Topic: [The Gamma proposal] Tiered Equip changes
We have a new idea for making the tier system less linear and more accessible, it would look like this:
Normal tiered items according to the current system (new name in parentheses):
T0 (T0): stays as it is
T1 (T1): stays as it is
T2 (T1+): stays as it is, requires T1 modules to build like now
T3 (T2): remove current T2 modules from its components
T4 (T2+): stays as it is, requires current T3 modules to build
T5 (T3): brand new tier, no component prerequisites, uses colixum-based commodities
T6 (T3+): brand new tier, requires T5 to buildSo the system would be built up of tier pairs, one normal variant that needs more “exotic” commodities as we go up in tiers, and one “+” variant that needs the normal as a component. The common trait of + variants would be lower fitting requirements than their normal variant. The important thing to note here is that higher tiers wouldn’t have cascading requirements anymore.
In the new system, tier designations for factional items would be:
T2+ -> T1F
T3- -> T2F
T4+ -> T3FAs for robot variants, the naming is yet undecided.
This could be a very good change IMHO.
I dunno about turning current t4 items into t3+ and adding two new tiers ONTOP of it. under current balance, those higher tiers will be WAAAAAAAY better then t1 in every aspect, and mass produced but not sold on market by communistic corps.
under the current small population the wrong way to go IMHO
one thing i REALLY demand there is a clear naming of the items. Example of current naming:
(T1)Standard Medium HCL Laser
(T2)Tertzer Medium HCL Laser
(T3)Thelotec.-Icle I. medium HCL Laser
(T4)Phisker 30PW medium HCL Laser
those are artifical confusing and random names, also not really handy for the alphabetical sorting on market or in inventory
There are two suggestions to beat some logic in there that doesnt need to memorize the whole database:
Streamlined with Robot and building names
(T1 )Standard Medium HCL Laser MK 1
(T1+)Standard Medium HCL Laser MK 2
(T2 )Advanced Medium HCL Laser MK 1
(T2+)Advanced Medium HCL Laser MK 2
(T3 )HiTech Medium HCL Laser MK 1
(T3+)HiTech Medium HCL Laser MK 2
or
(T1 )Phisker 10 PW HCL Laser
(T1+)Phisker 10+PW HCL Laser
(T2 )Phisker 20 PW HCL Laser
(T2+)Phisker 20+PW HCL Laser
(T3 )Phisker 30 PW HCL Laser
(T3+)Phisker 30+PW HCL Laser
even
(T1 )Thelotec-Grazier I. HCL Laser
(T1+)Thelotec-Grazier II. HCL Laser
(T2 )Thelotec-Iocle I. HCL Laser
(T2+)Thelotec-Iocle II. HCL Laser
(T3 )Thelotec-Slicer I. HCL Laser
(T3+)Thelotec-Slicer II. HCL Laser
-> small hcl laser already got two thelotec versions 
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