Somewhere back in this thread, you
swore that if FD added information about minor factions to the journal, you would add a minor faction tracker panel for BGS players.
Ok, maybe you didn't actually swear, or even say you'd consider it.
But I do remember asking about it.
FD has added minor faction information to the journal on jump in. Link:
here.
Obviously, we don't need to track EVERY minor faction EVERYWHERE. What I would like you to consider is adding a panel that keeps track of minor faction influence and state, for a whatever you think is possible in the realm of history (for how long do you keep that data, e.g. I 'hide' data in excel that is older than 3 weeks), for minor factions we want to track. This will probably be on a system by system basis, i.e. wherever our chosen minor faction exists, or systems we want to watch influence in for some other reason. Either way, it should probably be restricted to systems WE CHOOSE, not every system, or all Fed systems, or anything like that.
For example, if I support Minor Faction A, what I would like to be able to track is:
-Names of Minor factions in that system, as well as allegiance and government.
-System population (not in journal that I can see, would have to be entered by user, but is critical number when it comes to BGS work).
-Influence level of minor factions in that system, to one decimal place.
-State of minor factions in that system (current, not pending or recovering).
-Date of entry (the date for which the data is saved, since you may not go to that system every day).
-A reasonable method to see trends. 'Reasonable' considering limitations like data space, your time to work, your not getting paid to do this, usefulness, etc. I would imagine getting some kind of chart/graph is too much, so maybe somewhere between that, and an up/down arrow with % change, or something like that?
-A place to add a note for that system...I use that to note things like how many missions I did, how many bounties I claimed, war bonds, etc.
Here is an example of me trying to track with excel. It's a bit of a PITA, but necessary for sake of sanity and monitoring effort/result. I cut off the column where I track my effort, since no one cares about that but me.
I'm guessing a panel with a system list and some way to click/see a system's BGS information would work.
I'm sure people that play the BGS would be interested, and could maybe add more input for you. I can post a request for ideas in the BGS mega-thread if you want. Or never mention it again if this idea is the devil.
