Discussion On How To Improve Politics

[Atrocities]

The one thing about SEIV that really drives me insane is the Politics. I don't know enough about AI editing to change or even consider changing things around.

What I would like to see are simple modificiation that highten the role playing aspect of the game.

Right now, you have but three choices for tone, and I wish that there more, and specific in design.

Example;
01) Humble (+ Points=X to offer)
02) Polite
03) Friendly
04) Direct
05) Indifferant
06) Urgent
07) Demanding
08) Angry
09) Hostile
10) Blood Thirsty

Each one would have a + or - effect upon the response that the AI would take. A Fiendly tone would yeild more results than an Angry tone. A Blood Thirsty Tone in regard to "Leave X system NOW" would be far more powerful than a Polite Tone to "Leave X system now."

Do you think this would work?



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[Magus38]

I could be totally wrong on this, but my understanding was that the tone you take in your communication with an AI empire was completely irrelevant to how that message was evaluated by the AI. I thought that the tone was only included to add flavour to human player/human player interaction.

[Atrocities]

You would be correct, and that is something that I would like see change. I think that a TONE can establish more specific results when dealing with other races.

An Additional option in the things that you can send or do with the AI that I would like to see would be:

Offer Bribe
Reject Bribe

[Lemmy]

you can bribe players by offering them trades, and then they could reject it.

[Atrocities]

Yes, players, but not AI. AI would not know a bribe from a bend over and take it deal. :0

[Andrés]

quote:

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Originally posted by Magus38:
I could be totally wrong on this, but my understanding was that the tone you take in your communication with an AI empire was completely irrelevant to how that message was evaluated by the AI. I thought that the tone was only included to add flavour to human player/human player interaction.

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IIRC you can't see the tone of incoming Messages, so if it's not used with the AI, what would be the point?
It is used with the AI, check every AI_Politics files and you´ll find something like:
Score Percent For Demanding Tone := 80
Score Percent To Pleading Tone := 120