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Xrati said:
OK, you've divided the game into two separate issues. I’ve played Reach for the Stars and MOO3. MOO3’s economics are a game within the game and could stand on its own. RFTS is a basically simple game with all the economics factored in. Has anyone ever played any game that had economic micromanagement and space combat in it that was any fun to play? If you want economics the get a game based on that and if you want planetary development then go get something like SimCity. You cannot get all those factors into ONE game. Somewhere, if you want combat and ship building you have to regulate the economics and planetary building. Do you really want a game that will take you hours to do one turn. You just can’t have it all!
In MOO3 when you get large the economics become unmanageable, as at that point you want the computer to take over the many planets you now have. The AI is flexible but still has problems taking over where you leave off. What you are all asking for is four separate games in one that run well. When you find one, please let me know.
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I want at least to be able to actually manage my economy. In Moo3, i was managing my planets almost ALL the time. It wasnt that hard. Of course its a matter of taste.
Click on a region, see its mineral value, and build mining or industry DEAs. Or research. Or gouverment. Or military.
In SEV, i have exactly 5 things to value, mineral %, organic %, radioactive %, pop, size. THats it. Again, should i grade those 2 eco models on a scale from 1 to 10, i would give MoO 3 a 7-8, and SEV probably a 4-3.
One thing you are missing in your comparion to Reach for the Stars is that that game was about macromanagment. You usually had fleets of douzens, maybe hundreds of ships, which you just send bulk against hostile fleets.
Research was very simple as well, same goes for colonization. There was only planet size and atmosphere/temperature to keep in mind, of thise the last two were indicated by a colorcode (yellow, blue, green..)
The entire game was more about big view. SEV offers a lot of micromanagment though, because of that i want to micromanage my economy as well.
btw Are there any news of Aaron liste to the suggestions, like double-click-opens-the-planet-window, or rightclick opens-component-details, another rightclick-close-component-details ?