Topic: Energy Wells

Well (no pun intended), I put up a Hitech energy well out to test the new 50% more energy, and to no surprise, it only lasted 2 days.  I was getting 4 days on wells before the patch.  I am not sure if this is working as intended but 50% over 4 days should be close to 6 and not 2 unless you meant 50% less......

Re: Energy Wells

He said it might reduce the time.  I'd say ~3 day would be a good average of a constant drain.

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Re: Energy Wells

did you place it over a past-patch deposit?

due to some circumstances we haven't been able to test this on live server...

though, DEV Zoom already wrote in the patchnotes that the wells probably wont last as long as expected.

also - he wrote that the energy ammount was increased by 50%, but the area reduced by 50%. From my understanding of zooms usual way to write things - each tile contains now 1.5x times the energy then before, but tile-count of each deposit was cut in half.

1.5 * 0.5 = 0.75.

and previously, the collection rate of the energy well dropped over time, extending the time a deposit would last

clarification necessary

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Re: Energy Wells

Since the new settings only apply to new fields, it's also possible that you were still mining an old field.

Re: Energy Wells

Anni: we handle tile count and mineral amount separately, so when I say the amount per field is +50%, I mean that.

Re: Energy Wells

was possible.
the patchones also say that turrets wont shoot dirt anymore... which isn't true either.

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Ok I am unsure if that field was post or pre TBH, will put another down and check, most fields should be moved by Monday, so we should know by then for sure.

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Annihilator wrote:

was possible.
the patchones also say that turrets wont shoot dirt anymore... which isn't true either.

Really???

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Re: Energy Wells

Ok so, new field on Xiantor, I planted a hi-tech energy well at June 1 @ 750 hours.  It depleted on June 4 @ 5:39 hours.  That is less than 3 days for an energy well......this is not acceptable, these wells should be lasting 7 days IMHO.....We were getting 3-4 days before the patch so this 50% upgrade is definitely not working well.  Please increase these wells so they last 7 days.

Re: Energy Wells

Probably just need to restart the server before any patches take effect.

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Re: Energy Wells

As some posted before, the patch notes stated that this might happen. I think 7 days would be too much, but I'll try to target 4-5 days in the next update. Another 50% increase should do just that.

Re: Energy Wells

DEV Zoom wrote:

As some posted before, the patch notes stated that this might happen. I think 7 days would be too much, but I'll try to target 4-5 days in the next update. Another 50% increase should do just that.

One guy doing two hours work every 5 days to keep a full t3 base active seems reasonably balanced to you?

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Re: Energy Wells

Jita wrote:

One guy doing two hours work every 5 days to keep a full t3 base active seems reasonably balanced to you?

This mechanic wasn't meant as a nuisance, but to stop abandoned bases working indefinitely. If there is one maintenance guy, it's not abandoned. But obviously 1 guy won't do much against an attack.

Re: Energy Wells

DEV Zoom wrote:
Jita wrote:

One guy doing two hours work every 5 days to keep a full t3 base active seems reasonably balanced to you?

This mechanic wasn't meant as a nuisance, but to stop abandoned bases working indefinitely. If there is one maintenance guy, it's not abandoned. But obviously 1 guy won't do much against an attack.

Don't mind Jita Dev Zoom, he is just an angry man that does not play or pay into your game, he just trolls your forums because he has no life.  A 50% increase would be great thanks Dev Z.