Coups Biggest Concern So Far (Unsure if Bug)
Posted: Thu Sep 29, 2022 4:02 pm
So I have been playing as the Resistance (not tutorial) on Normal difficulty. I had enough control points to get some decent boost, and operate a moon base and space station. The simulation has gotten to the point where there were very few unclaimed nations left (you could see them all on one list without scrolling) and both China and the USA were totally unclaimed.
Public opinion had been seesawing in America for awhile, and I thought at some point I might have a chance to get the first CP and get the ball rolling there. Then, in one turn, the blank USA, where no one has a CP, suddenly has a coup!
Now, I thought coups were used to depose a government in which another faction(s) had claimed CPs. I didn't know it could be used to wipe a normal government and install factions to CPs. Also, I didn't know multiple factions could install their people at the same time in a single event...this seems odd to me. The weirdest part is how the factions were installed (I will try and attach a picture below):
https://imgur.com/a/VF1oEFl
So as one can (hopefully) see, 4 different factions split the CPs, and not in any discernible order that I can detect. The Initiative got the lion's share with half, despite having what appears to be the lowest (or tied for lowest) popular support in the nation. The Protectorate got one, Project Exodus one, and The Servants one, except they got the White House and can control foreign policy.
How was this determined? If anything, it would make more sense for Exodus to get executive control, with the largest public support in a violent coup. Then the others should be considered in decreasing order based on their respective backing, so in this case: Protectorate, Servants, Initiative. Instead the Initiative has the most, and the 2nd least-supported group that was involved gets the executive!??
This development baffles me and feels unexplained and very sudden and forced. Up until now the USA was open and a potential playground, and suddenly it appears very untransparently in hands of multiple rivals. I feel like I had little agency in this, and what should have been a gradual takeover was very abrupt and jarring.
So my questions are:
- Is this coup a bug?
- If not, how are CPs be divided up?
- If not, how can factions work together on a coup?
Public opinion had been seesawing in America for awhile, and I thought at some point I might have a chance to get the first CP and get the ball rolling there. Then, in one turn, the blank USA, where no one has a CP, suddenly has a coup!
Now, I thought coups were used to depose a government in which another faction(s) had claimed CPs. I didn't know it could be used to wipe a normal government and install factions to CPs. Also, I didn't know multiple factions could install their people at the same time in a single event...this seems odd to me. The weirdest part is how the factions were installed (I will try and attach a picture below):
https://imgur.com/a/VF1oEFl
So as one can (hopefully) see, 4 different factions split the CPs, and not in any discernible order that I can detect. The Initiative got the lion's share with half, despite having what appears to be the lowest (or tied for lowest) popular support in the nation. The Protectorate got one, Project Exodus one, and The Servants one, except they got the White House and can control foreign policy.
How was this determined? If anything, it would make more sense for Exodus to get executive control, with the largest public support in a violent coup. Then the others should be considered in decreasing order based on their respective backing, so in this case: Protectorate, Servants, Initiative. Instead the Initiative has the most, and the 2nd least-supported group that was involved gets the executive!??
This development baffles me and feels unexplained and very sudden and forced. Up until now the USA was open and a potential playground, and suddenly it appears very untransparently in hands of multiple rivals. I feel like I had little agency in this, and what should have been a gradual takeover was very abrupt and jarring.
So my questions are:
- Is this coup a bug?
- If not, how are CPs be divided up?
- If not, how can factions work together on a coup?