Palantir Update

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Having taken a look through Palantir and read the Users manual, I have a couple questions:

1) A How Does It Work question:

Is my presumption correct that only new information gleaned from xml's will be updated? Such that, after I import the next turn's data, whatever information I have manually updated or whatever will simply remain, with the "information as of turn XX" listed?

2) A Future Update concern:

The map. I don't want to rain on a parade, but while that new map that was created a while ago is very attractive from a distance, it isn't very functional, IMHO. 25 different colours make it difficult for other than the best printers to deal with, is hard on the eyes, etc. The legend is, therefore, too large, and the compass is, well, an esthetic frill that is mostly in the way of my Rhuduarian off-map major towns from which I descend onto my Rhun/Iron Hills enemies regularly.

I come from a recent Maetzings convert, using Ghostview to create and print a 2 page pdf map of ME using the postscript files. This map is extremely easy to read, and quickly glance at for relevant information: Where are Armies? Where are pops? Which allegiance IS the pop( black, white, grey)? And then a closer inspection shows the Nation who owns the pop printed on the hex itself.

I'm asuming the Simple colour scheme will print such that it will be easy to decipher the 3 allegiances. But what about the Nation who owns the pop printed on the pop? The Name of the pop can come in handy, but might be better left to a search feature where I can try to find "Falling Rapids City" when a rumour tells of huge gold shipments there, but is otherwise a frill, no? But, when I'm plotting where my training agents should go for some stealing, all I really want to know is Allegiance and then Owner.

What are the odds?

Regards,

Brad Brunet

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1) A How Does It Work question:

Is my presumption correct that only new information gleaned from xml's

will be updated? Such that, after I import the next turn's data, whatever
information I have manually updated or whatever will simply remain, with the
"information as of turn XX" listed?
**Yes thats correct, information remains historically

2) A Future Update concern:

The map. I don't want to rain on a parade, but while that new map that

was created a while ago is very attractive from a distance, it isn't very
functional, IMHO. 25 different colours make it difficult for other than the
best printers to deal with, is hard on the eyes, etc. The legend is,
therefore, too large, and the compass is, well, an esthetic frill that is
mostly in the way of my Rhuduarian off-map major towns from which I descend
onto my Rhun/Iron Hills enemies regularly.
**A number of us have been playing with this map for a while and I find you
get used to the new colours very quickly and they become a bonus, there is
an option to use a simple colour scheme though.
**I agree there should be an option to turn the legends off, I suppose it
was thought that there wouldnt be anything of interest in those areas :slight_smile:

I come from a recent Maetzings convert, using Ghostview to create and

print a 2 page pdf map of ME using the postscript files. This map is
extremely easy to read, and quickly glance at for relevant information:
Where are Armies? Where are pops? Which allegiance IS the pop( black,
white, grey)? And then a closer inspection shows the Nation who owns the
pop printed on the hex itself.
**Yes the palantir simple colour scheme would not show the nation

I'm asuming the Simple colour scheme will print such that it will be easy

to decipher the 3 allegiances. But what about the Nation who owns the pop
printed on the pop? The Name of the pop can come in handy, but might be
better left to a search feature where I can try to find "Falling Rapids
City" when a rumour tells of huge gold shipments there, but is otherwise a
frill, no? But, when I'm plotting where my training agents should go for
some stealing, all I really want to know is Allegiance and then Owner.
**Yes we could have a toggle for nation name as well, this wasnt thought of
as the simple colour scheme was a very late addition