Shadow Empire Poll #1

Here are the results of the Shadow Empire poll #1. See www.vrdesigns.net for my interpretation on these results. Thank you for participating! I might call on you again to further finetune my plans.
Activity
93% Completion Rate
990
Visits
668
Responses
621
Complete
47
Incomplete
Responses

1. How would you rate Shadow Empire?

Excellent 58.7%
390
Good 37.8%
251
Okay 3%
20
Mediocre 0.3%
2
Disappointing 0.2%
1
Total respondents 664
Respondents who skipped this question 4

4. How does the speed of the graphics and the user-interface feel on your system? Like time for a window or tab to open, to scroll the map, to get hexes highlighted for moving range of a unit... Do NOT include the speed of the AI in your answer!

Feels fast 37%
245
Feels okay 41.2%
273
Feels a bit on the slow side, but not annoying 15.4%
102
Feels a bit slow 4.4%
29
Really too slow 2%
13
Don't know 0.2%
1
Total respondents 663
Respondents who skipped this question 5

5. How does the speed of an average AI turn feel on your system? (in an average kind of game you like to play - do not overthink this question)

Feels fast 6.6%
44
Feels okay 34.6%
230
Feels a bit on the slow side, but not annoying 32.8%
218
Feels a bit slow 16%
106
Really too slow 9.3%
62
Don't know 0.6%
4
Total respondents 664
Respondents who skipped this question 4

6. What kind of Planet sizes do you play most of the time?

Moons and Planetoids 0.9%
6
Small Planets 19.7%
131
Medium Planets 33.3%
221
Large Planets 28.2%
187
Varied 15.7%
104
Don't know 2.3%
15
Total respondents 664
Respondents who skipped this question 4

7. What speed do you have the AI set to?

Fast 27.1%
180
Slow 32%
212
Very Slow 18.4%
122
Don't know 22.5%
149
Total respondents 663
Respondents who skipped this question 5

8. Whats your approximate desktop screen resolution ?

4K or higher 8.3%
55
Between 4K and HD 23.4%
155
HD (1920x1280) or close 60.8%
403
Lower than HD 5%
33
Don't know 2.6%
17
Total respondents 663
Respondents who skipped this question 5

9. Do you play Shadow Empire in your desktop screen resolution?

Yes 89.7%
595
No, I lower the resolution by changing the resolution through in-game prefs 3.3%
22
No, I lower the resolution by changing the DPI through in-game prefs.. 125%, 150% or 175% 4.4%
29
No, I lower the resolution by changing the DPI through in-game prefs... 200% 0.6%
4
I don't know 2%
13
Total respondents 663
Respondents who skipped this question 5

10. How many CPU cores does your processor have?

1 1.2%
8
2 5.7%
38
4 30.6%
203
6 19.2%
127
8 26.2%
174
10 or more 6.8%
45
Don't know 10.3%
68
Total respondents 663
Respondents who skipped this question 5

