Warp Point Opening - how to measure distance?

[freduk]

quite unfair IMO, does it also fix emergency resupply?? that would truly be an exploit.

Another offtopic thing: engines use 10 supply per movement, so 6 ion engines use 360 supply. Does bonus also need supply, like solair sail 3 on top of 6 ione engines would use 9x60= 540 supply???

[Phoenix-D]

No, bonus doesn't need supply. And the spaceyard thing is hardly an exploit.

[spoon]

I dunno, sounds kind of exploitish to me. Getting 5 extra movement every turn out of a 10k component, but only if you are willing to do all that micromanagement.

[Phoenix-D]

No, you're getting 5 extra movement out of a 10kt component AND a 400kt shipyard. Sure, you can repair more than one, but a shipyard can only repair so many, especially if you've dropped your repair characteristic. Then you need more space yard ships. Which means you need at least BCs, because a Cruiser isn't going to have enough space for the shipyard, engine, and pod.

[Roanon]

Originally posted by freduk:
Another offtopic thing: engines use 10 supply per movement, so 6 ion engines use 360 supply. Does bonus also need supply, like solair sail 3 on top of 6 ione engines would use 9x60= 540 supply???

Correct. Every space moved costs 10 supply / engine, regardless if standard movement, bonus movement, or solar sail movement. If you are out of supplies the ship will move only 1 space, even with solar sails.

[spoon]

Originally posted by Phoenix-D:
No, you're getting 5 extra movement out of a 10kt component AND a 400kt shipyard.

No, the 400kt shipyard isn't on your ship, it's just somewhere in your fleet. Just because you have to wait for the mid-late game doesn't make it less of an exploit... I mean, who builds a late-game death-fleet without a SY and a gajillion repair ability???

[Phoenix-D]

The SY ship needs the component too, which means you can support a maximum of four other ships per space yard ship. Not exactly a potent force, and I challenge you to find -anyone- who deploys main combat fleets that are 20% SYS.