DeletedUser9807
Proposal
When supporting another player’s city, the unavailable buildings are greyed out.
Have I checked for similar ideas?
Yes. Can’t see anything.
Reason
When I visit cities of Guild members in the higher ages they are very complex and (sorry guys) sometimes very cluttered – like mine, so it can be really difficult sorting out all the bobbing stars, particularly when Polishing. This means that a full Guild support can take a long time, and I admit that I sometimes give up looking and just click on anything. By making the support action more user-friendly and less of a chore it should encourage those players who aren’t already to be more supportive, and those who have less time than us saddoes to do it more often.
Details
I have gone to City “X” to support. “X” is firmly in the Colonial Age and would like to have large units polished. I click on “polish” and get anything from dozens and dozens of stars bobbing all over the place, to virtually nothing except for a forgotten tavern up in the right-hand corner which is barely visible on my laptop. If all the production and residential buildings were greyed out, along with all the cultural buildings that have already been polished, I could get an immediate visual fix on what’s available to me. (By the way, does anybody ever want their trees and other decorations polished? Perhaps they could be removed from the polish option after the first couple of ages.)
Visual Aids
Only the obvious ones implicit in the idea.
Balance
Would probably spread the supporting actions out more evenly through a Guild.
Abuse prevention
I can’t see what’s to abuse.
Summary
A simple visual aid that will promote more supporting actions by making the process more accessible.
When supporting another player’s city, the unavailable buildings are greyed out.
Have I checked for similar ideas?
Yes. Can’t see anything.
Reason
When I visit cities of Guild members in the higher ages they are very complex and (sorry guys) sometimes very cluttered – like mine, so it can be really difficult sorting out all the bobbing stars, particularly when Polishing. This means that a full Guild support can take a long time, and I admit that I sometimes give up looking and just click on anything. By making the support action more user-friendly and less of a chore it should encourage those players who aren’t already to be more supportive, and those who have less time than us saddoes to do it more often.
Details
I have gone to City “X” to support. “X” is firmly in the Colonial Age and would like to have large units polished. I click on “polish” and get anything from dozens and dozens of stars bobbing all over the place, to virtually nothing except for a forgotten tavern up in the right-hand corner which is barely visible on my laptop. If all the production and residential buildings were greyed out, along with all the cultural buildings that have already been polished, I could get an immediate visual fix on what’s available to me. (By the way, does anybody ever want their trees and other decorations polished? Perhaps they could be removed from the polish option after the first couple of ages.)
Visual Aids
Only the obvious ones implicit in the idea.
Balance
Would probably spread the supporting actions out more evenly through a Guild.
Abuse prevention
I can’t see what’s to abuse.
Summary
A simple visual aid that will promote more supporting actions by making the process more accessible.
