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While i admire everything your saying-- what you're describing is a meritocracy. I think our ideas compliment.

I wouldn't be mad if a merit system was implemented- and it could be quite useful. If you've farmed for 30-40 min, you get a little carrot icon or something. I don't know how hard it should be. In truth this idea isn't too far off in human history- in small villages- if you were known to be good at something, people would come to you for advise on the subject. 

You could have a dictatorship, a democracy-- or if unnamed, a meritocracy.

But in the world as we know it- kingship and alike rarely has anything to do with merit and entirely due to economics, and that can be simplified by a log rhythm

While I appreciate this point, as it has a researched thesis instead of "I think this"-- this is a little too complex for the game. Good FYI though. The issue I see here is basically the main paradigm this article is based on.

So if we're going to simplify humanity in terms of those who reproduce and those who do not reproduce---- those who do not reproduce profit not only in not having to bare the child- but they also get the benefit of spreading their DNA much easier.

As you can see, we do not have sperm or male line-age in the game, nor is implementation of such easy-- or what we all want.

Personally- I very much believe we should focus on decreasing infant deaths- because in reality as the game changes, gender desires will change. In 6 months, it might be exceptionally difficult to play as female, or if you're born a man you might find it a repeat to your last male life- who knows!

You know it wasn't until 1948 did single women without children no longer had to serve in the US military, right? Sure- they weren't really in the trenches, but they weren't all at home.

If you read what I wrote, I actually went into the birth of masculinity dawning with the need for a warrior-- and so yes, since the dawn of masculinity- he has generally dominated the warrior role.

Sure women haven't dominated the war zones, but they went, often to work as nurses- and women were obligated to go until pretty recently. The idea that society can just throw a war on half their population is an idea that is rooted in modern day wonders. In no way is "women stay safe at home during war because they are the reproductive bottleneck" is true for the larger sum of our human history.

Oh my goodness, just to do you the favor of informing you- the answer is gender has played a huge role in the history of the world as we know it today.  Historians and Anthropologists alike have noted several times that gender has not always been binary in humans. Probably the most cited and easiest to find information on such is the tribe with seven genders. Biology isn't always cut and dry, hermaphrodites along with a whole world of fairly common differences are as old as time and have been largely sighted near the equator. Just FYI.

From a 10,000 eye perspective, or rather an anthropologist hat-- where in some cultures gender was determined based on what you are good at an not sex. Overwhelmingly to sum it up-- basically there was a point in time in history where we needed warriors- And thus the whole 'male role' and 'not the one who reproduces' really gets built. In some cultures who live fairly secluded from others, gender can get really bendy to us. But that's because we have had a world built where we understand gender roles based on genitals.   We are in a scenario where the males=warriors, and thus the binary is not a bad pick for the game.

Jason. No. What? *sigh* OK!! This is part 2 for why i explained above- you don't want to mix genitalia with societal roles. In reality- if you're born a woman and you're pissed off-- Child birth will not stop you from revenge. *sigh* leaving all my upsets to this conclusion and it's impact in our real life society out of this-- this practically wont play out as such in game (if you're pissed off, being a woman wont stop you) and also the smarter imperialist will just hold a knife to all the invaded kids necks and say "come with me and/or slaughtered"- make up for the lost births on the way there- and tbh- that'd be an interesting way to start my life! Then you'd REALLY wanna set-up those home markers!

I *really* dislike this idea as it's a huge dis-advantage to women- and that would ultimately really hurt societies that could make it with a few more minutes. I think you're asking the wrong question- instead of asking "should infant death come with a cost?" I think it should be "what can be done to decrease the infant mortality rate." In reality, players are getting it- while in some situations you have to cap the baby population- there are new players and bad connections which could make the slightest mistake on this call end your civilization.

But also in considering this- I would like to remind you which you know- one getting a 'lucky birth' fluctuates with server flow. which is great! So really there is the tricky part where you only know if shit's gone wrong when it's obviously super annoying. So i would be careful- but also give the players a bit more credit, most of us want to see our civilization flourish and we know babies accomplishes this. So I would say-- give us baby food.

My argument for baby food is as follows: When you're in those white-knuckle moments where you're low on food and waiting for the carrots to come out- back up food is made. Rabbits get cooked, pies get made. And when children indulge in those foods- it's a waste because it heals for more hit points than it's worth. So by all nature of the game as it presently stands, if all you have is higher-healing back-up reserves-- even rearing them becomes a difficult decision. Thus-- give us toddler/kid food. Food that say you break up one carrot and get 3 peices- and it feeds 2-3 boxes. This will give toddlers and children an emergency food source they can turn to without guilt.

Another option would be a form of family planning- back in olden times you could actually abort a pregnancy by munching on some juniper tree bark! While many people have many feelings about abortion- - we dont have pregnancy in this game- one could add the bark to the game to give women a form of birth control, 3-5 minutes where they don't give birth. So if food runs out they can avoid the issue entirely.

OMG thank you!

Before we had such an *amazing* infant mortality rate- women would give birth to over-shadow the amount of babies who wouldnt make it to adulthood

What is the name of that game, it sounds like a trip! Look it up please?

To be honest to implement genetics-- I feel like this could either be a recipe to throw off the whole game- or just go really poorly. Not to mention- it takes a whole lot of programming to implement a genetics system. Also I like how race and hair color are random and would not liked that changed. It's simple! It's great!

Fun fact- it has been proven that indigenous people transformed with the land they occupy after 7 generations of residing in it. If we were to implement genetics- it would be cool after the 7th generation- the biome in which the majority of the eaten crops are consumed in will make your temperature just below perfect there when naked- and perfect with clothes on.

Are all of us so broke we can't chip in to buy the brother the game?

Where's our <insert religious holiday tied into the equinox>'s Spirit?

I recently was unemployed for 3 months- and seriously having video games so I could relax and wouldn't focus on the lack of my other creature comforts was an extraordinary help

To be honest it's rare i've ran into a civilization that was advanced enough they still let go of a few boys. I do think it's more of a symptom of the civilization more than it is the game- and this will all change! Just as a society in need of water has different priorities than a society in need of seeds-- the game will continue!

I think that boys play a very useful role- you go an get stuff without interruption-- and if you really hate the society- you can just run off and likely find a cart and backpack before you can carry it!

I think there should be a gender balance spawn based on how many players are in the sever. I've noticed the less populated the server- the more girls there are. The more populated the server- the more boys. I feel like this was a balance developed that no longer fits out many people this game reaches.

If you think about statistically how huge the infant mortality rate still is and the lag spikes-- honestly when the server hits that 38 mark- you almost want more girls.

Of course- I may be entirely making a pattern that isn't there. Maybe gender is chosen totally randomly.

So-

I do think gender should be decided based on the business of the server

If gender is totally random- it should be altered to look at server use- and aim for a 50/50 spawn of gender

I do think when server levels hit 35+ (assuming 40 is max) it should be 2:1 girls- as we all know it takes just a second for the server to not be full.

As mentioned before on reddit- there is no balance here of weaponry or defense.

Also in -all- respects, weapons at this stage should not be so powerful. There's no room up here in term of weapons if running with a knife innocently is a one-shot murder spree.

No it's seriously annoying when you're like "we need seeds, please dont harvest them"  "omg stop"  "omg you doomed us all"

Can see why people murder in this game