Proportions and Facilities

[Aub]

Originally posted by Jmenschenfresser:
"Upgrade Facility Cost Percent := 50"

Aub or PvK,

Change that to 100 and you are good to go. The upgrade system will still be lame, but you won't have to worry about being ripped off, and you can scrap and build to your hearts desire.

Well, yes, that makes sense. You still get a significant benefit when you upgrade - the original facility keeps working and producing all that time it takes to upgrade it (and the time can be long!).

But this way upgrading feels more like a bonus feature, not something essential for survival of your species. You see, the way it is now, *everything* needs to be done through upgrades. If you plan to build a Metropolis, building a Minor City and then upgrading it wins hands down - it cuts the cost of the Metropolis in half!

Simply changing this line in settings may however destroy game balance. If this change is to be done in Proportions, higher level facility costs need to be reduced, as now there will be no way to get them at half-cost by playing the upgrade game.

PvK, what do you think of this?