developer response from delosford

This is impossible. All traits are viable for competitive play, despite what some players seem to suddenly think.

Rhysdog

Aug. 17, 2013

Under rating threshold (show) i mean trait reset* srry

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Developer response from delosford

absolutely not. Traits are intended to define your character.

Rhysdog

Aug. 17, 2013

Under rating threshold (show) will we ever be able to purchase a stat reset?

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Developer response from delosford

uhh... everyone's base stats are 5s across the board. Not really sure what you mean.

EliteRex

Aug. 17, 2013

Under rating threshold (show) You know what would be awesome. If for an election for a VIP position (Like speaker of the house) there would be a section sort of like the chat menu, except only the 2 people with the most votes could talk on it. The amount of chat they could put out would be limited but everyone can see it. This way people could figure out what the election hopefuls would do in that position (At least, what they SAY they would do)

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Developer response from delosford

I like this idea a lot, and will probably implement some version of it eventually.

Rhysdog

Aug. 17, 2013

Under rating threshold (show) in short, more or less high relations increase exports and low tariffs increase imports but with tariffs having a slight effect on exports and vice versa?

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Developer response from delosford

high relations increase trade. Both imports and exports are trade.

Rhysdog

Aug. 17, 2013

Under rating threshold (show) so what happens when clodmingtons reduce military aid bill passes?

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Developer response from delosford

Military aid is still there, and will come back eventually, you just can't see/interact with it anymore.

12q12q9

Aug. 16, 2013

Under rating threshold (show) @PatriotSaint that is what I said when someone first suggested him to be a socialist.

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PatriotSaint

Aug. 16, 2013

Under rating threshold (show) Although, it seems that we'll need export/import tariff specifications as well. Also, do countries trade with each other or just us at this point? (it'd be nice to see our own trade stats)

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Developer response from delosford

We don't have control over tariffs in other countries, so there's no reason to track that. Foreign->foreign interactions are not in-game yet, and will not be for v1.0 (but will likely be added at some later date, probably around when I start work on Spook)

PatriotSaint

Aug. 16, 2013

Under rating threshold (show) Ooh, Import/Export data.

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PatriotSaint

Aug. 16, 2013

Under rating threshold (show) Artie Fowl; Socialist. Well, whaddaya know!

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Developer response from delosford

I wasn't sure what this was a reference to and so looked it up on Wikipedia and found this gem: " he allies with the Fairies to rescue his father from the Russian Mafia".

Magistro

Aug. 16, 2013

Under rating threshold (show) The president vetoed Q's bill? Something must be done about that.

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Developer response from delosford

selfowned

Rhysdog

Aug. 15, 2013

Under rating threshold (show) @ delos, i mean can you make it so we can suggest independent VIP's?

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Developer response from delosford

I could, yes.

Rhysdog

Aug. 15, 2013

Under rating threshold (show) @delos, will we ever be able to elect non partisan VIP's? chuck norris belongs to no party!

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Developer response from delosford

Theoretically you already can (look at Afghanistan)

LD3H

Aug. 15, 2013

Under rating threshold (show) Solution for Kong Fans: Make an in-game block option so I can block anyone out from my associates independent from HOW they associated me.

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Developer response from delosford

There is no solution. You will always be discovered no matter what you do. I've moved people to different Kong accounts, and they get discovered. Therefore, adding special functionalities that will effectively change nothing is not a priority.

Rhysdog

Aug. 14, 2013

Under rating threshold (show) @ patriot, armorgames put their games on kong, so they're hardly competitors. you could put it on newgrounds too, which would probably either go very well or very bad.

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Developer response from delosford

There are technical reasons why putting it on a ton of platforms isn't a great idea.

PatriotSaint

Aug. 14, 2013

Under rating threshold (show) Q, have you considered bringing the Cloutiverse to Armorgames? It could bring in a good amount of players, or better. On the other hand, I guess Kong and Armor are technically competitors, and you shouldn't do it unless it's a shared player pool. But if you could get something working, that'd be interesting. MOAR PLAYARS IS MOAR AWESOME

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Developer response from delosford

I'm not sure what Armorgames does for developers. It may not really be worth my time to port the game there. I tried finding some link on their site that outlines the process for submission/initial advertising and how their micropurchases work... but couldn't find anything.

Rhysdog

Aug. 13, 2013

Under rating threshold (show) @ delos, i meant stress gain from playing committees, not voting in them

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Developer response from delosford

It's an ability play, so it's of course potentially affected. Things that generate more than 1% stress/play are an all-or-nothing gain chance.

Magistro

Aug. 13, 2013

Under rating threshold (show) Hey Q, does the success chance of the "haggle" with the pawn shop owner get influenced by any stats (i.e. speaking ability), or purely by chance?

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Developer response from delosford

I don't think so. I may have included something with SPK/INT.

Magistro

Aug. 13, 2013

Under rating threshold (show) coolie01 you have to be CT4. When you're CT4, go to the VIP section and nominate yourself for speaker (you'll see yourself on the list, click nominate).

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Developer response from delosford

This is correct.

billybobojo

Aug. 13, 2013

Under rating threshold (show) Binary ideas: Enact national "stand your ground" law, Health care mandate,

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Developer response from delosford

Unlikely I'll add the former, likely that I will add some kind of health care thing in the future.

coolie01

Aug. 13, 2013

Under rating threshold (show) @Delosford How do you run for speaker?

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Developer response from delosford

get to CT4, then use the nominations panel to nominate yourself.

Rhysdog

Aug. 13, 2013

Under rating threshold (show) @ delos, so i always gain stress from committees? or def doesn't lower the chance?