11. How much fun (or not) are you having with the mechanics listed here?

Really fun Fun Average Not fun Don't know
Moving and attacking with your military units
320 - 51.9%
246 - 39.9%
47 - 7.6%
3 - 0.5%
0 - 0%
616
Upgrading troops and replacement troops, orders of battles, HQ assignments
155 - 25.3%
262 - 42.8%
151 - 24.7%
40 - 6.5%
4 - 0.7%
612
Supply and logistics and its management
188 - 30.4%
271 - 43.9%
110 - 17.8%
47 - 7.6%
2 - 0.3%
618
Zone management, Asset construction, Mining
231 - 37.6%
292 - 47.5%
86 - 14%
5 - 0.8%
1 - 0.2%
615
Decisions, events and stories
167 - 27.1%
291 - 47.2%
139 - 22.6%
18 - 2.9%
1 - 0.2%
616
Leaders and factions
126 - 20.6%
277 - 45.2%
168 - 27.4%
40 - 6.5%
2 - 0.3%
613
Your regime profile and its feats
125 - 20.6%
287 - 47.3%
162 - 26.7%
28 - 4.6%
5 - 0.8%
607
Stratagem cards
130 - 21.2%
299 - 48.9%
150 - 24.5%
32 - 5.2%
1 - 0.2%
612
Budget and organisational councils
123 - 20%
268 - 43.5%
198 - 32.1%
25 - 4.1%
2 - 0.3%
616
Air forces in general
71 - 11.6%
208 - 33.9%
143 - 23.3%
78 - 12.7%
114 - 18.6%
614
Alien critters and natives
141 - 22.7%
289 - 46.6%
149 - 24%
21 - 3.4%
20 - 3.2%
620
Exploration (full shrowded planet)
229 - 37.2%
270 - 43.8%
72 - 11.7%
14 - 2.3%
31 - 5%
616
Research and the tech tree
153 - 24.9%
299 - 48.6%
146 - 23.7%
15 - 2.4%
2 - 0.3%
615
Designing new models
202 - 32.7%
255 - 41.3%
105 - 17%
45 - 7.3%
11 - 1.8%
618
Planet generation
304 - 49.2%
207 - 33.5%
87 - 14.1%
19 - 3.1%
1 - 0.2%
618
Building roads
95 - 15.4%
292 - 47.3%
219 - 35.5%
10 - 1.6%
1 - 0.2%
617
Story module: Cults
45 - 7.3%
154 - 25%
252 - 40.9%
54 - 8.8%
111 - 18%
616
Story module: Crime Syndicate
20 - 3.2%
94 - 15.2%
230 - 37.3%
113 - 18.3%
160 - 25.9%
617
Story module: Corporation
28 - 4.5%
152 - 24.6%
253 - 41%
79 - 12.8%
105 - 17%
617
Total respondents 621
Respondents who skipped this question 9

13. Did you see Pymous' his Stratagem Card mod? If so what do you think of this mod's graphics?

No did not see them 28.8%
180
Yes, I think they are better than the regular Stratagem cards 40.3%
252
Yes, I think they are different, not worse, nor better. 22.4%
140
Yes, I think they are worse than the regular Stratagem cards 4.2%
26
Don't know 4.3%
27
Total respondents 625
Respondents who skipped this question 5

14. What would you say If I would remove the current supply & logistics completely and replace it for something super easy but less deep...

Great idea, the logistics are horribly difficult to play with right now 3.5%
22
If it is optional to keep using the current systems, why not? 30.1%
188
No you should not dumb down the logistics systems 52.5%
328
Other, please specify 13.9%
87
Total respondents 625
Respondents who skipped this question 5

15. On which kind of graphics would you like to see more variation applied?

Leader portraits 13.5%
84
Trooptype models (infantry, tanks) 25.4%
158
Map art (the hexes) 27%
168
Landscape type illustrations 6.6%
41
Regime flags 9.3%
58
Don't know 8.3%
52
Other, please specify 10%
62
Total respondents 623
Respondents who skipped this question 7

16. What do you think the developer (Vic) should work on next? Note that you can only select 4 rows (one for highest prio, one for second, one for third, one for fourth)

