[Balance] Diplomat's Silver Tongue should be usable on turn 1

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Right now, Diplomats only start with 20 Influence, while Silver Tongue costs 30.  Either lower the cost of Silver Tongue, or give 30 starting influence.  It's kind of disappointing to have such a spiffy ability be useless for much of the early game, especially if you didn't start near a prestigious location. (Also, the fact that there are 2 different buildings named Monument is confusing.  I suggest renaming one of them.  Either call the +ZOC a Statue, or call the +influence a Park, I guess.  Either way, it's confusing as is.)

 

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Reply #1 from Elemental Forums Top

Agreed. Also: There are ten buildings called Monument. The others are for special resources located in the Wildlands. Haven't found all of them, though.

Reply #2 from Elemental Forums Top

The multiple monument issue may seem small, but it really should be ironed out prior to release in order to ensure that the new user experience is as intuitive as possible.  Although truly trivial, minor details like this are what contribute to an over-all feeling of incompleteness about the game, and may hurt it's first impression.  If the work / reward ratio is good enough that is, time is quite precious, and bug fixes, fun factor, balance, and UI definitely take precedence.

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Reply #3 from Elemental Forums Top

Shouldn't be hard to rename one of the "monument" to "statue" or some such.

Reply #4 from Elemental Forums Top

statue of the sovereign or memorial park has a nice ring to it.   :D

Reply #5 from Elemental Forums Top

Yes.  Very much so.  Should be a simple fix, and one that is very needed.

Also, you know, thread title issue.