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Production Vs Purchasing

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Nevyn:
So there I was all happy having researched my nice new fancy armour...., and I set some production going, alien technology and all....

Then I go to the equipment purchase screen...

And I notice that to buy the armour from someone else costs 1/10th of the cost of producing it....

I mean, I'm the guy that made the research, and someone else is producing it for way way less cost, why do I even have a workshop and pay my technichians.  I want to be able to make money selling working advanced technology!

Which does bring me to a side point, as the game goes on, it's likely the nations will get grumpier a lot of the time and give you less money.... but.... your developing all this cool tech, and the back history does have you working as a tech institute developing weapons for people, so why do you not get any patent rights or anything for these developments, it makes sense that you pass them on since everyone is fighting, but a small margin of cash should probably come back to you from that.  Something to make the months a little less slim when you happen to loose that interceptor or so on.

Reenen:
I think it makes sense that someone else can develop it cheaper, but they must only be able to make alien tech stuff once you've sold the research to them.

This should be a high income venture. (50x as much as one alien gun/item) Your main reason for "producing" it on your own should be the speed on the initial ones.

Let's say after you've sold the tech, you can only buy it from "other developers" after about 2 months.  Which makes it sensible to produce one or two, but after that buy it elsewhere.

pete.lindsey@hotmail.com:
I admit, I found the sticker shock a little bit much at first, however I think the open market is where things should be aquired... I hate when I have to produce things just because I couldn't find any to buy.

I see the role of production for more of the "campaign items" of course there aren't any of those yet but... hint hint, might be a good idea

Irinami:
A delay while national industries and private firms "gear up" to produce the new technology is cool, and the production costs are a simple illustration of economies-of-scale. Your lab can't crank it out the way FN-Herstal can. Just ask the local blacksmith. Oh, wait, most places don't have them, some "Industrial Revolution" thing. ;)

Kzwix:
I second that delay thing. I guess you should be able to produce and make a profit at first, and lose your "monopoly" over these products in a few month's time (still being able to sell at a decent rate while they just start producing in large serials), and then be totally out when your nice products start being sold by boxes of ten, at half the price of one unit :)

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