06-18-2015, 10:46 PM
Just a quick question. The Shipping and Sales Priorities options for Branch Distribution. Do you use these? I'm considering removing them and would like your feedback on the idea.
06-18-2015, 10:46 PM
06-19-2015, 02:20 AM
Funny you should ask that, I was just thinking about these this morning.
I never use them but I think that's mostly because I never really worked them out. When I first started playing I tried them out and I got messages telling me I couldn't do things I thought I should be able to (can only have one thing at a certain priory or some such) so I kinda gave up and have only now started thinking about trying to work out how they actually work and what they do.
I think it would be nice to be able to prioritise things but I couldn't really say if the current system is the right one as I haven't mastered it.
Perhaps you could have simple priority pre-sets of some kind instead of ranking everything.
Something like:
- Normal (what ever normal is currently?)
- Highest demand first (just fill up New York and if there's any excess let the other cities have it).
- Lowest demand first (means more cities will get supply but the big ones might not get everything they need).
- Closes first (save transport costs)
- Furthest first (we want to look after our overseas market!)
I never use them but I think that's mostly because I never really worked them out. When I first started playing I tried them out and I got messages telling me I couldn't do things I thought I should be able to (can only have one thing at a certain priory or some such) so I kinda gave up and have only now started thinking about trying to work out how they actually work and what they do.
I think it would be nice to be able to prioritise things but I couldn't really say if the current system is the right one as I haven't mastered it.
Perhaps you could have simple priority pre-sets of some kind instead of ranking everything.
Something like:
- Normal (what ever normal is currently?)
- Highest demand first (just fill up New York and if there's any excess let the other cities have it).
- Lowest demand first (means more cities will get supply but the big ones might not get everything they need).
- Closes first (save transport costs)
- Furthest first (we want to look after our overseas market!)
06-19-2015, 04:59 AM
I've never used them, but settings like Frankieboy suggests might be a boon.
06-19-2015, 10:11 PM
Nop, I never used it before. So I don't mind if you remove it!
06-20-2015, 02:30 AM
I'm using them now (and not having any of the issues I was having before) and finding them quite useful for the game I'm playing because I have more demand than supply at times and I like to make sure everyone get something so I set the really big cities to low priority.
Still, I wouldn't mind if they were removed in their current form. I still think it'd be good to have something though. Probably something like what I suggested in my first post in this tread as a priority per factory rather than by branch as it currently is.
Still, I wouldn't mind if they were removed in their current form. I still think it'd be good to have something though. Probably something like what I suggested in my first post in this tread as a priority per factory rather than by branch as it currently is.
06-20-2015, 05:56 PM
I do not use them, the way they are now makes them way too much micromanagement. As soon as you have more than 5-10 branches it just gets too time consuming.
I do like Frankschtaldt's idea. and his presets are good enough.
What would be nice, is to be able to set them for both model and region.
I do like Frankschtaldt's idea. and his presets are good enough.
What would be nice, is to be able to set them for both model and region.
06-20-2015, 09:31 PM
I'll look into any additional set ups ~after~ the districting system is done. Since the districting system is probably going to change gameplay drastically for larger companies.
06-21-2015, 05:34 AM
I tried them after reading this thread. It worked well to get rid off the stock I had of one outdated model I no longer produced. Still wouldn't mind if you rid of it, or at least moved it to model level instead of branch level.
Can't wait for the district system. Currently I just set all prices with the add/set all, all my factories to distributing word wide, because I got so tired of having to micro manage everything.
(06-20-2015, 09:31 PM)Eric.B Wrote: [ -> ]I'll look into any additional set ups ~after~ the districting system is done. Since the districting system is probably going to change gameplay drastically for larger companies.
Can't wait for the district system. Currently I just set all prices with the add/set all, all my factories to distributing word wide, because I got so tired of having to micro manage everything.