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If this is true, it's really just a horrible decision on the part of the developers of the game. Sure, you could go through and examine every planet every turn, but this is just an incredibly tedious an uninteresting way to spend your time.
And it's not even really very effecftive. You can focus on Social when a planet is constructing buildings but not whips and Military when it is building ships but not buildings. But both of these have a flaw in that focusing takes away from Research, as well.
Ideally, the planetary governer should take anything not spent in Social and transfer it to Military or vice versa. And if neither one is being used, it should all go to research. On the other hand, some people might want any unused points to be distributed evenely to the other 2 - like if Military is not being used, put half into Social and half into Research.
Either one of these would be fine with me, but if the resources are just lost it's just stupid.
And it's not even really very effecftive. You can focus on Social when a planet is constructing buildings but not whips and Military when it is building ships but not buildings. But both of these have a flaw in that focusing takes away from Research, as well.
Ideally, the planetary governer should take anything not spent in Social and transfer it to Military or vice versa. And if neither one is being used, it should all go to research. On the other hand, some people might want any unused points to be distributed evenely to the other 2 - like if Military is not being used, put half into Social and half into Research.
Either one of these would be fine with me, but if the resources are just lost it's just stupid.