Interest Rates? Influence Resistance?

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[TABLEALIAS Abilities]

[Ability0] Economics
[Ability1] Weapons
[Ability2] Defense
[Ability3] Speed
[Ability4] Morale
[Ability5] Pop. Growth
[Ability6] Social Production
[Ability7] Military Production
[Ability8] Research
[Ability9] Influence
[Ability10] Trade
[Ability11] Diplomacy
[Ability12] Hit Points
[Ability13] Repair
[Ability14] Sensors
[Ability15] Espionage
[Ability16] Soldiering
[Ability17] Interest Rates
[Ability18] Planet Quality
[Ability19] Trade Routes
[Ability20] Crime
[Ability21] Cabinet
[Ability22] Range
[Ability23] Luck
[Ability24] Courage
[Ability25] Creativity
[Ability26] Government
[Ability27] Loyalty

I see a couple abilities that are very unusual...specifically, Interest Rates, Cabinet, Crime, etc. etc. Have we got a handle on 'em yet?

Also, I made a trade good that raises Influence Resistance, but apparently only will do so on the planet in which it was built, so I wonder if there is an Influence Resistance ability?

M
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Reply #1 from Stardock Forums Top
No influence resistance ability. Increasing your own influence ability can help, though.

Crime and Cabinet aren't used yet, I think. Interest rates affect leases.
Galactic Civilizations III
Reply #3 from Stardock Forums Top
Good question. Thanks for the heads-up Cari, is it to be assumed that high interest is good? Is it an inverse value? I am going to run some experiments tonight, but my experience with lease values is that they can be highly variable from one turn to the next.

M
Reply #4 from Stardock Forums Top
'Also, I made a trade good that raises Influence Resistance, but apparently only will do so on the planet in which it was built, so I wonder if there is an Influence Resistance ability?'

I believe that's part of the effect of the Loyalty ability, but it's probably not to the same degree that the local influence_resistance is.

~SDC~
Reply #5 from Stardock Forums Top
I caught that. For my Trade Good "Acculturation Resistor" I changed it to up loyalty.

M
Reply #6 from Stardock Forums Top
Yes, if you have a higher ability in interest rates, it gets you better rates on leases.