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Originally posted by Nethog:
Thanks for the comments - there were some good ideas mentioned that will help me. An observation however: no-one seemed to offer an overall strategy that helps minimize the tedious micromanagement of units upgrading stemming from unit obsolescence. I still think the game should have additional functionality to make retrofitting units easier, something like the "upgrade facilities" button in the Construction Queues window. If I placed 1000 Kt of Weapons Platforms on a planet with 2000 Kt cargo capacity, I should be able to "retrofit" the weapons platform to a new design without having to jettison the WPs, and re-build them. Doing this for an occasional single planet is no big deal but when I am trying to keep 50 planets updated it becomes a tedious task - and I LIKE micromangement, but not this kind of tedious stuff. I would also like to be able to "update" the units on all construction queues to use a new more advanced design without having to delete them and add the new design.
Am I the only one who feels this way or are there others that agree?
Yes, I've been complaining about the problem of obsolete WPs since before the game was released. I think that MM considers the non-upgradability of units to be a 'balancing' factor for their lack of maintenance cost. It seems unlikely that anything will ever be done to allow them to be upgraded. If we can persuade him to allow units in planetary cargo to be scrapped that will at least make the problem manageable. Right now, you have no choice but to jettison old WPs and troops.
[ 14 February 2002: Message edited by: Baron Munchausen ]