Upgrading

[Slick]

Originally posted by Arkcon:
But seriously, you just researched Miners II or Research III, with the exception of cost -- do you really not want them to all upgrade?

No offense, but I don't, in this case. Here's why. I have no problem upgrading to Miners II because they can be built in 1 turn. I do not want to wholesale upgrade to Research III because the upgrade button will upgrade all Research I and II facilities in the construction queues to Research III's which take 2 turns to build (on a planet without a spaceyard II or III). I prefer to build Research II's in a single turn then upgrade after the planet is full - you get more net research that way. This assumes unmodded build rates of 2000 M, 2000 O, 2000 R and unmodded costs of Miner & Research I, II, III as 1500 M, 2000 M, and 2500 M respectively.

So now you have to decide which is less cumbersome - either upgrading all then going back to edit the unfinished construction queues back to Research II's, or upgrading planet-by-planet. This is not so much a matter of how much micromanagement you prefer as it is a game interface limitation. This is a great example of an improvement area. I also have submitted a suggestion to MM on improving this.

Slick.

[ July 17, 2003, 16:43: Message edited by: Slick ]