Make low happiness planet only TRANSPORT supply

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Make low happiness planet only TRANSPORT supply

#1 Post by jinlanid »

So that, to make it more easier to cut supply line.

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Or make low happiness reduce supply.

But these are ideas for later, when we get influence mechanics to affect happiness.

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The more fundamental issue is whether there should be a distinction between a planet (or other object) being a source of fleet supply (eg. requiring a particular shipyard part or "supply depot" building to generate supplies), and a planet providing / extending the network of connections that transport those supplies to ships. This is potentially interesting, but needs some substantial rational / justification to warrant the extra complexity, I think.

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#4 Post by Ophiuchus »

Geoff the Medio wrote: Fri Dec 20, 2019 9:06 amThis is potentially interesting, but needs some substantial rational / justification to warrant the extra complexity, I think.
Here one comment on the notion of the TRANSPORT supply, not on the idea that low happiness would trigger it:

The only justification we have is that it would make supply networks more susceptible to enemy attacks - which may be a very good thing. I think a pure FOCS implementation would be possible (e.g. generating max supply only if the system is already supply connected) - the PRO would be that one would get an effect description which explains the current supply value - the CON would be that you first would need to establish a (temporary?) supply link to that system to reap benefits, e.g. by putting another system on supply focus and i am not sure that is not too much hassle.

I think the hassle is totally ok if you let somebody screw up your supply lines, but for establishing those the first time I am not sure.
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