Need a member to explain what is going on with approval.

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So I was tinkering with the console last night. I am going to use one planet that was class 22.

 

  • I just settled this planet
  • I created an area with a manufacturing capital surrounded by factories and a solar plant total of 8 factories+ solar+manu-capital.
  • I did the same thing with market centers and a finacial capital on same world again 6 market centers, with finacial cap in center.
  • had farm+hospital adjacent and near colony capital. 
  • Also had healing pools adjacent to consulate.
  • Current happiness was 100% for colonization on that turn.
  • Hit turn marker and still at 100% approval.
  • Used commd console and built everything planet at once. All done, planet idle.
  • Happiness plummets to 52%. Huh? why? before we had NO banks now we do. Now we have production to make stuff.
  • Why did happiness plummet? Plenty of food, Plenty of money, Plenty of production and approval building. 

 

So why the drop in approval?

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Reply #1 from GalCiv3 Forums Top

Too many people? 

Reply #2 from GalCiv3 Forums Top

Well being as the colony ship just created a colony the previous turn, why did my approval drop completely from 100% to 56% after I 'magically built' all the improvements? 

 

In theory approval is tied to being able to make money. The turn I landed there were ZERO money making improvements, food improvements, or production ones. 

 

After we built all of them now everyone is unhappy. This makes no sense. 

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Reply #3 from GalCiv3 Forums Top

The maintenance for all those buildings is making a big dent into whatever money you're making, so I would look into that first.

Reply #4 from GalCiv3 Forums Top

And there is the ticket and winner. 

 

So the initial maintenance of all the buildings outweighs the $ I am making from them (at this point) until the population can catch up and make a larger tax base. 

Reply #5 from GalCiv3 Forums Top

What my boys Gaunathor and Larsenex said.

Reply #6 from GalCiv3 Forums Top

I've been suspecting that maintenance has been a problem as well. Whenever I research a new generation of planet improvements (which have higher maintenance costs), my approval dropped.

I noticed the opposite happen when I upgraded farming improvements. My population gradually grew and started producing more money. Morale improved as well.

I now make a habit of adding money boosting modules to my starbases as a way to not only boost money, but approval as well. It seems to work well.