Hello,



I just started playing Endless Space two days ago. It is quickly consuming my life. I noticed the game seems to be still under development, kind of? Anyways, if it is, I found an interesting combination of disapproval from my starting solar system. They are upset at my expansion and are unsatisfied with the overpopulation on the planets. I understand this is because I need to give them more food, but it just seems intuitive to have people upset about both of those things. Perhaps, overpopulation can be replaced with starvation instead?



Thanks,

Galbzilla

galbzilla wrote:
Hello,



I just started playing Endless Space two days ago. It is quickly consuming my life. I noticed the game seems to be still under development, kind of? Anyways, if it is, I found an interesting combination of disapproval from my starting solar system. They are upset at my expansion and are unsatisfied with the overpopulation on the planets. I understand this is because I need to give them more food, but it just seems intuitive to have people upset about both of those things. Perhaps, overpopulation can be replaced with starvation instead?



Thanks,

Galbzilla

It is not related to food, it is related to population and where that population is at. Worse, it makes it real hard to have a custom race who could doesn't care about such trivial things.









Morale at System Level

Also in the Diplomacy and Trading tree are technologies to deal with approval at the system level. Look for a pink triangle in the upper right corner of the technology

• Botanical Scanning, bottom branch third tech is an easy boost
• Optimized Logistics is in the center and the structure you can build provides additional benefits besides moral boosts.
• Inter Species HR along the bottom is a mid game technology.
• High Consumption Society mid to late game, a technology I found I rarely needed
• Permanent Advantage is late game and the final piece of the puzzle for system morale tuning
  
  

Morale at Empire Level

Expansion Morale is another area many players have trouble with, think of this as Empire wide morale. This is all found in the bottom tree, Exploration and Expansion. Look for left facing white flags. Each will reduce expansion disapproval by 22%

• Applied Casmir Effect is the first, it just happens to be a required technology.
• Applied Atmospherics is just a bit down from Applied Casmir Effect
• Personal Fields is later in game
• Dark Energy Effects is the last