This is not a bug report! it's a complaint!

[NotenKi]

Priority is broken and it been broken since you started the jobs menu.  And its borked in the jobs menu..  I'm going to simplify this

priority  means you do the higher numbers first, in this game,  it does not mean  walking around in a giant circle get a few blocks here or sweeping a few things there..  like they do now!   I've bugged this already and its not getting any attention I'd guess because its not changing.  adding the Jobs menu you broke the priority system, and it is borked in the jobs menu to boot..  I shouldn't have to set things to 8 to get them noticed if everything is basically at 5..  but I do.. I used to use 8 for absloutely do it now,,  and 9 for  emergencies...  that left 6 and 7 for high priority and 5 for normal work..  but even set  to 8 they are still doing the dup shuffle off to the otherside,  they are not staying and getting it done.. 

[Kasuha]

 

3 hours ago, NotenKi said:

I used to use 8 for absloutely do it now,,  and 9 for  emergencies...  that left 6 and 7 for high priority and 5 for normal work..

It can still be used this way. You just need to understand how the current system works and set it up so it works the way you want it to work.

I work with Advanced mode on (upper right corner of priorities table) and auto-prioritize off (upper right corner of Jobs table). And I have given all dupes a proper "-" in all their job priority selections.

I only had to give Toggle job a boost since dupes were taking eons to adjust a valve. But that's a workaround for something that will hopefully get fixed eventually.

[Oozinator]

For me, priority works, like it should.

[Ceribus]

Yeah I am currently pretty happy with the new Jobs priority system.  Things run a lot smoother now that I can get dupes to prioritize things based on their skillsets.  but even if you decide you liked the old system all you have to do is set all priorities to " - " and it works the way it used to

[Zarquan]

The 1-9 is only a sub priority now.  The duplicant's main priority is their personal priority.  A dupe with a high priority on cooking and a normal priority on mining will prefer to do a cooking job at priority 1 to a mining job at priority 9.  This is useful because it means you can specialize dupes and encapsulate jobs.  Having a massive dig job at priority 9 will not stop the food from being cooked or the deoxidizers from being filled.

Picking up blocks, Those dupes probably are prioritizing groundskeeping or delivery.  It is a little annoying how they handle storage compactors now though.  I would set the storage compactors to sweep only.  That will stop them from doing what you describe.

I like the direction the new priority system.  All the jobs in my base are getting done.  My farmers are applying their buff until all the plants are buffed, then going to do another task.  I would like to see an urgent button for emergencies, like the * priority in the Occupation Update preview. 

[smithdl]

The priority system works great.  The problem is Klei doesn't explain anything.  Instead of communicating the new system and maybe making a video with examples so that people know what is going on, they leave it to people to figure it out.  Maybe they cant afford to explain their game.  Maybe they just want to get the updates out and see where everything settles.  I'm not sure.  The majority of issues this game has is communication.  Hopefully the new encyclopedia will get all the information we need to understand what the game is doing verse what is suppose to be doing.  Maybe that is part of the development process, make your updates and see what sticks.  But IMO, this game is way to complex to not take the time to explain it.  I have multiple issues and I don't know if it is a glitch, something not working right, or me screwing it up, because I am not so sure what it is suppose to do.

Maybe that is the goal though, don't explain and let people enjoy the crazy.  I have no clue.  Klei hasn't really explained that either, so I don't know.

[Oozinator]

16 hours ago, smithdl said:

The priority system works great.  The problem is Klei doesn't explain anything.  Instead of communicating the new system and maybe making a video with examples so that people know what is going on, they leave it to people to figure it out.

I bet, they do, when ONI is growing up out of Beta. Would make not really sense, creating now pro tutorials, when every update could change everything.
Outdated Videos could cause more confusion for new players, then own trial and error, if you ask me.

[smithdl]

On ‎3‎/‎30‎/‎2018 at 1:55 AM, Oozinator said:

I bet, they do, when ONI is growing up out of Beta. Would make not really sense, creating now pro tutorials, when every update could change everything.
Outdated Videos could cause more confusion for new players, then own trial and error, if you ask me.

I couldn't agree more.  That is why it is so critical that ONI control that information.  That way as they change the setting or info, THEY are in charge of what information gets out.  They control the videos and the publication of data.  What you have now is people doing it on there own and the amount of bad info is massive because like you said, things change.

[NotenKi]

say what you will even with the priority bumbs it still borked as all get out.   today game is proving even more they are actually ignoring the jobs to build and clean..  my farmer has ignored a full corp growth and not touched it..  the only things that work are researching and cooking.

[w3amd]

I agree with the OP. Pay close attention when you set job priorities either in advanced or basic mode and watch carefully what dupes are doing. He's right they don't follow priorities well.

[Laurond]

So far I've experienced few bugs with the new priority system (at least when advanced mode is turned on, I can't seem to figure out if all the inconveniently unexpected behavior with advanced mode off is intended or not).. except this one time where i had a dupe that kept digging even when its digging priority was set to "X - don't do it man!".. the only way to get that dupe to stop digging was to not have any active digging tasks.

[TheExceed]

I had one bug that dupe would not supply some goal generators because I had a wall of ladders infront of it. Lol. I put all my dupes on supply jobs with high priority and they wouldn't do it. Deleted the ladders and worked. After a restart, also fixed it. Was a pretty word bug. Im sure there are kinks to fix with the job system.