Couple more issues/suggestions

Here are a couple more suggestions for you guys to consider:

  • Let's say I have mines for carbon and silicon scattered across the map. Silicon is incredibly profitable (let's say $150) whereas carbon is unprofitable ($1). When I go to delete all carbon mines I would shift and click the delete button because those are the only ones I really want to eliminate. Problem is it deletes both my carbon mines and all silicon mines I have (I guess because they're paired and have the same mine type). Could we get a fix for this? The Shift + delete is incredibly helpful for quick reallocation of spaces but not if it takes out things I don't want to be taken out! =)
  • Is there a hotkey for selling all of one particular resource instead of just selling all resources? Say Ctrl + Shift + E for electronics, Ctrl + Shift + T for steel? That way if I have a stockpile of a resource that's not worth very much right now I don't just sell it for minimal returns when all I really want to do is sell my profitable ones in a large batch. Maybe this exists but I couldn't find the answer. Just make the "CTRL + Shift" function the action for selling a bunch of one resource at one time since we already know CTRL + Shift + Down sells all our resources. Sometimes I will stockpile a resource and wait until the price comes back up but when I need cash quickly it gets sold off with all other resources in a CTRL + Shift + Down frenzy. Maybe CTRL + Shift + clicking the minus arrow of the resource too. That would be awesome.
  • Playing with new people and "reveal map." No matter how many times you preface the "don't found too early or you'll have a ton of debt" in the chat beforehand some poor soul still doesn't understand the debt counter. They found and get a $1.00 stock price and are toast. I know beta 4 has the stock price listed if you found now but maybe you could do something like make it more prominent that reveal map is on beforehand or make the font larger or add some words to explain what reveal map does. I LOVE LOVE LOVE reveal map because it takes the randomness out of scanning and adds additional strategy but hate explaining it to everyone just to have it go up in smoke.
  • Make the line pointing to the carbon brighter or outline it somehow. Not enough contrast with the surface of mars so it's harder to see.

Also a question:

  • Patent Lab (beta 4) - There's a new patent in there called financial instruments or something where you get a % of debt. As far as I could tell it didn't do anything. I didn't see any change in the amount of money i had after I discovered it. How do you enact this? Do you get to choose who's debt you would collect the 20% from? Is it unlimited or just a one time thing? Does it continue until that player is bought out?
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Reply #1 Top

*Edit - My additional suggestion about team chat was already posited by someone else 2 days ago so I'll delete that one.

 

 

 

Reply #2 Top

- Your first issue will be fixed in Beta 4.

- Financial Instruments works automatically, You should get message in the chat area.

Reply #3 Top

Thanks Soren! I thought it might have been fixed but I guess I forgot since I switch back and forth between beta versions.

 

Any thoughts on a hotkey to sell all of 1 particular resource?

 

If I have the following resources:

1000 carbon @ $5

400 steel @ $250

600 chems @ $400

1000 iron @ $10

 

The only way to quickly turn them liquid is to ctrl + shift + down. When someone is buying up your stock you need to act fast and it's a pain to waste 1000 carbon and iron for marginal gain just because you need to act quickly.