Highest priority (4) Second priority (3) Third priority (2) Fourth priority (1) Average
Bigger oceans and naval systems (probably area based)
162 - 43.2%
100 - 26.7%
64 - 17.1%
49 - 13.1%
3.00 375
More regime profiles and political systems & events once you get to a certain size (abundance rules for increasing difficulty)
34 - 18.4%
43 - 23.2%
43 - 23.2%
65 - 35.1%
2.25 185
More rich tapestry of human minor and major cultures
35 - 16.7%
43 - 20.6%
70 - 33.5%
61 - 29.2%
2.25 209
Much deeper trade systems and more varied items
33 - 12.2%
80 - 29.5%
83 - 30.6%
75 - 27.7%
2.26 271
Extreme Fog of War rules (hiding like the stats of Leaders of tank models)
4 - 9.5%
8 - 19%
12 - 28.6%
18 - 42.9%
1.95 42
Better AI for the current systems
101 - 40.2%
71 - 28.3%
51 - 20.3%
28 - 11.2%
2.98 251
Faster AI for the current systems
88 - 44.7%
42 - 21.3%
39 - 19.8%
28 - 14.2%
2.96 197
Hardware accelerated map drawing (scroll & unit select speed)
22 - 28.2%
21 - 26.9%
10 - 12.8%
25 - 32.1%
2.51 78
Stratagems galore! (many extra Stratagems)
14 - 16.9%
23 - 27.7%
16 - 19.3%
30 - 36.1%
2.25 83
Adventure expansion (leader mini adventures, like text adventures)
9 - 9.4%
25 - 26%
31 - 32.3%
31 - 32.3%
2.13 96
Player in-game character (you are abstract inside the game at the moment)
13 - 15.5%
13 - 15.5%
20 - 23.8%
38 - 45.2%
2.01 84
Below decks expansion fleshing out the personal life and holdings of your leaders
9 - 8.6%
21 - 20%
32 - 30.5%
43 - 41%
1.96 105
Weather, biosphere&atmosphere events, terraforming
64 - 21.3%
86 - 28.7%
91 - 30.3%
59 - 19.7%
2.52 300
A way to have more fun playing on planet without AI majors (shadow story maybe?)
16 - 19.3%
19 - 22.9%
26 - 31.3%
22 - 26.5%
2.35 83
More customization options (of uniforms, flags, ranks, etc..)
19 - 15.1%
29 - 23%
34 - 27%
44 - 34.9%
2.18 126
Total respondents 625
Respondents who skipped this question 5

18. If you could only choose between 2 options for Shadow Empire future development, which one would you choose?

Improve the existing features! 55.1%
345
Add exciting new features! 44.9%
281
Total respondents 626
Respondents who skipped this question 4

19. What should have the highest priority for improvement?

Highest priority (4) Second priority (3) Third priority (2) Fourth priority (1) Average
The reaction speed of the user interface (map scrolling / clicking, tab/window opening. unit moving)
15 - 28.3%
7 - 13.2%
14 - 26.4%
17 - 32.1%
2.38 53
The speed of the turn processing and AI turns
64 - 39.5%
39 - 24.1%
35 - 21.6%
24 - 14.8%
2.88 162
The quality of the AI moves
69 - 35.9%
60 - 31.3%
34 - 17.7%
29 - 15.1%
2.88 192
The quality and grammar of the writing
4 - 7.1%
6 - 10.7%
16 - 28.6%
30 - 53.6%
1.71 56
More advice topics (small popup window)
7 - 13.5%
7 - 13.5%
20 - 38.5%
18 - 34.6%
2.06 52
More help topics (reps tab)
7 - 17.9%
9 - 23.1%
13 - 33.3%
10 - 25.6%
2.33 39
The interface for designing models
61 - 31.1%
50 - 25.5%
41 - 20.9%
44 - 22.4%
2.65 196
The rules for diplomacy should be improved
32 - 18.3%
43 - 24.6%
56 - 32%
44 - 25.1%
2.36 175
The rules for logistics and supplies should be improved
24 - 17.3%
52 - 37.4%
33 - 23.7%
30 - 21.6%
2.50 139
The rules for logistics and supplies should be made much more simple
7 - 25%
6 - 21.4%
6 - 21.4%
9 - 32.1%
2.39 28
General quality assurance to window design (there are some really ugly ones)
19 - 14.3%
34 - 25.6%
34 - 25.6%
46 - 34.6%
2.20 133
Less clutter and confusion in some screens
33 - 25.8%
26 - 20.3%
37 - 28.9%
32 - 25%
2.47 128
Total respondents 342
Respondents who skipped this question 5