Approval and growth

As far as I know, popularity gives you a boost to population increase only after you surpass certain boundary conditions.

* planet's approval modifier is:

- 0 if approval is less than 21%. In addition, you lose 10% of your existing population per turn.
- 0 for approval between 21 and 40% (pop doesn't grow).
- 1 for approval between 41% and 75% inclusive.
- 1.25 for approval between 76% and 99% inclusive.
- 2 for 100% approval without the Super Breeder special ability or 8 for 100% approval with Super Breeder.

This makes it pretty pointless to try to keep planetary approval higher than those boundaries. (Why would I need 85% approval, if it gives me the same modifier as 75%, plus extra taxes?) I realize that different planets have different approval modifiers, but still... Wouldn't it make more sense to use a formula that makes the penalties/bonuses to change gradually in between those boundaries? This way every bit of approval would be useful.

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Why would I need 85% approval, if it gives me the same modifier as 75%, plus extra taxes

Because the 85% empire-wide approval means you can have on low-pop planets approval at 100% and hence 200% growth.

BR, Iztok

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The moment you get to 99%, the growth abruptly drops to 150%. Thus, you need to check all the new planets every turn and adjust taxes accordingly. On the other hand, with a curvilinear population bonus you would not need to do all that micromanagement. You simply would need to insure that your approval reasonably hight, and you would get reasonably high population growth.

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DivineWrath

Join Date 05/2006

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Its 4x population growth with Super Breeders at 100% approval, not 8x pop growth. This includes a 4x max pop increase per turn (+2.2 bil instead of the normal 0.55 bil).

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the normal 0.55 bil).

Cough, cough!! 0.55B is NOT normal, but about double of what one can expect in the game at an average planet with 2.5B+ pop at 100% approval, without starting growth bonuses but having 70% from Aphrodisiacs and both growth techs, and without using Fertility Clinic(s).

BR, Iztok

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