Quick suggestion after starting my first game of the new update: Now that there is a proper plastics tax in place, I think it would make sense to remove the “plastic bag tax” as it is redundant. It would be like having a sugar tax in the game even though there’s already a junk food tax. One would assume plastic bags are already included in the plastics tax, and the “plastic bag tax” is so ridiculously miniscule in impact compared to the plastics tax anyway, its almost a waste to have it in now. It might be nice to reduce the clutter a little bit.
This is a fair point, although some might say that a plastics bag tax is an easy popular win towards a full plastics tax… Also the bag tax is more about waste and leaving bags everywhere than reducing the CO2 impact or long term waste issue… but I think its a fair point.
Its very tricky to remove policies entirely because I have to write special code to remove them from save games as they get loaded, and they can be in a lot of different places, but I shall give this some thought.
Do many players load their saves from one day to the next? I find that after about an hour I have done everything I’m going to do with a country, and that will cover a few terms.
I have some saves that I will work on in chunks over several days, as I actually quite enjoy the longer-term gameplay. But yeah I think I am in the minority here (although with the rebalance of the late game that might change!), and Cliff brings up a good point in that if its too tedious, it might not be worth it. Still worth thinking about it though.
But specifically regarding the plastic bag tax, I don’t think it should be that big of a problem since I don’t think it is actually found as a variable in any of the simulations/situations/events, right? All it does is affect capitalist/environmentalist happiness, it doesn’t even affect the environment if I remember correctly.
I would modify the “religion of state” by putting some famous religions and with the cursor of the law choose a religion.
Example: Christianity, Islam, Buddhism and atheism.
To me that would down any the realism of the game. Im sorry but I just don’t see how the US would adopt islam nor Europe shift to Budddism. That would just be cartoonish.
In fact, Democracy 4 is not a movie with programmed scenes. it can vary. I don’t think they accept Christianity in Arabia. Even Germany that legalizes drugs is not real but there is the law.
That is true, however I draw the line on religion. I can tolerate increasing totalitarian regimes and further security and scrutiny because that is happening, although at a snail’s pace. It is simply just personal pereference.
I know it’s a bit late, but is there any chance you can also adjust the next update, where Tear Gas, Rubber Bullets and Water Cannons also can be used against Drone Protests and other similar riot situations?
