Sun Jun 15, 2008 6:20 pm
I have tried the Habeas Corpus option.
If you use it in states where the population is against you, your influence will slowly go up. It isnt worth it though, as you loose the VP for that state.
Some stange things: with Habeas Corpus suspended the loyality goes up to 15%, with the more severe Martial Law it goes up to 30%.
So in real contrarian states you can start with the lesser option, wait till the loyality hits 15%, and switch to the more severe option - seems strange to me.
As soon as you stp the Habeas Corpus suspension, the people really start disliking you again... about twice as fast as the population turned in your favour.....
Not clear is if the average of the state goes up (to 15%), or the lowest of the regions goes up to 15%. The last would be more logical, but the first seems to be the case (as I never have got the state loyality over 15% using the option, even if it was already 13% before using it). Nor is it clear which region are influenced: probably the ones you have more then a certain % occupying power?
I would suggest the following:
with Habeas Corpus suspended the loyality goeds 1% up each turn (alternative: there is a 75% chance is goes 1% up) in those region below 30% loyality, in which you have more then 50% control. Maximum loyality is 75%, in regions with higher loyality it goes down the same amount. You get no VP for towns in the state.
With Martial Law in effect the loyality goes up by 2% each turn, to a maximum of 25%. Maximum loyality is 60%. Negative VP for towns in the state (exact numbers up to tweaking).
This way there is a reason using Martial Law (it is more effective) and a penalty. Also, like in real life, you switch back to the lesser option once the Martial Law has had some effect. And the effect is fast enough that it actually makes a difference (in the current situation it takes about half a year to get loyality from 10 to 15, and that isnt a difference you really notice).