My empire earns too much money

[feelotraveller]

I have posted some ideas on resource pricing here: Resource pricing and game economy

[Fishers of Men]

Harry2, oil was once a resource that was unused until the 19th century. It was originally thought to be a sticky substance that was a real problem to deal with.

[solops]

You guys need to play with corruption on high or very high. That will take care of your cash surplus faster that 3 ex-wives.

[adecoy95]

ramping up the corruption slider is just one more thing the AI has to deal with more than you

[jpwrunyan]

It would make sense if per ship maintenance were a function of total ships in your empire. Then having a larger fleet would increase costs on a curve instead of geometrically. It would cost more to have an empire defended by more ships and would also make the player decide more carefully about colonizing a remote planet. Because a remote planet will likely need its own local fleet for defense if it is too far from the central empire. And like I said, if the more ships you have the more each ship costs in maintenance, it makes the game more challenging and interesting.

Anyway, tell me if the game already does this. I dont believe that it does.

[morelyn]

Yes, maintenance costs are way too low, they should be substantially increased....for the human player, on the harder difficulty levels. Let the poor benighted AI pay at normal levels.

You could also simply charge more maintenance the greater the number of worlds you own, sort of a Civ solution. The difficulty of ruling a vast empire or whatnot...

[Tanaka]

Seems like a simple fix to make everyone happy would be an economic slider. More Money - Scarce Money

My number one request! [:(]