I was finally arsed enough (saw Skyflare adopting it in current game) that I did double check and in fact it is not working - if the part-based upkeep game rule is on. Because the modifier applies only to standard per-ship upkeep. Needs additional paranetheses to apply for the part-based upkeep. Would save a ton of production in current MP27 for me. I'll put up a fix.The effect works the UI is a little buggy. If you adopt it and look at your build queue it wont have updated, but if you move a ship around in the build queue the costs will update.Sorry can't double check now, but is engineering corps even working? I think I didn't see actual difference after adopting it. I mean I did pay the influence cost (which is not counted in Empires window, and I think geoff has fix for that on an open pull request) but didn't see any difference as far as I remember
Nb. based on my actual end game situation in MP27 I would say this policy (if it worked) is a must have for end game as is, the upkeep really is a fitch. I can appreciate it seems not to bring a lot of value in early to mid game, and perhaps longer if you keep fighting people and losing ships, but it rapidly brings value in endgame as the upkeep rapidly ramps up (and you spend more and more production on new ships)
Statistics: Posted by BlueAward — Wed Jul 03, 2024 1:34 pm