KapitanWalnut

[quote who="SanderBuruma" reply="3" id="3527599"] I think this problem could be solved with a tab-screen (a screen that shows up while holding down tab) showing basic information like this in addition to basic information like cash on hand / resource value / structure value for every player. [/quote] I think they want to keep this game playable on a touch screen, so they might be trying to avoid right-click interfaces and critical menus being accessed through keyboard shortc

I find playing huge maps with scarce resources and tighter debt makes the local market very interesting and helps prevent snowballing. Although, hacker arrays and the teleportation patent become OP under those conditions. If someone snags the teleportation patent and is playing competently, often that person will go on to win.

I think it'd be great if the offworld market button was always available so you could click it to check all the prices at the same time at any point in the game. You wouldn't be able to schedule a launch until after you had built the first launch-pad, of course. I know you can hover over the individual resources to see their offworld price, but as the UI is often laggy, this can take too long to do when the first 30 seconds after plopping your HQ are critical for grabbing the best cla

I think that a countdown timer after the host clicks "launch" would suffice if it worked liked this: Once host clicks launch, all options are grayed out except for the "ready" toggle. Switching your ready state from yes to no after the countdown has started will cancel the countdown and allow you to change other options, but you'll only be able to do this a limited number of times before being auto-booted from a lobby to prevent trolls.

I really like the idea that higher level HQs consume trickles of higher-tier resources, flavored to go along with different HQ types. I also agree that more information should be available about the colony, and the local colony should be a bigger driver of the local market.