[couslee]

(1) A possible reason why the effort to hard code this is not implemented ... you could possibly advance in tech before it was complete.

(2) Some people would definitely prefer to improve the playability of the intel aspect of SE4.

(3) Colour me curious, but indifferent -- if I want to play intel wars, I'll look for that game.

(1) I am not sure what you mean by this. if your thinking I feel I should have recieved two advances, that is not my POV. A single level advance is fine, and they would still be one level ahead.

(2). no argument there. lol

(3) No offence intended, but that is a sorry excuse for poor programming. I do enjoy Intel/probe team/whatever actions, and that have been a part of 4x genre' for a long time. If they didn't want to spend the time on it, then they should not have put it in the game and or saved it for the expansion packs/next Versions. But, since they chose to put it in the game, they should not do the half-assed job with intel that they did. there are a lot of features in this game, and intel is one of those. The same comment could be said about the build queue not having carry-over of surplus construction, or the inability to choose a more specific number with building units (IE, if you want to build 7 police, it takes 3 turns. one at 5, 2 at 1) and one could argue that insterad of improving the game and addressing those issues that the CUSTOMERS have complained about, that they should look for the game "queue continuum".

I realise that SE4 is not for everyone. And if i find the game is beyond my liking to the extent i find no fun in it, I will move on to another game. However, i have enjoyed the game, but find certain aspects that piss me off. This being one of them. I hope these and all the other issues are addressed in the next pacth. I know some will make it in, some won't. but the only way they know what is aggravating to the customer, is if they tell them. And BBs are a normal place for people to rant about such things. I have the distinct impression MM/schrapnel cares about their customers a lot more than some game companies, and am sure they read these Boards. even if they don't, their beta testers do and can carry ideas and suggestions back to the company.

If they don't care and are only interested in the big-money-grip, that too will become apparent. and tho they got me for one game, does not mean they would do it twice. Furaxis is a prime example of that. I won't buy their games, because I have seen how they treat their customers.

I am still going to play, and I am still going to complain when I find things I dislike, and I am still going to praise the fun aspects and patch work that a company does. If you notice I don't post anymore, then I will have moved on. But that being a personal choice, and should have no impact on your own enjoyment of the game. If you like it better than a 5yr old likes PBJ snadwiches, then I am happy for you.

[ January 21, 2003, 20:09: Message edited by: couslee ]