Any hints on when it will revolt, or just wait and see?

It should regularly revolt right after Dairuchi, but this round might be a little funky due to the bug.

('Right after' being relative)

Ministers should be able to write to the citylog.

Yesterday you said it would be revolting at the same time as Dairuchi (which is next up in the revolt cycle). Is that no longer the case?

Rikenfriez never has (nor will) revolt with Dairuchi.

All I said yesterday re revolting w/ Dairuchi is Talthos.

Talthos should be with, Rikenfriez right after, is what I'm getting from this?

Order should be:

Dairuchi and Talthos
Rikenfriez
Shanthmark and Paavik
Estelbar and Acknor
Delport and Stewartsville
Southgard, Rockholm, Angkrag, Ptoma, and Ixthiaxa

I really wish they would split that last one into the Mountain Wars and the Kephera-Illithoid Conflict.

Having so many villages revolt at once is an attempt to keep one org from getting them all. We see how well it's working.

In theory, I guess it should work but generally the organization that is dominating has a larger population and then can spread itself out more. We do see other orgs getting villages, but it probably skews our perception because they're generally allies of the dominating org.

It's also pretty easy to go get just enough in the first round in each village to ensure that no one can claim in that round, then let the other side build up a nice big fat lead. As long as they can't actually finish, you can always come back and recover it with your overwhelming numbers. If you have enough people to do this in all but one village while still having enough left to take that one, you can still get several even in a multi-way influencing. And the other side has nothing at all they can do to counter it; once the villagers are influenced, you have an agonizing hour of waiting and no chance to head that tactic off, no matter how evident it is. If villagers reset far quicker (like they used to) in villages, this wouldn't be nearly as viable.

Can ministers get org log writing privileges?

yesplz

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Simple idea:

Make a huge manse in an aethership, and record it's velocity. I really want to know what the hull strength of deepnight would be

Deepnight has a hull of 7200.

how 'fast' is it?

Suprisingly fast. I once took it out for a spin on the test server.

Double the months that artisan goods can last, or give artisans a skill that lets them repair.

I wish differently, that Rikenfriez was rolled up with one of the other villages (Estelbar and Acknor maybe), as then it could be a village for the underdog to grab. Because while getting a fish producing village isn't all that hot, it can be a great boost to morale when you actually HAVE a village.

Some artisan goods need this (Sconces), but I would sell even less thrones if they lasted twice as long.