BlogNomic: The Ninth Dynasty of ais523

The issue with this is that there becomes a mild disincentive to voting FOR on proposals authored by a rival, especially one who is close to winning.

This is by design (to provide some difficulty for the leading players). Maybe it’s a bad idea, who knows really, I certainly don’t since I’ve never played a dynasty with a mechanic similar to this

I feel like even a mild disincentive is not a great idea. Witness the previous dynasty where a mild reduction in a secondary resource encouraged weaponized voting. I’d rather prevent that from happening again, if for no other reason than to allow the free flow of ideas to continue rather than be restricted for strategic reasons.

Instead, maybe there could be a Story Post - Votable Matter as part of the mechanics where Influence could be gained. Think along the lines of a simple local government or Town Hall. Maybe Seekers propose Buildings or Government Functions or something like that?

I think there is a difference between a punishment for not doing something (as we saw last dynasty) and a reward for doing something (which this is). Unless the opponent in question is close to winning, I don’t think we’ll see people voting against every proposal because they don’t want an opponent to get a small amount of Influence. I won’t be compromising on the idea here, but I’m alright if people don’t like it and vote it down

Still, though, to assuage your concerns a bit I’ve weakened things so any Proposal will give you the Influence as long as someone else is voting FOR it. This limits the impact of a rogue mass-against-voter