8 replies to this topic

[Wee]

It is tedious and a waste of time to adjust ticket prices dollar by dollar, trying to find the maximum profit.

It would be great that if you click on a button, the price is set automatically so that you get the  maximum profit.

[Sheepy]

Yeah, lets make crushing tiny airlines involve the press of a single button, and no thought whatsoever!

[Wee]

Merely trying different prices and see which makes your profit larger has no thoughts or strategy involved. It only wastes time.

[ar157]

Then don't bother maximising profits, simple.

[the DOC]

bad idea. Makes it easy for mega airlines to crush competition

[Wyldon]

Wee, this is a math-based simulation.  Challenge yourself to solve the math and you'll solve your problem.

[S K Y]

It is tedious and a waste of time to adjust ticket prices dollar by dollar, trying to find the maximum profit.

It would be great that if you click on a button, the price is set automatically so that you get the  maximum profit.

we don't need that. what we really need is a feature to customise the stewardess uniform.

[FlyAirwest]

In terms of automation, I'd rather have a batch process that would analyze and distribute routes so that your aircraft inventory is used to max efficiency.

 

A "maximize profit" button is just lazy.

[Yuxi]

That reminds me, I could use a "minimize bugs" button to do my coding for me

 

In all seriousness, with the current passenger model there is no mathemagical formula for calculating the profit-maximizing price on a route, which leaves us with the iterative option. This type of auto-pricing has been tried at one point but was quickly abandoned due to severe performance problems and server resource consumption. Besides the technical roadblocks, there's the question of whether auto-pricing is even a desirable game mechanic, and my opinion is no.