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We now have the ability to go Planned. We seem to have plenty of Pieces of Eight, so we can afford the switch. The main downside is the efficiency hit, which will get us sooner or later, but perhaps not right too heavily away - perhaps we will be able to be in Democracy by then, cancelling out the negative efficiency of Planned. I added a choice for those who want to wait a couple of turns (until the two imminent new bases are up) to be able to scope out the effects in advance before deciding.
The efficiency hit is noticeable on our energy production - minus 1 at 'Rita and -2 at Liars, but no b-drones. We would lose 1 lab per turn at 'Rita (maybe an econ too when the second worker is restored) and 1 lab & 1 econ at Liar's. We would gain at present, about 1/2 each of mins & nuts per turn per base due to the industry & growth bonuses (this turn only, we would also get a windfall of about 5 mins (since the build box was filled with UnPlanned mins by the pod freebie). Most of the plusses and minuses would increase over time and they all have secondary effects (i.e. what you do with the extra pops and facs or lose out on due to the diminished energy). I don't believe that we are in danger of getting b-drones at this number of bases (even with the next 2 almost started, or the next few after that), but they definitely will come sooner than without planned (and could strike at inconvenient times/places), unless we cancel out the efficiency hit with Demo before getting to the b-drones.
The choices are:
[list=1][*]Switch to Planned ASAP[*]Wait until the next 2 bases are up before deciding[*]Don's switch to Planned in the near future[*]XenoSeaCucumber[/list=1]
If there is enough of a mandate for switching ASAP before the turn goes out, I will switch this turn and get the extra handful of mins, otherwise I will wait until next turn to implement our decision. In order to switch this turn, I suppose the mandate has to arrive probably within 4-6 hours (possibly till Noon EDT Monday, or even longer, but not definitely not beyond turn deadline time 8PM Monday).
I guess I'm in favor of doing it ASAP, although I was disappointed by the size of the energy hit and if I am wrong about the b-drones, we will have to rush a RecComm or 2, but I do think that problem is very unlikely with only 5 or 6 bases.
The efficiency hit is noticeable on our energy production - minus 1 at 'Rita and -2 at Liars, but no b-drones. We would lose 1 lab per turn at 'Rita (maybe an econ too when the second worker is restored) and 1 lab & 1 econ at Liar's. We would gain at present, about 1/2 each of mins & nuts per turn per base due to the industry & growth bonuses (this turn only, we would also get a windfall of about 5 mins (since the build box was filled with UnPlanned mins by the pod freebie). Most of the plusses and minuses would increase over time and they all have secondary effects (i.e. what you do with the extra pops and facs or lose out on due to the diminished energy). I don't believe that we are in danger of getting b-drones at this number of bases (even with the next 2 almost started, or the next few after that), but they definitely will come sooner than without planned (and could strike at inconvenient times/places), unless we cancel out the efficiency hit with Demo before getting to the b-drones.
The choices are:
[list=1][*]Switch to Planned ASAP[*]Wait until the next 2 bases are up before deciding[*]Don's switch to Planned in the near future[*]XenoSeaCucumber[/list=1]
If there is enough of a mandate for switching ASAP before the turn goes out, I will switch this turn and get the extra handful of mins, otherwise I will wait until next turn to implement our decision. In order to switch this turn, I suppose the mandate has to arrive probably within 4-6 hours (possibly till Noon EDT Monday, or even longer, but not definitely not beyond turn deadline time 8PM Monday).
I guess I'm in favor of doing it ASAP, although I was disappointed by the size of the energy hit and if I am wrong about the b-drones, we will have to rush a RecComm or 2, but I do think that problem is very unlikely with only 5 or 6 bases.
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