Minor nit: change “Subterfude” to “Subterfuge”

Since Stress reduces an Heir’s Claim Strength calculation, it’s hard to see anyone being Vigilant except for those that intend to perform Assassination and thus need to gain Stress in order to be able to choose a larger Concentration value. They’re telegraphing the intent to commit Assassination to everyone else at that point.

I suppose once one Heir does this for a sufficient number of days, everyone else might also become Vigilant just to avoid being the target, but that initial breakthrough decision seems undesirable. I suppose it depends on the threat of the Heir most likely to achieve victory.

Fixed, stress wasn’t meant to restrict concetration. (it wouldn’t even make any sense as bigger concentration gives more stress)

Much better, thanks!

The double daily action feels problematic. It gives benefit to being online at the time change so you can adjust your state accordingly and then quickly press the communal button.

@Clucky It’s not always an advantage.

So there’s two variables: if you start Relaxed or Vigilant (and are thus moving to Vigilant or Relaxed respectively), and if you switched before or after the assessment.

So four cases: Relaxed to Vigilant, changing before (R>Vb); Relaxed to Vigilant, changing after (R>Va); Vigilant to Relaxed, changing before (V>Rb); and Vigilant to Relaxed, changing after (V>Ra).

R>Vb: You start the day relaxed. You change to Vigilant, gaining 1 Stress. The daily assessment occurs and you are excluded. Net gain: 1 Stress.
R>Va: You start the day relaxed. The assessment occurs and you get -1 Stress because you are relaxed. You change to vigilant and gain 1 stress. Net gain: 0 stress.
V>Rb: You start the day vigilant. You change to Relaxed and gain 1 stress.  The assessment occurs and you are excluded. Net gain: 1 stress.
V>Ra: You start the day vigilant. The assessment occurs and you get 1 Stress because you are vigilant. You change to relaxed and gain 1 stress. Net gain: 2 stress.

So, in short, if you are, say, British and looking at the game at 8am over your cup of tea considering whether to Update Stress or not, it’s down to which direction you’re travelling in, and which direction your rivals are travelling in. Either way it does probably give a tactical lever to the Brits or, even worse, the Australians.

because I am British but those ‘unless that Heir became x that day’ could probably be changed to ‘unless that Heir became x since the last time Stress was Updated’.

Like you said, you’ve got that tactical record to decide if you want to change it or not. Sometimes you won’t, but always better to have the lever than not have the lever

Never a fan of mechanics that reward players who check into the game frequently and are in a particular time zone (even if that might be me in this case).

  I suspect the timing issues can be sorted relatively easily.