Influence power

[HiteiKan]

What is it, and how in the WORLD did i get it ranked 1?

[HiteiKan]

But what is it?

[moses]

How manny units u have i do believe so get ur sphere of influence up

[~Insider Trader~]

you abuse the rank 1 bug by either training or arming or powering up EXACTLY on turn change. When I was small I used to do if for a bit of fun but now it doesn't make much difference to my rank lol

To boost your influence rank you need more planets. There are 2 numbers to influence power, and ther's debate about which one is the bug. 1 is your planets x 1000, the other is your planets x a multiplyer based on your charisma. It's all rather confusing but it's nice to know where you sit in terms of how big you are compared to others.

Just would be nice if we could knock down the hundreds of 10b-12b planet inactive accounts occupying the higher influence ranks.

[HiteiKan]

I was taking out income planets and all of a sudden my rank sky rocketed from like 1035 to 395, Caused quite the confusion.

[jabujabu]

I was taking out income planets and all of a sudden my rank sky rocketed from like 1035 to 395, Caused quite the confusion.

it'll be fixed the next turn, so normally it should reflect your correct rank

[The Messenger]

Just would be nice if we could knock down the hundreds of 10b-12b planet inactive accounts occupying the higher influence ranks.

Or maybe if Influence Power actually reflected the Trained of a Realm, not just the size

A short while ago during a War I actually started to appreciate how frustrating it was for Influence to get in the way of rebuilding, and started to consider better why 4 out of 5 of my officers gave up ascended right after starting in the last year. Influence counts for so much of your rank that after a certain point, you have to build rediculous amounts just to Rank Up just a little if you are not over 10 or 12 Billion Planets yourself! This is often so frustratingly hard for newer Players that they often become inactive or even delete!

I seriously think the whole Influence issue needs to be re-balanced, to better reflect the Active Players, not just the big ones. If Influence reflected Trained, then many new players would get the Self-Gratifacation they would need to continue playing till it was habit forming They would get to see them selves grow, without being hampered constantly by their size, and Ascended would be a more balanced Game, ... I think. This will have a secondary effect of forcing those that wish to maintain their Influence Rank to do or Maintain some Training. But ... As a possible BONUS secondary effect, it will allow Players of Larger size to manipulate their Ranks further, allowing them to go to a lower Rank than ever before should they wish (Influence having held them back before from lowering their Rank for whatever reason)

As a Further thought, I have heard suggestions maybe of bringing ME to Ascended, maybe we call the Military Experience Influence or Whatever, this could be a way to bring 2 idea's together?!


(Influence = Trained Planets + Conquered/Destroyed Planets) maybe...


I am just thinking out loud here, so I hope no-one gets upset!