Re: [eia] Manipulaiton question

[Joel Uckelman <uckelman@xxxxxxxxx>]

Thus spake MICHAEL P GORMAN:
> As I understand it, the manipulation modifier to the political points occurs 
> before the PSA modification from position on the political point track, the f
> irst occuring in 8.4 and the second in 8.6.  So you can't simply add your eco
> nomic manipulation modifier to your PSA drift modifier for a net result, you 
> have to manipulate, then drift.  This would mean that at high political point
>  totals you could lose the benefit of manipulationa s it would move you off t
> he chart and then still have the full drift rate, not a reduced rate.  
> 
> So someone at 15 points with a +2 manipulation would still drop three spaces 
> as the manipulation would try to take them off the chart so they can't gain t
> hat benefit. Also, someone at the top of the normal track couldn't manipulate
>  into dominant as they would manipulate into an increased drift rate and get 
> kicked back down, they'd have to score points to get into dominant and then m
> anipulate to stay there.
> 
> Is this how everyone else reads the manipulation modifier?
>

Yes, that's how I've always understood it.
 
-- 
J.
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