[Shane Watson]

Originally posted by Gozra:
I would like to reply to Shane Watson. I like all of your Ideas. I am in a game Last Man Standing. I have over 1080 planets in 90 systems and 3500 ships and 500+ space yards. It takes 2-3 hours per turn just to get it all done. I think this is the biggest problem in any 4e game you get so big that the tools you use to manage a 10 system empire are inadaquate for 90 system or even 25 or so. I think the biggest acheivement would be to fix the ministers so that you can design them to work for you. And reduce the emperors admin time.

hey Gorza, I've been in that position haha.

Right. The way around this imho is the use of governors. Right now, the way the game is set up you have ministers that are, well, to put it delicately, stupid.

Ideally, you would be able to set policy and let them work it out for themselves - but there-in lies the catch. If my suggestion is implimented, say, these guys are not only going to have a personality, but their own ideas (believe it or not, I've thought an easy way of pulling this off based off of Briggs-Meyer persoanlity typing of all things) and motives. So unless you are tight with your govenors, which in larger games is going to ultimately be impossible, someone would get miffed and start trouble.

So now, you've not only got trouble on the frontier from the pesky aliens who's territory you are moving into, and some of the core systems are starting to slump economically, you've got a govenor starting crap for you in some of the outer colonies.

Do you fire him? And appoint someone else? Is the planet under self rule, or direct Imperial control? What would be the fall out if he is removed? Would it ultimately make more political sense just to off the SOB as a reminder to other governors to stay in line? Would that ultimately back fire if the planet in question found out you had them assassinated or executed and would they lead a rebellion against you for being an overbearing dictator?

Better beef up the local garrison of Imperial Marines just in case...

More later.
Cheers,
~Shane