On Fri, May 19, 2023 at 1:07 PM Yachay Wayllukuq via agora-discussion <agora-discussion@agoranomic.org> wrote: > > - I like the Focuses idea. > - I think you'd really just want to use your Stamps to win rather than > anything else. Maybe instead you can only Focus on something if you have > the right Stamp or combination of Stamps in your possession? For example, > something like: Voting Focus [Requirement: Ownership of 3 or more different > Stamps], Justice Focus [Requirement: Ownership of a Stamp type that only up > to 2 other players have]; etc > > On Friday, May 19, 2023, nix via agora-discussion < > agora-discussion@agoranomic.org> wrote: > > > On 5/19/23 11:50, ais523 via agora-discussion wrote: > > > >> I'd much rather take the route of trying to get the Radiance/Stamps > >> system functional again, than of trying to repeal it. (Stamps in > >> particular are one of the most powerful "new player perks" we've seen, > >> and I suspect that that's a good thing.) I'd especially be against > >> repealing it without a replacement. > >> > > I do somewhat regret the *full* repeal we did, tho it was an interesting > > experiment (that got my a Silver Quill). I've been trying to be more hands > > off with economic writing because I want to see other ideas (and I've > > written two of the recent ones), but I have had some ideas floating around > > that would at least incorporate Stamps. The idea is basically: > > > > * replace dreams with focuses, and have 3 or 4 focuses. Something like > > Voting, Proposing, etc. > > > > * each stamp type inherits a focus from the person it's minted by, with > > stamps belonging to non-players being wildcards for focus > > > > * players automatically get stamps of eir type, maybe at a rate similar > > wealth dream (2 when there's less than 8 total of your type, 1 when there's > > less than 16 total, 0 otherwise) > > > > * cash stamps in sets, where each stamp in the set is of the same class > > (or wildcard) to get the associated bonus. Cash voting stamps and get a > > voting power increase, cash proposing stamps and get the ability to pend X > > proposals. Scale it to large payouts for larger cashing sets, and also > > larger payouts for the number of *different* stamps used.
I like the idea of making Proposing a focus (or in a simple modification, make it a Dream with a similar level of pending-ability to the expunging dream). But I'll admit I'm a bit burned out on "mix and match set trading" as an economic basis (fine with it as a pure subgame like the current stamps). I'm leaning more towards the 'labor tokens' idea of personal but non-tradable specialization (e.g. everyone gets one focus/dream, and doing labors can give you the limited ability to have a second focus/dream at the same time). -G.
