I really do think Dark Avatar is a very good game, but think there are a few issues that could use a solid bit of improvement. Spying was one that I (and many others) have mentioned before. The United Planets is another one of them. I’m personally a big fan of working through diplomacy and improving the U.P. would add a lot to a good game.
Currently you are trying to guess how other people are going to vote and you can only buy votes by trading for Influence Points (before the actual U.P. meeting, without knowledge of what is going to be voted on). I would like to see the item up for vote to be posted at least 4 turns in advance. Then I could know if I really want to trade for their Influence Points.
Additionally I’d like an option on the diplomacy screen (or spying, or both) to find out which way they are leaning on an issue (allowing them to lie, based on race and relationship, on the diplomacy screen, but if done through spying, then the info should be correct)
Instead of trading IPs, I’d prefer to trade for their actual vote. For instance, if the upcoming vote were to tax war, the Dregin would never change their vote from no; but if you trade IP and you want them to change their vote to yes, technically they are since the IP they traded you is being used to vote yes.
Something else I’d like to see, the ability to put something up for vote (I understand this is probably more of a pipe dream). Like when the message comes about what will be voted on, each race should have the option to put something up for vote. The following turn every race would get what each other put up for vote and have the option to second the vote (a second being required for it to be put up to vote). Possible items to put up for vote are:
• Trade Embargo on Race X for Y turns (or until all war declaration have been stop by that race)
• Overturning previous, active UP votes
• Banning of "bad" ground tactics like the ones that do massive damage to the planet’s quality.
• Removing Race X from the U.P.
• Reinstated Race X to the U.P.
• Some of the current regular UP items up for vote, like taxing war, protection for all trade routes, etc
