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Radamanthe wrote: Sat Oct 22, 2022 5:20 pm In general, most bonuses I see in this game suffer from a serious lack of description. Nothing in the manual (believe me, I've read it all, only planet defenses in troop combat window stuff are explained in this regard, even though it's still a bit obscure sometimes), nothing more in the Galactopedia, no popup when you hover over them, simply nothing. Just guess.

When you're a rigorous person, it's quite frustrating. Then you search, you experiment... and you still don't know, you're still not sure enough, and when there is almost no doubt about their exact meaning and scope, numbers to not match, there, somewhere in the UI.

Whatever. I like some spice of mystery in games, but not for numbers. Hazard is a game thing, god it is (PRNG), but mystery is not a math thing.

Many games suffer from it, but usually it's only for a few bonuses. In DW2, this is almost all of them, because there are many ways to interpret their application, and several circumstances.

zebanovich wrote: Mon Oct 10, 2022 3:58 pm Do the ambassador bonuses apply to yourself if stationed on your home planet? or do they apply only if ambassador is stationed on an alien world?

Radamanthe wrote: Sat Oct 22, 2022 5:20 pm In general, most bonuses I see in this game suffer from a serious lack of description. Nothing in the manual (believe me, I've read it all, only planet defenses in troop combat window stuff are explained in this regard, even though it's still a bit obscure sometimes), nothing more in the Galactopedia, no popup when you hover over them, simply nothing. Just guess.
When you're a rigorous person, it's quite frustrating. Then you search, you experiment... and you still don't know, you're still not sure enough, and when there is almost no doubt about their exact meaning and scope, numbers to not match, there, somewhere in the UI.
Whatever. I like some spice of mystery in games, but not for numbers. Hazard is a game thing, god it is (PRNG), but mystery is not a math thing.
Many games suffer from it, but usually it's only for a few bonuses. In DW2, this is almost all of them, because there are many ways to interpret their application, and several circumstances.

zebanovich wrote: Mon Oct 10, 2022 3:58 pm Do the ambassador bonuses apply to yourself if stationed on your home planet? or do they apply only if ambassador is stationed on an alien world?

For example if ambassador has +4 to espionage and +2 to counter espionage:
- do these bonuses apply only toward specific race if stationed on alien world?
- do these bonuses apply to all alien races if it's stationed at your home planet?

Erik Rutins wrote: Sat Oct 22, 2022 8:06 pm ...

Which bonuses are the most frustrating for you in terms of the name of the bonus not making it clear what the bonus does?

Erik Rutins wrote: Sat Oct 22, 2022 8:06 pm

Radamanthe wrote: Sat Oct 22, 2022 5:20 pm In general, most bonuses I see in this game suffer from a serious lack of description. Nothing in the manual (believe me, I've read it all, only planet defenses in troop combat window stuff are explained in this regard, even though it's still a bit obscure sometimes), nothing more in the Galactopedia, no popup when you hover over them, simply nothing. Just guess.
When you're a rigorous person, it's quite frustrating. Then you search, you experiment... and you still don't know, you're still not sure enough, and when there is almost no doubt about their exact meaning and scope, numbers to not match, there, somewhere in the UI.
Whatever. I like some spice of mystery in games, but not for numbers. Hazard is a game thing, god it is (PRNG), but mystery is not a math thing.
Many games suffer from it, but usually it's only for a few bonuses. In DW2, this is almost all of them, because there are many ways to interpret their application, and several circumstances.

Which bonuses are the most frustrating for you in terms of the name of the bonus not making it clear what the bonus does?

Erik Rutins wrote: Sat Oct 22, 2022 8:05 pm

zebanovich wrote: Mon Oct 10, 2022 3:58 pm Do the ambassador bonuses apply to yourself if stationed on your home planet? or do they apply only if ambassador is stationed on an alien world?

The ambassador gives full bonuses when stationed at another faction's capital, but it only applies to that faction. The ambassador can give a much smaller bonus when stationed at your own capital.