Empire Evolution

Doubled as a result of an accident and slow internet connection. I'm sorry.

I like the idea (it goes well with what I had in mind when presented some new ways to change the political regime in one of my ideas : https://www.games2gether.com/endless-space-2/ideas/252-refunding-the-definition-and-effects-of-political-regimes : quests should be able to provide some key features for the rest of the game).

I have some concerns although : 

 - Should it concern only one type of population (your original one) in your empire (if some of your systems have been conquered by another one, will they be converted as well) at a precise moment, or do you think it should be like a passive effect applied to all the populations of your original type becoming controlled by your empire (so if one raian population is controlled by another empire at the moment you launch the effect, and then you take back control of the system this population is, will it be converted like the others), or more simply all the population of your original type in all the galaxy ?

- What happens if several players play the same faction (it could become quite complex if each player select a different decision with effects on the ideology of their original population type) ?

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I like the Idea , but i think it is almost impossible for an Government to change the believes of a whole Culture and Population , i think the faction you "supported" should a get low but permanent support boni for elections . it would somehow show that it is possible for your Government to change the Mindset of your People just because they choose one of two options , but only a few of them . (Posted it before on the other duplicate of this Idea , so i copy it here too )

Finally I'm able to answer

Hinin wrote:

 - Should it concern only one type of population (your original one) in your empire (if some of your systems have been conquered by another one, will they be converted as well) at a precise moment, or do you think it should be like a passive effect applied to all the populations of your original type becoming controlled by your empire (so if one raian population is controlled by another empire at the moment you launch the effect, and then you take back control of the system this population is, will it be converted like the others), or more simply all the population of your original type in all the galaxy ?

- What happens if several players play the same faction (it could become quite complex if each player select a different decision with effects on the ideology of their original population type) ?

I think that this idea nicely works with the idea of changing the name of an empire. We call our nation Mezari and the other UE are still Raians. The game recognizes these two kinds of population as different ones. And the players  can do that too. The image does not change but the name and the characteristics (that are seen in the population screen) are changed. It shouldn't be all around the galaxy as the player's choices are personal.

pixelfreak wrote:

I like the Idea , but i think it is almost impossible for an Government to change the believes of a whole Culture and Population , i think the faction you "supported" should a get low but permanent support boni for elections . it would somehow show that it is possible for your Government to change the Mindset of your People just because they choose one of two options , but only a few of them . (Posted it before on the other duplicate of this Idea , so i copy it here too )

I understand your point , but the choices we make are global. At least in UE and Sophons quests. You can't completely change the way the empire progresses without the approval of your people. Also every turn looks like a long period of time. Years are passing fast. Maybe people can change their thoughts? 

Thought a bit more about more than one population of the same kind in the galaxy. Well, it's an interesting topic to discuss. Absolutely populations within different empires will be different. ( I recently came up with an idea of distinguishing many Sophons or anyone else. It can be written where did the pop come from. From which player or AI ) But I don't really know what will happen with ones that were attracted by a different empire. Logically pop has to remain in the same state as it either doesn't know what is happening in its home or it is said just in the news. But it will create too much stress on the game as the date of attraction of every pop has to be calculated and saved. To make it easier - every pop, produced by a certain player changes when it has to in the whole galaxy.