Serious need for a warning before mines run out.

There really needs to be some kind of in the game warning before a mine or any resource runs out. It would be nice to be able to have your Geo out looking for the new mine before the old one runs out. I came back after the loooong shut down to find all my copper mines down, I am out of copper and bronze, my smelters are all out, no weaons being made, tool makers are not producing. This happens with any mine that goes down without warning and is a chain reaction of production going down. It would be nice if there was something showing where the Geo finds a new deposit and not have to hunt all over the board for the find.

I warn you to keep track of your mines. I warn you to rebuild them before you log of for any significant amount of time.

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Originally Posted by SirRoy

I warn you to keep track of your mines. I warn you to rebuild them before you log of for any significant amount of time.

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I am talking about an in the game type of warning. We should not have to keep track of every mine and resource in the game when an auto in the game warning would be easy to install. I am playing like all get go to try and get everything back up and running again.

ideally what Ubi soft wants you to do is buy the mine reloading items with RMT. as it will add X amount of resources to each mine node per item. i think its like 500+ resources.

while i agree a ingame notification would be nice, there is a small alert via the news tab, that tells you a mine is or almost empty. best to monitor you resource chains daily to keep from running out.

though personally i kinda wish the geo had an option that was to send them out to find bonus resources in the mine like "search deeper in the mine" then they go and search a mine of your choice to find more supplies. even if its 0-100 more stock it would be great. could make it take 30-60minutes to do that (there by making the gem item a better deal, but still giving non-gem buyers an option too)

I think thats all part of balancing your economy is resource management and keeping tabs on it, as we all know by now thats the focal point for this game early on anyways and being efficient. I would like a hud for overall buildings or hourly resources taken in as well as your idea Bloodmoon, but I look at this aspect as part of the game and making it my own responsibility as I use notepad and keep track of my hourly resources etc and balance my economy on a daily basis making changes as I see fit.

This is why they have a beta testing to get ideas on how to make the game better and more fun, not to make the game harder and work. This is a come back to it browser game not a stay with it all the time for hours game.

I agree completely. It's good to see now that I consistently get a tally of resources on mouse over with the mines, but getting a pop up at like 25% would be super great. I checked my Masons this morning and they were all sitting around having a smoke and I was like "T__T Why would you do that to me!"

I don't know about warning you when a mine is near depletion- I feel it takes away from the gameplay the more reminders and accommodations we're granted. What I would like, in such a notification's stead, is a button with a function similar to that employed in a full RTS. A button, like ctrl or alt, that allows you to see the values for every manufactory and production facility at a glance. Sure, I can mouse-over each and every building or click on every building type, but with such a button I'd never forget to examine every inch of my village, which can be described now as "sprawling".

Also, before anybody says, yes I know it would be difficult to implement the function I describe because the game runs in a browser.

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Originally Posted by hfbrooklyn

I don't know about warning you when a mine is near depletion- I feel it takes away from the gameplay the more reminders and accommodations we're granted. What I would like, in such a notification's stead, is a button with a function similar to that employed in a full RTS. A button, like ctrl or alt, that allows you to see the values for every manufactory and production facility at a glance. Sure, I can mouse-over each and every building or click on every building type, but with such a button I'd never forget to examine every inch of my village, which can be described now as "sprawling".

Also, before anybody says, yes I know it would be difficult to implement the function I describe because the game runs in a browser.

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Well they do have hotkeys for zooming in and out so I dont see how it would be that difficult for them to do hfbrooklyn and I think thats a great idea.

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Originally Posted by Bloodmoon

I am talking about an in the game type of warning. We should not have to keep track of every mine and resource in the game when an auto in the game warning would be easy to install. I am playing like all get go to try and get everything back up and running again.

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I'm being sincere here so don't take my words as offensive. This type of game is a civ building game. A euro style worker placement and micro management game. The thing that will separate weaker players from stronger players is there ability to effectively micro manage. Giving people warnings and alerts for things that you as ruler of your empire should be paying attention to removes a responsibility that is part of the game play mechanic and inherent in all games like this.

