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As I suspected, all of the reported bugs were fixed when I recalculated for some system changes that had taken place after my last review. The remainder of the issues raised are related to economy balancing and the shift to POB specific supply commodities.
The only significant issue is ALG. Wuppertal provides ALG with probably the only reliable A-B-A trade routes in the game. HazMat Canisters exported, Toxic Waste imported from the same locations. Dortmund also imports Toxic Waste for MOX production, with Wuppertal serving as a storage site for excess. Dortmund and Wuppertal are ALG's only production centers, and they both produce a high value export, which is exactly like nearly every other production center. Only bases that have a very expensive and roleplay restricted export (like Gate Parts or Military Vehicles) have two exports. Neither is the case there.
Neu Augsburg is not a replacement for Helgoland, which was sold to the GMG and became a shipyard. It is the remainder of the Munich disaster, and is in a state of transition with an uncertain future. If it becomes a production center, a new commodity will have to be created for it.
If ALG wishes to claim High Temp Alloy production on Planet Nuremburg, they can do so by claiming ownership of the production facilities on the planet, much like Cryer does on Denver for Pharmaceuticals.
The only way ALG could claim Ship Hull Panels is if they are moved there from Planet Kyushu. But since MOX is already exported to shipyards, that would only create identical routes to what already exist coming out of Dortmund, while eliminating unique routes from Kyushu. No new routes would be gained, while unique routes from Kyushu would be lost, so that's not a good plan.
Just about every production center and planet in the game imports a large number of commodities and exports just one. Multiple production origins for the same commodity vastly complicate balance while severely limiting routes, because all possible purchase points have to be divided up according to which origin they are closer to, unless the production origins are all close together. See Polymers from Tsushima and Douglas for reference, along with Hydrocarbons. The number of commodities where this is done is very, very small. I do not plan any further duplicate points of origin for existing commodities.
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