PBW PvK Proportions Game #2

[Alneyan]

PvK said:
I was thinking though of perhaps removing the ability to upgrade facilities to complexes and megacomplexes. This would allow the numbering to remain I-III for each, would I think increase the value of each choice, and would slow down the ramping up of the homeworld to all megaplexes, and generally counterbalance the other changes I have made which tend to speed things up. You'd have to pay the full megaplex cost instead of building facility I's and then upgrading. And the weird side-effect of delaying Industry research to allow continued upgrades to Complexes before investing in megaplexes would be removed. Seems like a good idea - anyone object?

PvK

Well, you do not really need to delay your research even for upgrades. You would have to build a facility belonging to the same family (Research Center I for example), do the research for the upgrade of Research Complex I, launch the upgrade on one planet, save the upgrade in the queue, and go on with your research in Industry. If you only want Research Complexes rather than Megacomplexes, you will then fill the queue with this Research Complex upgrade. At least, I would believe it would work.

I would rather not be able to directly upgrade to Megacomplexes myself. Besides this, I do prefer the current principle behind homeworld facilities and cities over the previous one, but didn't have the time to delve into how they work yet.