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[pablo8019]

I've created this topic to add from time to time my suggestions for AE evolution and avoid digging out some older topics.

For now they are:

 

1) Reducing the number of airports to their real quantity in a time (e.g. in 50's or 70's of XX century) - but this has been mentioned before...

 

2) What about a stock market? Airlines could trade their or others' shares to make additional profits...

 

3) Differentiate the cost of marketing categories. Now - however there is an info that one is more costly than other - their cost is exactly the same and depends only on percent of sales we want to spend on them.

 

4) Let's make fuel buying non-automatic - there could be a fuel market with fluctuating prices and everyone would have to make additional decisions whether to buy and if so - how many?

[zipp]

AE4

[Delta-Northwest]

I've created this topic to add from time to time my suggestions for AE evolution and avoid digging out some older topics.

For now they are:

 

1) Reducing the number of airports to their real quantity in a time (e.g. in 50's or 70's of XX century) - but this has been mentioned before...

 

2) What about a stock market? Airlines could trade their or others' shares to make additional profits...

 

3) Differentiate the cost of marketing categories. Now - however there is an info that one is more costly than other - their cost is exactly the same and depends only on percent of sales we want to spend on them.

 

4) Let's make fuel buying non-automatic - there could be a fuel market with fluctuating prices and everyone would have to make additional decisions whether to buy and if so - how many?

 

1;  This is a feature plenned for the next version of AE, AE4 and will enable the addition of "New" old airports that is not in the game for example Kai Tak, etc. However with the current version of AE this is not possible.

 

2; AE used to have a stock market years ago however it gave unfair advantages to a small number of users, it where also un-realistic and hard to moderate and manage. therfore this where removed from AE.

 

3; This is a potential feature for AE4, however the current system is made so the different categories gives you a different marketing impact.

 

4; I do personally not belive micromanaging is the right step to go however if the community would like it im open for the idea, but pherhaps not for the first AE4 release as it might set back the launchdate for AE4.

[pablo8019]

I feel I will enjoy AE4
Concerning marketing categories - in fact, they have different impact but on the start airlines should be able to afford only on the cheapest ones. Like in real world. While now it does't matter if we choose newspapers or billboards - their cost is the same. But - in my opinion - it shouldn't be.

Micromanaging - I think it gives us the taste of reality. Marketing, human resources, so why not the fuel? The more the better. We are here just for this taste, isn't it?