Then this isn't a matter of simplicity but rather dumbing stuff down. I hope what I'm imagining here makes sense, and might fit with what you guys would like to do with Terraforming. I was wondering if the the existing UI elements can be applied here, so that Food has the Green Symbol, Industry has the Orange Gears, Dust the yellow button and so on with the bars to give a simple point of comparison, with a minature world representation on the far left side of the rows, behind naming the planet type.ДЄ degree of complexity would be welcome, if such an idea is possible. I can visualize in my head having a new UI menu that appears when we click on the Terraforming button that would show a new UI Window, or popup instead, with all of the different Planet types on an sortable Column structure, as to what an Empire could do with such a planet, and compare the differences between the types, with popup information on the differences between the planetary types (then players can see what is available and what is locked out, and have the popup tell which Technology needs to researched and how long it would take to change, to add choices in making such a significant change to a planet), as the mouse hovers over them.ДЄnd so the spectrum could begin with something like this, and allow a player to click on a column to sort by that metric: I wonder if there could be a renewed Framework for how Terraforming could then be presented? I mean with certain type of presentation, it could still be simple, while providing a lot of possible options in the process. We know it's not ideal for a true optimization of your economy, but we decided to favor simplicity in this area. The current system guarantees that players will make an acceptable choice in any case that will eventually lead them to a tier 0 planet. Opening bi-directional terraforming would multiply all terraforming choices by 2, and it wouldn't be clear at a glance which choice goes 'up' and which goes 'down'. That's the thing, as an expert you already have in mind a 'right planet type'. How does it make it more straight-forward for new players when it's extremely convoluted to get to the right planet type (having to go through all the chain) while also having to memorize the entire terraformation tree (or look it up online, out of the game.) with no do-overs unless you reload a save ?

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