Why can't carriers be mothballed?

couslee · #1 January 28th, 2003, 07:15 PM

3 replies that fast? All in the same minute... and I was in the crowd.

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Proud of meself

Just pay the maintenence cost and sleep the unit. That should be better in the case of a stealth/cloaked attack anyway.

[ January 28, 2003, 17:18: Message edited by: couslee ]

PsychoTechFreak · #2 January 28th, 2003, 07:43 PM

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Originally posted by couslee:
3 replies that fast? All in the same minute... and I was in the crowd. .

Proud of meself

Perfect. We need seconds in the forum's clock.

Some side questions, too lazy to test it out:

-Mothballed ships at a training facility cannot increase combat values, right? I am always wondering about that, but if this would be the case then it would not be realistic.

-If I mothball spaceyard stations with a slow build rate, does the remaining time decrease whilst it is mothballed?

geoschmo · #3 January 28th, 2003, 07:46 PM

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Originally posted by PsychoTechFreak:
-If I mothball spaceyard stations with a slow build rate, does the remaining time decrease whilst it is mothballed?

The Last time I checked it did. If you kept the ship mothballed for ten turns when you unmothballed it you got it back fresh. You can't mothball and unmothball to reset the clock though.

Geoschmo

couslee · #4 January 28th, 2003, 07:56 PM

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Originally posted by PsychoTechFreak:
1>Perfect. We need seconds in the forum's clock.
2>Some side questions, too lazy to test it out:

1> It has that. I was second....

2> Me too.
Are you bug hunting, or looking for cheezy tactics to use?

(smiles when he asks that)

[ January 28, 2003, 17:57: Message edited by: couslee ]

capnq · #5 January 28th, 2003, 08:07 PM

Besides not being able to mothball a ship that's carrying cargo, you also can't retrofit one that's carrying cargo, either.

I don't think you can analyze or scrap it, as well.

PsychoTechFreak · #6 January 28th, 2003, 08:22 PM

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Originally posted by couslee:

Are you bug hunting, or looking for cheezy tactics to use?

Well, nope. It is more the housewifely tactics that I am always searching for, "gimme that penny".

Arkcon · #7 January 28th, 2003, 08:57 PM

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Originally posted by PsychoTechFreak:
-If I mothball spaceyard stations with a slow build rate, does the remaining time decrease whilst it is mothballed?

As I understood it, a long ago patch causes a mothballed spaceyard to also hold it's slow build countdown. I definitely experienced this. Haven't tried it recently, did it change back?