Aeternos Astramora Posted June 23, 2008 Report Share Posted June 23, 2008 I just want to see if collecting now has better advantages by getting a higher percentage of good events since this would encourage people not to improvement swap, something I've heard the admin doesn't like, since more collections might mean more good events. I would ask this in the "official" event thread, but the poll is very important, and it wouldn't be possible there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gen Lee Posted June 23, 2008 Report Share Posted June 23, 2008 (edited) i havent got one yet.... *Gen. Lee knocks on wood, then stares at 2 days of unpaid bills... Edited June 23, 2008 by Gen. Lee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Zeke+ Posted June 23, 2008 Report Share Posted June 23, 2008 Problem isn't the frequency. Problem is unbalanced severity. Even if they were properly balanced, it still wouldn't stop swapping. Swapping slowdown because of events will only happen if both the frequency and severity of events were fully skewed to the positive side enough to overcome the losses incurred by not swapping. Give us a positive reason to stop. Like cash. As it stands now, the severity of negative events make swapping more popular than ever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sstabeler Posted June 23, 2008 Report Share Posted June 23, 2008 not to mention negative events seem more frequent than the positive ones, giving an advantage to swapping. so the way to fix it si to change the events so more of them are positive ones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enderland Posted June 23, 2008 Report Share Posted June 23, 2008 I believe I have only collected once since events were reinstituted, but have 5 of them from paying bills -- 3 bad, 2 good. Fortunately I don't have Affluent Population as I was able to "negate" that event twice by choosing that choice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackKnight Posted June 23, 2008 Report Share Posted June 23, 2008 (edited) Since the day Events were implemented again, I have been paying my bills daily and collecting every other day, and thankfully, no events *BlackKight knocks on wood and sits by Gen. Lee Edited June 23, 2008 by BlackKnight Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iMatt Posted June 23, 2008 Report Share Posted June 23, 2008 *BlackKight knocks on wood and sits by Gen. Lee *iMatt15 sits by BlackKnight Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArgonV Posted June 23, 2008 Report Share Posted June 23, 2008 Got 2 good ones and 1 bad one from collecting taxes, got another good one from paying bills. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaboy Posted June 23, 2008 Report Share Posted June 23, 2008 I have had 6 events in the past week. 5 have been negative. They seem a lot more frequent then 10%. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LynnCreed Posted June 23, 2008 Report Share Posted June 23, 2008 (edited) 5 events total. all 5 negative. i agree on the more frequent than 10% comment. i think admin should look at his math again. Edited June 23, 2008 by LynnCreed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xoindotnler Posted June 24, 2008 Report Share Posted June 24, 2008 I have two bad ones and two good ones . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Count Rupert Posted June 24, 2008 Report Share Posted June 24, 2008 5 events total. all 5 negative.i agree on the more frequent than 10% comment. i think admin should look at his math again. It is 10% across the pool of ~31000 nations in the game though. Just on this page are several players who have received no event yet. You just happen to be at the other extreme. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vgmmaster Posted June 24, 2008 Report Share Posted June 24, 2008 I had one bad event the day this was implemented, but none since. Here's hoping I get some good ones soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trout Posted June 24, 2008 Report Share Posted June 24, 2008 So far I got three events, all from paying bills. One bad event, which was to lose Affluent Population and the other two was the sporting event. Anyone know what's the maximum events one could get in a month? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Count Rupert Posted June 24, 2008 Report Share Posted June 24, 2008 So far I got three events, all from paying bills. One bad event, which was to lose Affluent Population and the other two was the sporting event. Anyone know what's the maximum events one could get in a month? You can currently have up to 8 events active at any one time. Though once you have three events, the odds of getting another one are lowered. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingofHeroes Posted June 24, 2008 Report Share Posted June 24, 2008 2 events...2 negative Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trout Posted June 24, 2008 Report Share Posted June 24, 2008 You can currently have up to 8 events active at any one time. Though once you have three events, the odds of getting another one are lowered. Ah, okay. Good, now I dont' have to be as worried when I'm paying my bills. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aeternos Astramora Posted June 24, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 24, 2008 I've gotten three events, two of them good, but I've stopped paying bills after seeing all of the event problems. I'll do my first number crunch some time when I'm not on my half hour lunch break. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LynnCreed Posted June 24, 2008 Report Share Posted June 24, 2008 You can currently have up to 8 events active at any one time. Though once you have three events, the odds of getting another one are lowered. That's good news. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Aldarich Posted June 24, 2008 Report Share Posted June 24, 2008 I've had two negative events Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wozzname Posted June 25, 2008 Report Share Posted June 25, 2008 Only one event so far and that was: Due to some rather exceptional blunders by members of your government a portion of your population is rising up in rebellion. Option selected. See Current Response. Option 2: Send forces in to quell the rebellion. Lose access to Affluent Population. I'd call that a positive considering I didn't have it in the first place. :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poyplemonkeys Posted June 25, 2008 Report Share Posted June 25, 2008 14 days of bill paying, no events. *knocks wood* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorr Posted June 25, 2008 Report Share Posted June 25, 2008 wow the weight is more towards negative unless it just happens that the people with negative events are the people coming onto the forum due to the events being all negative. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poyplemonkeys Posted June 25, 2008 Report Share Posted June 25, 2008 wow the weight is more towards negative unless it just happens that the people with negative events are the people coming onto the forum due to the events being all negative. Well, given Admin's obvious feelings about swapping, I wouldn't be surprised if the implementation was as suggested earlier in the thread. I higher chance of getting a good event whilst collecting taxes and a higher chance of getting a bad event whilst paying bills. We'd have to wait for the number crunching for any confirmation though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iMatt Posted June 25, 2008 Report Share Posted June 25, 2008 Well, given Admin's obvious feelings about swapping, I wouldn't be surprised if the implementation was as suggested earlier in the thread.I higher chance of getting a good event whilst collecting taxes and a higher chance of getting a bad event whilst paying bills. We'd have to wait for the number crunching for any confirmation though. If he actually did do this, I would hope he would at least say something about there being a difference between them. If we don't know Collecting Taxes gets you better events, we won't stop improvement swapping, and we'll just keep thinking we get bad luck. I don't think he would have made such a difference without saying anything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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