Sefarst

It looks like both sides are starting to feel the war. IRON and NpO have started losing noticeable NS, \m/ has flattened, and GOONS have started feeling it too.

I see only references to a "threat level." Will it be replacing the defcon level?

Will this lead to new improvements like counter intelligence agencies that can raise your protection from spies/weaken your enemies? Also, do you think that a nation's defcon lvl should effect how successful spy attacks are on them? For instance, if a nation is in Defcon, it can be said that their nation is on "high alert" and it would then be far more difficult for an enemy spy to infiltrate the nation, IMO. I think if you did that, then it would make that dynamic of the game more interesting from a political viewpoint. Then, spy raids would only really be useful on defcon 5 nations, during peace time. This increases the likelihood that the prolonged epochs of peace we sometimes experience could be broken more often. Alliances will have to decide what their policies are with regards to peace time spying.

Is there anything that can be done to let us dismiss our tanks and soldiers at the same time? I've been having a problem where I build up my military by buying thousands of tanks and soldiers in preparation for a conflict, then afterwards, when I need to dismiss them, I can either dismiss soldiers then wait two days to dismiss tanks or dismiss tanks and wait two days to dismiss soldiers. While not a substantial problem, I have calculated that I am being cheated out of around $200-$300K. It wouldn't be a big deal except when we have several quick, back-to-back potential military conflicts and I need to cut my military to collect as much cash as I can and then quickly build it back up. With the current system, however, this take me 4 days to do.