The Approval Rating / Growth Rate ratio

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I did some experimentation on how approval rating affects the growth rate, and here is what I found.

My home planet's population of 8 billion increased by the following when:

My approval rating at 100% = population increased by .15b
My approval rating between 76% and 99% = population increased by .08b to .09b
My approval rating between 41% and 75% = population increased by .06b to .07b
My approval rating between 20% and 40% = population stayed the same
My approval rating less than 20% = population decreased.



When I created a custom race and spent 6 points to get the 70% growth bonus, I discovered it really wasn't 70%:

My approval rating at 100% = population increased by .25b
My approval rating between 76% and 99% = population increased by .16b
My approval rating between 41% and 75% = population increased by .13b
My approval rating between 20% and 40% = population stayed the same
My approval rating less than 20% = population decreased.

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Reply #1 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
You had to have meant .08b to .09b and .06b to .07b. But assuming that, 70% of these values should be:

.15 * 1.7 = .255
.09 * 1.7 = .153
.08 * 1.7 = .136
.07 * 1.7 = .119
.06 * 1.7 = .102

I know that there is some rounding going on here, but the 100% approval value is pretty much exactly as it should be. The 76% and 41% numbers look a bit high, but they're not really out of the ballpark. Perhaps if you used the extra digit of accuracy of pop that's shown in the planet screen these would actually be a bit closer. I don't really see a big issue here.
Reply #2 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Thanks Mumblefratz. I edited my post to show .08 & .09.

Also, I was just posting it for information purposes. I wasn't complaining. I was just sharing my experiment data.
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Reply #3 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Oh. OK.

I guess you can edit the original post after someones responded to it. I never knew that. I know you can't edit a reply after someone responds to it. Learn something new every day.
Reply #4 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Hi!
When I created a custom race and spent 6 points to get the 70% growth bonus, I discovered it really wasn't 70%:

For growth formula explained check the wikipedia: https://www.galciv.wikia.com/wiki/Population .

BR, Iztok