I think a good solution for this would be if you didnt have to destroy a mine for your geologists to find it again. So if you knew a Marble mine would be exhausted in 10-15 min you could just set a geologist to it and go to bed knowing it would be ok.

I can live with the no warning although I'd like one. What I do wish for is the marble mines to have more so it doesn't always dry out while I'm sleeping.

maybe they could add an option that when a mine/quarry is at <10% stock remaining, if you send out a geo for that resource he will discover 100 more stock at that location.

so for example the 3 iron mines in the zone 5 (center) which are all 500 ore, when its say at <100 ore remaining if i send out a geo for iron ore, instead of finding me a brand new stock (if my discovered mines are all full already "active" he finds me 10-100 more resource at that mine.)
its not as good as the gem item to add X amount of that good to the mine, but instead of letting the mine run out.. have to wait for them to rediscover it and then rebuild the mine, you wait until its almost empty send out a geo and find 100 more stock there. so it goes abit longer then you repeat. OR you pay RMT for gems and buy the booster item to restock it to full++

might be abit better then just watching the mine hit 1 ore, send out a geo and hope he finds the ore there after an hour as ticked by. will also make upgrading mines more effective. as you no longer throw away tools on upgrading mines above lv 1.

naturally if you deplete the mine you have to rebuild it as normal, but if you send the geo out and it finds 100 more stock you dont have to rebuild it. (i would say the mine has to be 10% or less from its untapped state and only recovers 10%.. so not to abuse the geo by having 2 search for 1 mine and getting 200 ore. )

this is from the In Planning section of the german area, don't know if it is still upcoming or not:

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Warnings about the collapse of your mines
Everyone knows this: You start the game and noted that another mine collapsed, which is especially annoying when the production was just as good. To the collapse of the mine in time to notice and if necessary to prevent, we are therefore planning to mines where the risk of collapse is very high, with an icon labeled. In addition, you will also be the information window about the mine to inform you about the mine collapse when. In this way you can time your going to send geologists or fill up the mine.

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I think a warning for low resources could be a good idea, however not every thing should be automated. The player should have a reason to check back on their city frequently, and be responsible for the growth of his/her own empire.

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Originally Posted by BB_Mistapink

I think a warning for low resources could be a good idea, however not every thing should be automated. The player should have a reason to check back on their city frequently, and be responsible for the growth of his/her own empire.

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I agree with you 100%, I was just shocked when I came back the next morning and all 3 of my copper mines were dead and everything had shut down. It took me a long time to get everything up and running again.

Is this right? If I tear down a depleted mine building, that I built using a building permit, I don't get the permit back like I do when I tear down other buildings. If so, no wonder I seem to have a problem building new buildings. Something about this seems very wrong.

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Originally Posted by Wimpy

Is this right? If I tear down a depleted mine building, that I built using a building permit, I don't get the permit back like I do when I tear down other buildings. If so, no wonder I seem to have a problem building new buildings. Something about this seems very wrong.

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You get the license back as soon as the mine exhausts, not when you tear it down.

Thank you. Just another of the many things I've missed.

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Originally Posted by Bloodmoon

I agree with you 100%, I was just shocked when I came back the next morning and all 3 of my copper mines were dead and everything had shut down. It took me a long time to get everything up and running again.

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Yea that kinda sucks but it is just the nature of the game, I try to catch my mines early enough to destroy and rebuild them before they lose a whole night of productivity.

Any one else find it strange that it costs tools to upgrade a copper mine.

all mines cost tools to upgrade, its not really cost effective though. unless you are swimming in tools. as the upgrade increases the draw rate for the resources of the mine. depleting it faster, and once its empty you destroy it or have it destroyed by a geo who relocates the ore there.. so you lose the building base costs and any tools spent on upgrades.

BUT upgrading them is beneficial IF you need that resource fast and only have 1 mine. just dont go beyond lv 2-3 for any mine unless you swim in tools and want to "waste" them