Robots need housing. Excuse me, what?

[Agamemnic]

They're machines right?! So unless a machine is unemployed it should be working 24/7.

They don't sleep
They don't have kids
They don't need leisure time

So here's an idea, no housing required for working ME pops. And there you have it, MEs are balanced

 

[Gratak]

They're machines right?! So unless a machine is unemployed it should be working 24/7.

They don't sleep
They don't have kids
They don't need leisure time

So here's an idea, no housing required for working ME pops. And there you have it, MEs are balanced

Well I wouldn't say they should have zero housing: They need to be stored somewhere when they need maintenance. But it should be extremely reduced.

 

[sortulv]

Recharge station, memory backup facilities, spare parts storage/production. Not to mention their actual workplaces. They have a physical presence, thus need to have some sort of storage.

 

[Zergor]

That may be an interesting take on ME.
Removing housing requirements altogether (or puting it very low like 0.1 so it doesn't really matter)

To balance it I would make that their growth is hindered by lack of amenities (robots break down if there isn't enough maintenance).
Housing districts could be replaced by production districts that give maintenance jobs and buff pop creation by the factory building.

 

[Madzai]

So here's an idea, no housing required for working ME pops. And there you have it, MEs are balanced

No, they are not. With recent nerf to Maintenance drones, their numbers are already limited by Amenities, and not by housing.

 

[Chthon]

No, they are not. With recent nerf to Maintenance drones, their numbers are already limited by Amenities, and not by housing.

No they are not. They don't even have to worry about amenities until 20 populations, after which they need 7.5% of their population working maintenance at 40 pops and 15% at 80 pops. It continues to grow, but at a max 224 population you either have all housing districts, or you have housing buildings which reduces the need for maintenance jobs even more since they just provide flat amenities now. Please stop spreading misinformation.

See my post here: https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/foru...-seem-unplayable.1147854/page-2#post-25100425

 

[Agamemnic]

Recharge station, memory backup facilities, spare parts storage/production. Not to mention their actual workplaces. They have a physical presence, thus need to have some sort of storage.

Great point. I'd call these amenities though

 

[sortulv]

Great point. I'd call these amenities though

You know the parking space for electric cars with a charging station? Do you consider this parking space, or a power outlet?
What about the garage you store the giant harvester bots in between harvest seasons?

 

[Slynx]

your car needs housing too. so it's not that strange that robots need some space (especially if you'll consider that you'll need to do some maintenance on them. charge them somewhere, clean. etc.)
and if we're talking about sentient ai - it's no wonder. materialists will even claim that they are equal

 

[Agamemnic]

Great points here. I'd agree with lower housing, increase amenities.