I've been playing for a couple of days, and it seems I have a good production model down (use econ bonuses to fuel industrial growth, more money=higher slider), but the bottleneck appears to be approval rate.
After a certain level, despite having set up appropriate an morale booster (network/multi/arena/etc) on each world, morale nevertheless constantly drops. My questions are this:
1. Are there other factors besides tax rate and improvements that can effect morale? Currently, I think it might have something to do with population, like the larger the pop you have, the more morale boosters you need. I tend to go heavy on the farms, as it means more tax revenue and UP votes.
2. Can low morale effect defection rate if I stay with Galactic Empire and maintain high influence? Then, it wouldn't matter that much to be unpopular.
I'm going to do a little experimenting, but being that this is brand spanking new game, it's a little frustrating to be groping in the dark as to what works.
