(06-29-2020, 08:47 PM)Neils Iyssada Wrote:(06-29-2020, 04:45 PM)Deantwo Wrote: In most other games, each tier of resources would come with their own version of each tool. For example the pickaxes in Minecraft that you first make out of wood, then stone, metal, and finally diamond. So would we want vulcium hammers and the like? I would prefer more generically named stuff like "magmium refinery tools" and "vulcium mining tools".
Please no, I already have an headache just thinking about how I'll organize my productions to have enough ressources to make a said number of spacecraft modules each hour.
Adding tool tiers to the production chain is just adding more complexity to the spreadsheets.
I would argue that if you aren't able to produce enough, you just need to produce more. Micromanaging your production lines in Hazeron isn't really worth it much.
The fact that we literally have no need for any interstellar supply chains, you simply ship the raw materials to your capital or shipyard solar system, seems a little dull. There is never any need to ship materials and tools to your other solar systems. I guess the new antiflux particle collection process for the refinery and adamantine mining process are the exceptions, since they are the first to require some advanced tools.
But some players think production is too easy, some think it is too complex, and some want to optimize it to pinpoint accuracy. It is hard to make everyone happy.