Scrap points to PP conversion suggestion

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GreyCryohall
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Scrap points to PP conversion suggestion

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Conversion system between PPs, Virtus and Word score was a very good idea, however IMHO there is still a need to bump up PP generation a notch.
I don't really want to make SE easier, but in the mid-to-late game you have so many stratagems to play and only a small number of PPs. PPs don't really scale up much during the game and when your empire grows you are also getting more events that consume more points (also each expansion adds more stratagems and events so in fact PPs are more scarce). In the end you spend a lot of time window shopping stratagems. It's a bit of a bummer.

The existing conversion stratagems are helpful, but there are some issues.
Virtus->PP is quite situational. It's great to have such option, but usually you would play it if you have a desperate need of PPs or for some reason you want to lower the Virtus quickly. For 5 Virtus you get less than half of the cost of Grand Convention so it is not something you normally would be eager to play.
Word score->PP is better as you have more control over the Word score. The thing is that one of the ways to increase the Word score are demands. Yes, demands can be troublesome, but conversion system and Word score bonus to Virtus make them more valuable. At the same time profile that gets the most demands is Democracy which already leads with PP generation.

Would it be possible to extend currently existing point conversion system with scrap points? The number of scrap points available for conversion could be capped (so that it wouldn't be possible to gain huge number of PPs after scrapping a lot of cards in the late game) and resulting number of PPs could be diminished by some fraction of Democracy profile (so that Democracy don't get too OP with PP generation). It would also make scrapping more desirable in the late game. From my experience in the late phase of the game scrapping is a bit of a chore and you are just ending up with a bit different set of stratagems which you just won't play.
Of course this shouldn't be 1:1 conversion... maybe 3:1 or 4:1 or dynamically tied to the total amount of available stratagems?

I think that this mechanic makes sense within 'the game reality'. Stratagems (and thus scrap points) could be seen as ability and know-how of your administration to perform different tasks. PPs represents the will and ability of the establishment to realize its goals. SP->PP conversion could be seen as reorganization of administration to better fulfill political goals of the establishment.
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