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Developer response from delosford

nobody gains stress from voting in committees.

Rhysdog

Aug. 13, 2013

Under rating threshold (show) equipment provides just about no benefit when applying committee's except for defense. might wanna balance that.

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Developer response from delosford

Equipment provides no benefit for committees period. Thus it is balanced against equipment.

Rhysdog

Aug. 13, 2013

Under rating threshold (show) why do alaskan and hawaiian public appearance offers take so much energy? do you walk/swim the whole way there?!

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Developer response from delosford

No, but I hear we haven't invented teleporters yet, so distance is still a factor.

Rhysdog

Aug. 13, 2013

Under rating threshold (show) @ patriot, you can run for speaker, have weaker plays on ct1 introduced bills, and delos' appreciation.

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Developer response from delosford

You can also introduce VIPs and something else I forgot.

billybobojo

Aug. 13, 2013

Under rating threshold (show) Is the press ever going to discover scandals on its own?

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Developer response from delosford

Yes

PatriotSaint

Aug. 12, 2013

Under rating threshold (show) Could you please add "Players Active Today" in World? It's just something I'd like, don't feel you have an obligation to do it right away if you have other plans first.

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Developer response from delosford

Many players don't play every day, so this would be a highly variant number that didn't mean much.

PatriotSaint

Aug. 12, 2013

Under rating threshold (show) So... what happens at CT4?

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Developer response from delosford

Too good to tell you. (ok not really)

PatriotSaint

Aug. 12, 2013

Under rating threshold (show) CT3!!! YEEESSSSHHH

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Developer response from delosford

Congrats

Rhysdog

Aug. 12, 2013

Under rating threshold (show) In a tragic turn of events, a close friend of congressperson Troll has been victimized in an assassination attempt on the congressperson. Apparently a carafe of liquor in the congressperson's home was lethally poisoned, however the congressperson survived unharmed due to the protective effects of the equipment they were wearing" is this possible?

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Developer response from delosford

No. I removed that assassination type for all but failure, for that reason. I'll probably completely remove it eventually.

12q12q9

Aug. 12, 2013

Under rating threshold (show) How is the public so happy with a 44% TAX, No way that would really happen, before the public got upset when we had 100k salaries.

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Developer response from delosford

um... I think you might want to read about the tax rate and happiness levels in Europe, especially Northern Europe/Scandinavia. People get happy when you spend tax money on social services of an equal or greater benefit. They get angry when you spend tax money to line your pockets with gold.

Top12Gun

Aug. 11, 2013

Under rating threshold (show) New mail icon is awesome. Thanks for differentiating them.

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Developer response from delosford

glad to hear it's appreciated

Top12Gun

Aug. 11, 2013

Under rating threshold (show) Because if you do it too often then people are unhappy with you (basic reasons would include a lack of focus on your job, tiring of seeing your new books on the shelf, etc.) and this results in the book sales sucking and you lose CSP and have wasted energy. Also maybe link activity on bills to your book sales; if no one knows who you are, who'll buy the book?

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Developer response from delosford

But then where's the actual gameplay element? I'm just not seeing this as an interesting feature that people will want to use.

LD3H

Aug. 11, 2013

Under rating threshold (show) Here's a little survey in Clout. Please take it, it's easy and fast (1-3 mins) :) http://tinyurl.com/CloutSurvey

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Developer response from delosford

I AM SAUSAGE

laveney

Aug. 11, 2013

Under rating threshold (show) About the facebook note: investigations, you said you'll make different tiers of investigations to target specific scandals and something like counterinvestigations. Someone else suggested recently in comments that investigations to know who's targeting you but I don't know if it's V1.0 or some further future release. Oh and "missions"? What missions? Like skullduggery and stuff?

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Developer response from delosford

That is a feature planned before I release V1.0

Top12Gun

Aug. 10, 2013

Under rating threshold (show) Another thought is to allow you to select people and get notifications in your newsfeed when they're mentioned in the Examiner. Such as when you are viewing their profile, you could push a button next to "Skullduggerize" saying "Monitor Events". You could manage who you do this with under investigations or the examiner/info page.

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Developer response from delosford

I might add something like this in the cronies pane or something.

Top12Gun

Aug. 10, 2013

Under rating threshold (show) Alright. Other than that, I like current missions the way they are. Maybe price the think tank bribe a little lower. Other than that, I like it the way it is. IDEA: In a later version, give us a way to write books, etc. They take a lot of energy, but if successful, provide a varying amount of income each day. You would be able to start a book if you're CT3+, and the chances of it succeeding are dependent upon CSP, and the amount of money, if successful, is dependent upon how much energy was spent on it. You would be able to begin it under campaign management, and spend energy on it under Status page. Maybe, if the book doesn't do well, you lose some CSP each day instead of making money.

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Developer response from delosford

I'm not so sure how to balance this feature so that everyone isn't just obsessively writing books all the time.

Top12Gun

Aug. 10, 2013

Under rating threshold (show) Additionally, we should be able to purchase housing, similar to the Lobby, as well as commodities such as cars. These should have a benefit in EOD stress loss, and maybe some other things. They should be highly expensive, but beneficial enough that higher tiers might consider buying them. This might also incentivize players to play the long game, instead of the month-long meth monster. Additionally, the opportunity arises for bad press (and thus, CSP loss) if someone's buying expensive houses but their party has little binary control. ("Why doesn't my congressman care more about representing me than he does about his million dollar house?!")

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Developer response from delosford

Considering there are no actual locations in Clout, this will not be happening. Sorry. There are plenty of incentives for keeping a persistent character already.

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