Technology Limit (Enable/Disable)

[Farwest]

Can you put a feature to Enable/Disable to limit technology to 100 or unlimited ?

Because if I am a R&D based company, it is meaningless to get a 100 limit during competition when other companies also reach that level afterwards.

However, limit of 100 makes us more cost focused company, after reaching 100 we should find other ways to cut our costs and present the product cheaper for competition, if the other competitors already reached level 100. (And they still research above 100 meaninglessly)

So sometimes, I want to use technology above 100 with continuous research during the game; and sometimes I want to be able to limit it for focusing on different aspects. If developers can implement such thing, that would really relieve us. At least this is a Laboratory of Capitalism; so we are all testing the possibilities with different options.

[Esoteric Rogue]

Can you put a feature to Enable/Disable to limit technology to 100 or unlimited ?

Well, researching to 100 takes 9 units less than 4 years. That would be awfully quick.

Because if I am a R&D based company, it is meaningless to get a 100 limit during competition when other companies also reach that level afterwards.

I don't understand this reasoning. The same would hold true if the limit was 100. As it is, that just means you have to research more if you want to be a tech leader.

Also, if you want to max out so that you can find other ways to cut costs to sell your products, I wouldn't say you're an R&D based company, I think an R&D focused company would want to do more research, not less

As a side note, I found it impossible to be an R&D exclusive company. Not even close to feasible.

[Farwest]

Can you put a feature to Enable/Disable to limit technology to 100 or unlimited ?

Well, researching to 100 takes 9 units less than 4 years. That would be awfully quick.

But that is not the issue. If you are competing with other companies on the same product with innovation, that is totally meaningless.

Think about Samsung and Apple example. Both companies are making R&D to gain the upper hand, and if we consider these two company in CapLab, then after some time they couldn't achieve more technology but should only cut costs to gain the upper hand; if a third company just wants to start to innovate the product to that level, they can do. But in real life, it is impossible now to reach that R&D level for companies in a short time to enter a serious competition. But here, it is possible. (so unrealistic)

So, if researching to 100 takes 9 units less than 4 years, that would be meaningless against that kind of competition.

But I agree with this point of yours:

Also, if you want to max out so that you can find other ways to cut costs to sell your products

And that makes meaningful to use limit of 100, for just focusing on to cutting costs, and learning ways of that kind of competition.

But if I want to erase other competitors with the continous advancement of technology, the limit of 100 makes it impossible. I can still find way for cutting costs even, as we mentioned for enabling the limit.

As a side note, I found it impossible to be an R&D exclusive company. Not even close to feasible.

We can do, I am trying to do, especially it is costly in the first 5 years. Just selling/collaborating technology part or venture capital part is missing in CapLab.

[Esoteric Rogue]

Any cutting of costs to make your business more profitable can be done whether or not you have a hard tech limit, so I still completely do not understand your purpose.

[Farwest]

Of course we can try to cut our costs whether we have tech limit or not. But if you have tech limit, your only option to compete against other companies is cutting costs. But without limit, you can compete with innovation, also with cutting costs.

Limit is only meaningful, for the purpose of making us to focus only to cutting costs. However, limit is unrealistic. I am sorry if I couldn't explain clearly in my previous message.

[CromeNite]

I would personally like to see a tech limit added. I think it will improve the end game. Even though its a endless game, once your company has reached a certain point I find the game becomes repetitive. The tech limit will allow smaller A.I companies to regain market share and also force the player to find alternative methods to staying on top. The limit would definitely have to be higher than 100.