Re: [spoon-discuss] more resources

["Orc In A Spacesuit" <orcinaspacesuit@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

> From: "Baron von Skippy" <baronvonskippy@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > From: "Baron von Skippy" <baronvonskippy@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > Well, I think I mentioned this once before, but what do you guys think 
> > > about chunking the old resources/raw materials/units system, and creating 
> > > a new one with catagories:
> > >
> > > Resource   Get it from
> > > Wood          Big Sticks, Kindling...
> > > Stone          Big Rocks, Mining....
> > > Metal           Mining, Athames, Big Lumps...
> > > Oil                Mining(rarely), Balls of Wax...
> > > Fiber/Cloth Towels, Worthless Stocks...
> > >
> > > Then make the speeder upgrades cost some of these, mostly metal (which 
> > > makes sense, and follows the current unit amounts).  Of course, all it 
> > > would do now is get WBE running again (and I'll do that anyway if you 
> > > don't go for this idea), but this opens the door for lots of expansion.  
> > > I'm thinking we make generic Recycling Centers, put one at each Service 
> > > Garage owned by WBE, and maybe let people buy more for $$$.  And of 
> > > course, allow people to trade these resources, between themselves and 
> > > societies.
> > >
> > > Any suggestions about what resources to have are welcome.  Let's try to 
> > > keep it from getting too out of hand, though.  I don't think most of us 
> > > want to deal with all the different kinds of metals and such.
> > >
> > > Of course, this idea involves bringing back Glotmorf's mining;  Since 
> > > that's his, I'll let him have first go at reactivating it, although I do 
> > > have several ideas of my own.
> > >
> > > Orc In A Spacesuit
> >
> > -One word. NO. Too complex, too much, no no no. Yes, more realistic, but 
> > less complicated. Think Warcraft, where all you had were wood and gold, 
> > but you were able to make stone buildings. Suspension of disbelief is out 
> > collective friend.-
> >
> > [[BvS]]
> -I knew I'd said it... I just didn't realize what a time lag I was 
> operating under. Okay, cool.-

Well, I guess you saw my response already, although you didn't use it to 
quote from.  Well, I simplified it some (remember, a lot of the prop is just 
getting Mining back up, and unaffected Upgrade sections); hopefully it isn't 
as complicated now.  I don't think it's enough to get you to vote for it, 
and that's fine if that's what you want, but I think we'll all agree that 
the new version's better.
I believe your 3 concerns were:
> It's overly complicated
I agree, so I reduced it some
> adds too many things that need to be kept track of
I agree, so I took out Fiber
> and doesn't actually improve anything.
I agree somewhat, but only for now.  I'd like to think that this is the 
framework for more to come.  I hope this framework has less problems than 
dimensions, the grid, or societies--their problems came from being expanded 
repeatedly beyond the original vision.  I tried to make this foundation big 
enough for lots of future add-ons.

But yeah, if you think it's still too complicated, that's your call.

Orc In A Spacesuit

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