I think ICs are generally good, but I think that needing them for YZ builds is unnecessarily complicated and makes building A LOT harder.

It means you cannot conveniently extract and then use those resources on the same base. You'd now have to equip 3 IC factories, each needing 300 workers. That means you're already past the 1 hydro mark.

If you don't want to do that, you now have to transport resources to a proddy base or a base where the factories are going to be (which is harder if it's not a proddy gal), then transport those resources back to your bases. It's also a lot more annoying since you would have to set some ridiculously low buy limit (like 1 or 2) on these commods.

Wait, are you building YZ gear on all your EE's?

The only problem I see is that someone who does not have lots of accounts, like me a 1 account player, can run fast out of slave slots.

This change actually makes it far easier for single account players to ship commods around. Hotrods can prettymuch do the same job as Dark Freighters.

So what's the reasoning for changing stuff to require ICs instead of raw t0 commods?

If it's supposed to be convenience feature, how about having both two methods available for players? We already have two ways for building some stuff such as Platinum Bars.

No.

There is, however, going to be lower level players building YZ gear on lower tech kits. This change is not working in their favour.

I was going to suggest this but someone beat me to it. Should have two ways of building it then, if someone doesn't want to use IC's, they can use T0's. If someone wants to use IC's since they are compressed and more efficient, though an extra step, they can do that as well. Then everyone is happy! Options are better than only one linear path.

Okay, I'll add them both. Hopefully it doesn't confuse newer players..

Do you guys want both options for the base thrusters and galaxy bound drones as well?