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Shadow1188 posted 06-14-99 06:56 PM ET
Why does police state raise your police rating? Shouldn't Police stae lower your police rating? I mean, people usualy aren't very tolerant of police when they're getting pushed and completely dictated to by them.

MichaeltheGreat posted 06-14-99 07:12 PM ET
Ask any former citizen of the USSR. You may not like getting pushed around, but if they have the power to arrest and imprison or execute your entire family for no reason at all, you probably would make an effort to not stand out in a crowd and be very good about doing what you're told, when you're told, and with a bright shining (but patently false) smile on your face. Read some Solzhenitsyn, or Andrei Sakharov, or Natan Sharanskii, or read up on the glorious People's Republics of China or Korea.
HolyWarrior posted 06-15-99 12:40 AM ET
I have NEVER used Police State in a game. The -2 inefficiency is too much of a crippler.
Yeah, I know the Hive has an immunity to inefficiency, but I hate the Godless Commie and never play him.
DIE YANG DIE!
MichaeltheGreat posted 06-15-99 01:24 AM ET
I'm currently playing Gaians in a PBEM and using both Police State and Power or Police State and Green, depending on my mind worm needs. My cities are fairly close, and my capital is fairly central. The Children's Creche raises the effiency by one, and the overall benefits outweigh the costs in this game, at least. The only reason I'm approaching the game this way is the presence of nearby nasty neighbors, but it works under the right circumstances.
Igor posted 06-16-99 01:42 PM ET
I think only Yang and Morgan need Police State. Yang can get all benefits of it and no penalties, Morgan need it for support (but Power later is much better).
MichaeltheGreat, try Fundy/Green/Power combo. Any 'nasty' neigbours will die very fast. Conventional units are cheaper and can't be killed by 1-1-1 scout with Trance ability. Why Deirdre needs Police State? +1 Police, +2 support and 0 effic... Better build extra bases for support and increase effic to compensate drone problems.
P.S. I thought that Hive is the best faction but now I changed my mind: it is not flexible (at all!!!!)
korn469 posted 06-16-99 03:51 PM ET
actually discounting SP's i think the spartan's are tied with yang for being the best at Police state. +3 police for the spartans means a 1-1-1 units equppied with non-leathal methods can suppress three drones, so if you have three of these cheap police units (they only cost 11 with the spartans) you can take care of your drone problems quite easily
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Author	Topic: Police State
Shadow1188	posted 06-14-99 06:56 PM ET Why does police state raise your police rating? Shouldn't Police stae lower your police rating? I mean, people usualy aren't very tolerant of police when they're getting pushed and completely dictated to by them.
MichaeltheGreat	posted 06-14-99 07:12 PM ET Ask any former citizen of the USSR. You may not like getting pushed around, but if they have the power to arrest and imprison or execute your entire family for no reason at all, you probably would make an effort to not stand out in a crowd and be very good about doing what you're told, when you're told, and with a bright shining (but patently false) smile on your face. Read some Solzhenitsyn, or Andrei Sakharov, or Natan Sharanskii, or read up on the glorious People's Republics of China or Korea.
HolyWarrior	posted 06-15-99 12:40 AM ET I have NEVER used Police State in a game. The -2 inefficiency is too much of a crippler. Yeah, I know the Hive has an immunity to inefficiency, but I hate the Godless Commie and never play him. DIE YANG DIE!
MichaeltheGreat	posted 06-15-99 01:24 AM ET I'm currently playing Gaians in a PBEM and using both Police State and Power or Police State and Green, depending on my mind worm needs. My cities are fairly close, and my capital is fairly central. The Children's Creche raises the effiency by one, and the overall benefits outweigh the costs in this game, at least. The only reason I'm approaching the game this way is the presence of nearby nasty neighbors, but it works under the right circumstances.
Igor	posted 06-16-99 01:42 PM ET I think only Yang and Morgan need Police State. Yang can get all benefits of it and no penalties, Morgan need it for support (but Power later is much better). MichaeltheGreat, try Fundy/Green/Power combo. Any 'nasty' neigbours will die very fast. Conventional units are cheaper and can't be killed by 1-1-1 scout with Trance ability. Why Deirdre needs Police State? +1 Police, +2 support and 0 effic... Better build extra bases for support and increase effic to compensate drone problems. P.S. I thought that Hive is the best faction but now I changed my mind: it is not flexible (at all!!!!)
korn469	posted 06-16-99 03:51 PM ET actually discounting SP's i think the spartan's are tied with yang for being the best at Police state. +3 police for the spartans means a 1-1-1 units equppied with non-leathal methods can suppress three drones, so if you have three of these cheap police units (they only cost 11 with the spartans) you can take care of your drone problems quite easily korn469