What's your micromanagement tolerance level?

[DavidG]

Originally posted by mottlee:
Hmmm 1st post did not post

Hey and what happened to my post?? Also based on a quote it looks like StoneMill posted here and I don't see his post

[Baron Munchausen]

I think the 'tolerance level' of anyone for micromanagement will be the point where they can't remember what they are doing in various places all over the empire and start to forget/lose track of things. This is different for different people.

Some changes/additions to the SE IV interface would make management of your empire easier. More ways to select Groups of colonies and issue orders to them. More 'divisions of labor' in the ministers so you can hand smaller tasks over to them. I'd really like to let the AI scan for intruders in my systems and send warnings to leave. But I have to turn on the Politics minister to do that, and that also agrees or breaks treaties! I can't let the AI run my foreign relations, so I can't get any help in watching the borders. Bummer. Seperate ministers for these things would be very nice. Similarly, I'd like the AI mines/satellites minister to maintain mine fields or sat Groups that I create, but NOT create new ones. Not available, so I have to leave the minister off to keep it from wasting mines and sats in places I don't want them used. Hmm. Nicest of all would be in the AI defense minister could be told to keep a fleet to a specific 'area' of action. To defend only certain systems, in other words. Instead the AI will go running all over the place once you give it control of a ship or fleet. Being able to tell a specific fleet to 'stay in this system, defend only THESE systems' would be a big help.

[ March 07, 2003, 19:14: Message edited by: Baron Munchausen ]

[Captain Kwok]

I think the current is not bad, but could use a few refinements to improve it, like most have suggested already.

I think it would be interesting if resources were consumed on a system-per-system level, i.e., whatever you build in that system comes from resources in that system. You could then have transports and stuff, but that might get a little too much work in a large empire unless it was automated...

[rdouglass]

I like the micromanagement. I don't want any games that (as said in another post) "you click 'end turn' until you've won" or something like that.... In fact, it makes great gameplay (IMO) when I miss something on my Last turn and it takes me a few turns to adapt (forget to restock carriers, etc) - makes it more realistic.

Yeah, end game turns take a while, but thats why I bought the game and takes up +90% of my gaming time....

[Stone Mill]

Hey DavidG- you are right! My post is gone!?!

[Stone Mill]

Moderator- I'm sorry if I did something wrong, please let me know? I did not mean to offend anyone.
Maybe because I used the word h*ll? You know, the hot place? Was not aware this was forbidden?!?

[oleg]

Stone Mill, Do not worry. I do not believe Moderators deleted your post. It must be some message board glitch. Not long time ago we lost one mongth of posting in one thread ("unexplained misteries..."). There are strange things happening in cyberspace.