Locklyn Posted October 24, 2003 Report Share Posted October 24, 2003 I was wondering if it was possible to have the RTD order give the same info that an ANZ order does with prereqs et all? Like many I am finding my bookkeeping strained at times and doing an RTD order now and then and get the full ANZ data, including changes of bugs would be a relief. Minor thing but perhaps you could consider it? Cheers /Locklyn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RTGPete Posted October 24, 2003 Report Share Posted October 24, 2003 This is really an income issue: we don't make a lot of income off of ANZ's, but after increasing turn sheet sizes by 33% and compressing a number of other orders, I don't think we can afford to mess around with order efficiency too much right about now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolfe99 Posted October 24, 2003 Report Share Posted October 24, 2003 I'd rather have the RTG count as 2 or 3 orders and have it include all the ANZ info then count as 1 and not. Would solve a lot of records keeping issues. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hobknob Posted October 25, 2003 Report Share Posted October 25, 2003 Does this mean that the RTD doesn't show all of the item description? I haven't done one in a while, but I thought the prequisites were there. Was I imagining things? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ur Lord Tedric Posted October 25, 2003 Report Share Posted October 25, 2003 Yes, I'm sorry. The RTD only shows the Description and the Components. It doesn't show the Pre-requisites or the Rating(s), or, if applicable, what it Counters, or if it's a Horizon or Ground Tech that can't actually be built. Chief Planner to Ur-Lord Tedric Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DWillard Posted October 25, 2003 Report Share Posted October 25, 2003 Pete, I'm not so sure that Locklyn's suggestion, or something similar, would take anything away from RTG. Here's my reasoning: All of the ANZ info from the RTD that we started the game with is public knowledege and readily available from multiple sources so I would guess that the only things people are ANZing are newly researchable items. There is no need to ANZ something after you've researched it because you get the free ANZ when research is completed (unless you are doing it to get corrected info in which case you shouldn't have to pay for it anyway). Since the RTD only gives info on stuff you can already build (have completed research in), I don't see what the harm is in including the info that is usually only on the ANZ. If there are still a lot of people doing ANZs on the stuff in the initial RTD, then how about a new order that would give you all of the ANZs on stuff you can currently build, except it would leave off all of the stuff on the initial RTD. This would mean that you are only getting ANZ info on stuff you have already received the free ANZ anyway. This would just be an easy way to keep info current, correct, and all in one place. Another idea, though likely more time consuming to program, is an order that would give you all of the ANZs you have already done and received free with completed research. This would include ANZs that you have already done on newly reserachable items (but maybe haven't completed research), all ANZs that you got with completed research, ANZs you have done on items found by EXPLing, and only those itmes from the initial RTD that you have previoulsy done an ANZ on. So, in essence, you are only getting ANZ info that you have already paid for. In the almost 30 turns I've been playing, I have not once issued the RTD order. If it were changed to something more useful, I think I would likely use it after every 3-5 tech breakthroughs or so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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