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Re: Too time consuming?

Fri, 06 October 2006 06:47

ravanrooke

Crewman 3rd Class

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Registered: February 2004

Playing an aggressive SD in a large universe as part of the winning team some years back, I first dug into automating as much as possible. Automation does have the drawback that once you've set it up, it's harder to respond to change. For instance a freighter fleet in the middle of a mineral transport chain gets blown up. What were its orders again and how did it fit into the bigger plan? Confused

Besides automation there are a few things that helped greatly:

1. fleet naming: make some rules for naming fleets depending on purpose, and stick to them. Using the fleet report, you can then at a glance know which fleets can have idle status and which fleets need constant attention (and thematic names can make the MM more enjoyable).

2. shifting MM focus each turn: I would only take care of one (or two, occasionally) aspects of MM each turn, ensuring that each aspect of MM would get a _thorough_ review every four turns or so. This turned out to be MUCH better than a casual glance every turn! By MM aspect I mean: mining/transport fleet orders, production queues and routes, planetary queues and starbase upgrades, research and ship design, bundling of reinforcements and designating garrison fleets... I would also alternate between different fronts/battle theaters for an in-depth view if I was strapped for time.

I find this helped much more than less frequent turns (2 per week or so), since it's too easy to lose the picture and/or interest if the game doesn't flow (and takes four seasons, including your favourite outdoor season, to finish).

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		Too time consuming? By: PricklyPea on Tue, 22 August 2006 07:17
		Re: Too time consuming? By: Micha on Tue, 22 August 2006 09:39
		Re: Too time consuming? By: Kotk on Tue, 22 August 2006 10:21
		Re: Too time consuming? By: Marduk on Tue, 22 August 2006 11:37
		Re: Too time consuming? By: PricklyPea on Tue, 22 August 2006 12:26
		Re: Too time consuming? By: iztok on Tue, 22 August 2006 13:33
		Re: Too time consuming? By: m.a@stars on Wed, 23 August 2006 04:36
		Re: Too time consuming? By: multilis on Wed, 23 August 2006 06:06
		Re: Too time consuming? By: Kotk on Wed, 23 August 2006 07:12
		Re: Too time consuming? By: Talporr on Thu, 28 September 2006 18:02
		Re: Too time consuming? By: multilis on Fri, 29 September 2006 00:26
		Re: Too time consuming? By: m.a@stars on Sat, 30 September 2006 06:31
		Re: Too time consuming? By: Taka Tuka on Mon, 02 October 2006 08:04
		Re: Too time consuming? By: tgellan on Mon, 02 October 2006 08:41
		Re: Too time consuming? By: Taka Tuka on Tue, 03 October 2006 08:59
		Re: Too time consuming? By: lord_of_chaos on Tue, 03 October 2006 08:15
		Re: Too time consuming? By: ravanrooke on Fri, 06 October 2006 06:47
		Re: Too time consuming? By: wizard on Sat, 07 October 2006 13:40
		Re: Too time consuming? By: mlaub on Sat, 07 October 2006 21:09
		Re: Too time consuming? By: Micha on Mon, 09 October 2006 10:40
		Re: Too time consuming? By: Taka Tuka on Wed, 01 November 2006 19:51
		Re: Too time consuming? By: Coyote on Sun, 08 October 2006 16:57
		Re: Too time consuming? By: wizard on Mon, 09 October 2006 04:21

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