v1.11 The Political Machine Changelog Posted on Tuesday, July 16, 2024 Core Improved No Card Mode including added War Room and Endorsement functionality. Balance Changes, most notably a War Room usage limit per turn. Added brand new parts into custom candidate creator. Bug fixes and Quality of Life improvements. Improved No Card Mode Added functionality of War Room and Endorsements to work with No Card Mode. Re-enabled Political Capital and Political Capital Buildings to account Endorsements usage. Balance Changes The goal of these balance changes is to limit overpowered War Room strategies and excess funds. War Room Added War Room usage limit per turn. Added 10% increase in operative cost every time the operative is bought. Increased Cheerleader initial cost from 300K to 500K. Decreased Fixer initial cost from 1.2M to 800K. Decreased Activist Judge initial cost from 1.5M to 1.2M. Funds Reworks Political Action Cards Grassroots Donations Decreased fund gain per state from 50K to 20K Donation Drive Decreased fund gain from 750K to 200K Big Donor Decreased fund gain from 1.5M to 800K Unsavory Donor Decreased fund gain from 2M to 1M Party Figurehead Decreased fund gain per turn from 150K to 100K Party Planner Decreased Fundraise boost from 50% to 15% Event Coordinator Decreased Fundraise boost from 75% to 25% Mysterious Donors Decreased Fundraise boost from 300% to 50% Events Big Pharma Offer Decreased accepting fund gain from 100K to 75K Mysterious Photographer Base cost option spend increased from 20K to 40K Extra cost option spend increased from 35K to 80K Reply All Suppress option cost increased from 10K to 50K New Custom Candidate Creator parts Body Wheelchair Heads Slim, Chin, Elderly, Cheeky, Classy, Rigid, Wide Cheek, Bagged Ears Elephant, Flat Eyebrows Raising, Stem, Longer Nose Arrowhead, Ball, Large, Wider, Triangle Hair Short Cut, Sleek, Slick, Chunk, Wigged, Crisp, Little Bald, Little Flow Glasses Classic, Retro, Fashioned Eyes Squint, Bags, Somber, Eager, Focused, Hexed Mouth Founder Smirk, Thick Smirk, Modest Dimples, Big Dimples, Shiny Teeth, Grin Smirk, Neutral Smirk, Big Teeth Gameplay adjustments and Quality of Life improvements Added Cohesive Primaries to Presidential game flow – if you win a Primaries game, you can go straight to a Presidential game. Fixed Randomized Issues logic persisting between games. Updated War Room tutorial text to account for card limits, price increases, and No Card Mode functionality. Ensured events that give cards do not appear in No Card Mode. Fixed HQ visual duplication glitch.