maintenance before build

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Say word,

Now that it's actually become an issue,
can someone please explain to me why maintenance costs
come before build?

Why should I have to pay maintenance costs for planes, ships,
and abomininations (aka land units) that aren't even efficient yet?
Or to be more exact, it seems illogical to me that one has to pay
2 updates worth of maintenance costs for anything to become
100%..

-G

 

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gthreat <gthreat@optonline.net> writes:

> Say word,
>
> Now that it's actually become an issue,
> can someone please explain to me why maintenance costs
> come before build?

Because the ancients coded it that way?

Also have a look at budget priorities. A detestable misfeature, in my
opinion.

> Why should I have to pay maintenance costs for planes, ships,
> and abomininations (aka land units) that aren't even efficient yet?

Because the game is mean to you?

> Or to be more exact, it seems illogical to me that one has to pay
> 2 updates worth of maintenance costs for anything to become
> 100%..

Look at it this way: you have to wait a few updates for mobility
anyway.

 

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> > Now that it's actually become an issue,
> > can someone please explain to me why maintenance costs
> > come before build?
>
> Because the ancients coded it that way?
>

You can post a feature request to sourceforge and / or
rewrite and test that part of the code and submit it for review
and possible inclusion by the maintenance team.

Tom

 

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"gthreat" <gthreat@optonline.net> wrote in message
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> Say word,
>
> Now that it's actually become an issue,
> can someone please explain to me why maintenance costs
> come before build?
>
> Why should I have to pay maintenance costs for planes, ships,
> and abomininations (aka land units) that aren't even efficient yet?
> Or to be more exact, it seems illogical to me that one has to pay
> 2 updates worth of maintenance costs for anything to become
> 100%..

I'd think of it as, you gotta pay for the training for those
mechanics that will be maintaining your stuff. So while
your thing is being built in the factory, mechanics are going
to a machine shop seminar for a week to learn how to
do the 14-point inspection for it.

Bungy

 

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On Mon, 23 Aug 2004 11:23:54 -0400, "Tom Johnson"
<1234tjohnsonREMOVE1234@telogy.com> wrote:

>> > Now that it's actually become an issue,
>> > can someone please explain to me why maintenance costs
>> > come before build?
>>
>> Because the ancients coded it that way?
>>
>
>You can post a feature request to sourceforge and / or
>rewrite and test that part of the code and submit it for review
>and possible inclusion by the maintenance team.
>
>Tom

You serious? Any complaints or buggy side effects of build
before maintenance? I assume this will be a non-herculean task.

Nobody washes, oils, and waxes their car before it's built.

I never wrote any code for "The Game" since I usually work for a
living,
and I prefer "The Game" to remain as such. Guess it's my turn
to give back to "the community" but I planned on doing that
by rewriting the documents, updating the info pages
and correcting the spelling and grammar, since
I have a lot of free time on my hands, being on vacation until
the end of this year's Oktoberfest and all.

>From: Markus Armbruster
>Because the game is mean to you?

Not me. Unlike the other dinosaurs, I'm learning to adapt.

>Look at it this way: you have to wait a few updates for mobility
>anyway.

True, but who needs full mobilty to do damage to the enemy?

Here's a joke for you. I get a good laugh from those who have
<1k$ and <1k dust who build 10+ planes and 10+ units twixt updates.
Especially when they have ~1k mils, and no civ tax base to speak of
to support them.

>I'd think of it as, you gotta pay for the training for those
>mechanics that will be maintaining your stuff. So while
>your thing is being built in the factory, mechanics are going
>to a machine shop seminar for a week to learn how to
>do the 14-point inspection for it.

>Bungy

This also makes sense, but shouldn't they be drinking instead?

We ain't complainin. Long live The Empire.

March on, March on. Victory or Death.
(and BEEP should still be shot on sight)

-antiBEEP

 

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gthreat <gthreat@optonline.net> writes:

> I never wrote any code for "The Game" since I usually work for a
> living,
> and I prefer "The Game" to remain as such. Guess it's my turn
> to give back to "the community" but I planned on doing that
> by rewriting the documents, updating the info pages
> and correcting the spelling and grammar, since
> I have a lot of free time on my hands, being on vacation until
> the end of this year's Oktoberfest and all.

This would be a very welcome contribution.

I don't want to badmouth info pages; they're reasonably accurate and
readable. But there's room for improvement.

Best contact Wolfpack to coordinate changes.