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Re: Don't Let the Stars Fade Away Wed, 30 May 2007 03:16 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
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mazda wrote on Tue, 29 May 2007 10:04

Here we go again.
Some people take some tactical aspect that they find boring, or can't be bothered to do, label it as micro-managing in order to denigrate it, and then want it removed from the game.

Can I ask why some aspects are considered unnecessary hassle, whilst other stuff is considered an essential part of the game ?
Perhaps someone would like to not have to bother where to move their warships - just tell the computer which planets they want to take and let it get on with it.

Maybe you just want a game where all you have to do is make strategic decisions ?

But for me, moving minerals to where they are most useful is just as important as laying/sweeping minefields.
I know I never do enough of either !


Smile

Personally, I enjoy the economy building together with the inherent mineral pop and mineral movement required and I have no particular desire to see it automated.

In the late game, when you have a large number of planets and there is a lot of work to do to keep things running it does become a chore: I'd prefer to be able to concentrate on minelaying/sweeping/skirmishing/poring over scans to find that elusive enemy fleet and the like. With this in mind, I wouldn't be averse to just being able to set my production queues and having a mineral management system that would move the minerals between my planets in my clear region of influence so I didn't have to worry about it. I tend to just shift a big chunk of minerals to particular planets and they are my production centres. I'd be happy with something that did something as coarse as that. I'd be even happier if I could automatically designate a particular planet as a base for all new ships and then they made there way there by the quickest available route,merging as they go, so I could then distribute them where I wanted them. I usually have to spend what seems like an age setting this up via the routing command.




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