Newbie Strategy Guide - Page 2

Nitram Draw · #11 February 9th, 2001, 10:12 PM

Yes, ships can repair themselves if they have or are with a ship that has a repair bay.

raynor · #12 February 9th, 2001, 10:18 PM

quote:
Originally posted by taterbill:
A question regarding scouts and damage:

I just had a thought while I'm here at work pretending to be working. Those dang unstable wormholes can sure put a crimp in any scouting expedition. If you say, built a cruiser-level scout with its own repair bay, would it be able to repair itself? (Assuming the repair bay did not get damaged, of course.)

Bottom line question: Can ships with repair bays repair themselves?

Bill

You bet!

It is pretty common to see folks building stellar manipulation(SM) ships with repair components. After you use the SM component, it is 'destroyed'. But if you have a repair component on the ship, the SM component is repaired by the beginning of the next turn.

taterbill · #13 February 9th, 2001, 10:44 PM

Ah, tricky!

What a great board this is. Considerate responses, no flames, great participation... Quite different from most of the game Boards I've seen.

Bill

DirectorTsaarx · #14 February 9th, 2001, 11:22 PM

BTW - there's a bug with the stellar manipulation components. They're supposed to use 4000 (!) supply each time they're used; they don't actually use any supply. Yet.

Which means that, if they really did use supplies as stated, you'd have to find a resupply depot (or have a ship with LOTS of supply on it) for each use of the component, no matter how fast you could repair it. Not to mention you have to have 4000 points of supplies to use the component the first time...

Nitram Draw · #15 February 9th, 2001, 11:30 PM

Makes the Quantum Reactor extremely valuable (to valuable in my opinion)

Nyx · #16 February 9th, 2001, 11:56 PM

Nah, you don't need to waste time on the quantum reactor, just equip an emergency resupply pod or two. When the supplies vanish, pop the two pods and they'll be rebuilt at the beginning of the next turn as well (the weakest repair facility can handle 3 components per turn, the weakest resupply pod generates 1,000 units of supply).

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raynor · #17 February 10th, 2001, 12:50 AM

quote:
Originally posted by Nyx:
Nah, you don't need to waste time on the quantum reactor, just equip an emergency resupply pod or two. When the supplies vanish, pop the two pods and they'll be rebuilt at the beginning of the next turn as well (the weakest repair facility can handle 3 components per turn, the weakest resupply pod generates 1,000 units of supply).

That's pretty effective. But, to me, it still seems like cheating.

By the same token, couldn't you put emergency propulsion components on all your ships and get the extra movement every single turn? (Assuming you didn't mind the tedium, of course.)

raynor · #18 February 10th, 2001, 12:54 AM

The 10 : 1 : 2 resource ratio is okay until you start building ships with Stellar Manipulation Components. Those things seem to really use up the radioactives.

Drake · #19 February 10th, 2001, 02:57 AM

quote:
Originally posted by raynor:
By the same token, couldn't you put emergency propulsion components on all your ships and get the extra movement every single turn?

Yep. It's certainly not what we'd expect imagining that scenario in the real world, but repairing doesn't require anything. Just think of it as the way the game was designed. Definitely try not to think of it as cheating, because it's not. It's just a little... well odd that things work that way.

geoschmo · #20 February 10th, 2001, 03:21 AM

Raynor,

Cheating is getting something for free.

Repair bays do cost a lot, to buy and maintain, and take up a lot of space on your ships. It's a trade-off.

Geo