Luck/Order scales after 2.06 Patch

[Catquiet]

(Mis)fortune affects event frequency with 5% per step.
Order/Turmoil affects event frequency with 5% per step.

+3 Luck / 0 Order is more viable since you get an increased frequency of events without taking Turmoil

+3 Order / -3 Luck is now dangerous to take

However, the Order scale is still too powerful compared to all the others.

It should be reduced to +/- 5% gold.

[SurvivalistMerc]

Catquiet,

The order scale does have a built-in negative. But only folks inclined to take luck will experience it....

It reduces the benefit of positive luck! The lower overall event frequency is the price you pay for taking order.

[apoger]

Just ran a few hundred rounds of luck testing.

Results look very similar to Last Version.
Turmoil-3 is a killer.
Order-3 Misfortune-3 provides slightly less income than O-3 L-3 but nets you a ton of nation points.


I don't think this adjustment does much to address the issues.

A better method would be to remove the more dire events. There aren't corresponding good events. Plus nobody likes them. They do nothing to help the game, and they are unbalancing the luck/order scales.

[SurvivalistMerc]

Apoger,

Can you tell me what you are doing to test it?

Are you playing with common or rare events?

And how much territory do you control. I never seem to have much problem with unluck until I get a decent sized empire, then it becomes like a death scale with all the horrible random disasters.

[Saber Cherry]

Originally posted by apoger:
A better method would be to remove the more dire events. There aren't corresponding good events. Plus nobody likes them. They do nothing to help the game, and they are unbalancing the luck/order scales.

No, they could just be restricted to -2 and -3 luck provinces. No reason to eliminate them. -2 and -3 luck need to be made worse or I'll keep choosing them every time for every nation.

[johan osterman]

Originally posted by apoger:
Just ran a few hundred rounds of luck testing.

Results look very similar to Last Version.
Turmoil-3 is a killer.
Order-3 Misfortune-3 provides slightly less income than O-3 L-3 but nets you a ton of nation points.


I don't think this adjustment does much to address the issues.

A better method would be to remove the more dire events. There aren't corresponding good events. Plus nobody likes them. They do nothing to help the game, and they are unbalancing the luck/order scales.

So your solution to misfortune being a no brainer is making it better?