Too much forced micro in 2.2

[maxp779]

Can we have automation of some kind? I was going to phrase this as "I want sectors back" but really what im looking for is the option to have for sectors/planets/whatever to build themselves. I really don't enjoy micro managing every single planet towards the mid or end game. I already have a lot of other things I want to focus on rather than giving fringe colony X a new building/upgrade. I know some people enjoy all this and thats cool but I would like the option to have things auto build for me.

I liked sectors before, they took a lot of the tedious micro away from me. It would be cool to have some automation in 2.2 as well.

 

[Epidemais]

You just can let the Sector build automatically already. You have to switch them on though in the sector screen.

 

[maxp779]

You just can let the Sector build automatically already. You have to switch them on though in the sector screen.

Yeah but you have to manually send it resources.

There is no "Here take 75% of what you produce and use it for self development and give the rest to me" kind of option like there was previously. Also the screen to send them resources looks very... unfinished... Like there is maybe meant to be a lot more here.

I realize that with the refactored economy that sectors would need a little work but it would be good to know if anything is planned for them or not.

 

[Delthor]

Yeah but you have to manually send it resources.

So what we really need is an option to send sectors monthly resources. This would be a lot more flexible than the old "sector tax" system and solve the pain points of sectors needing micro to do their automation. You'd need a cap where the system stops sending and this might need to be configurable. I also think that this cap should reduce your own stockpile amount by the same amount, since sectors shouldn't be free storage space.

I'm hoping that this was all planned, but pushed back to post-launch support.

 

[maxp779]

So what we really need is an option to send sectors monthly resources. This would be a lot more flexible than the old "sector tax" system and solve the pain points of sectors needing micro to do their automation. You'd need a cap where the system stops sending and this might need to be configurable. I also think that this cap should reduce your own stockpile amount by the same amount, since sectors shouldn't be free storage space.

I'm hoping that this was all planned, but pushed back to post-launch support.

Yeah I would be onboard with that. Something like the automatic trade every month thing.

 

[Gratak]

Also:

The currently available Sector Foci are pretty ridiculous. "Any raw resource", "Any advances product". Not only is it absolutely necessary for example for slaver countries to combine the two, this also totally lacks the actual choice... Like, "I want minerals/food/energy/CG/alloy". And I want to choose a combination I want.

We need to be able to remove those planets from the "Planets" list of the outliner. I know I could use sector list but that makes the outliner even more crowded that it already is.