The lack of complexity is too extreme (bring back some sort of economy)

Discussion in 'Planetary Annihilation General Discussion' started by Timevans999, July 26, 2014.

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  1. Timevans999

    Timevans999 Active Member

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    The title says it all!
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    stuart98 Post Master General

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    cptconundrum Post Master General

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    Wow I forgot you even existed. The Time Vans are back!
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  4. Timevans999

    Timevans999 Active Member

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    I just want ten times more complexity than is provided. and im not talking about military.
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    stuart98 Post Master General

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    Expound on what you have said please.
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    igncom1 Post Master General

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    My answer, to the question, is no.
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    andy06r New Member

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    This is the same economy that has existed since Total Annihilation - what do you think is missing? The game is based on an energy pipeline delivering metal to where you need it, with exponential scaling.

    Perhaps the only thing they could 'add' is to tweak reclamation. There just aren't that many opportunities to recycle biomass and metal to cover shortages. Especially metal.
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    squishypon3 Post Master General

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    Care to explain what exactly is missing? Is it the fact that in TA something could be only 50 metal yet worth 6000 energy, or how in Supcom you could have something worth a certain amount of metal and a fabricator with a certain amount of metal a second, yet it doesn't build in the time it should because it's so confusing and adding more fabs makes it even slower sometimes and just.... It was needlessly complex and took me a bit to notice the first time I used it.
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    No idea what your asking, expand upon the idea...
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  10. MrTBSC

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    ... ... it ABSOLUTELY doesnt!
    what kind of complexity is it you want? just sayin
    i want more doesnt cut it ...
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    I guess he wants metal and energy to be expressed in floating point.

    So metal extractors provide 1.433316 metal and energy plants provide 184.17122 energy, and so on.
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    kvalheim Post Master General

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    Your POST needs more complexity.
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    I don't think that goes too far enough. I demand that the economy use complex numbers!
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    Col_Jessep Moderator Alumni

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    I'm locking this because:
    - OP is just a statement with no explanation
    - no constructive discussion is possible because of it
    - the TA/FA/PA economy is widely regarded as rather complex compared to other RTS (especially for new players)
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