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12 years ago
i think it would be nice if there was metal makers like to get them to work you would have to connect them to the energy grid and they would be like mexes overdrive.
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12 years ago
Couldn't you overdrive your mexes instead?
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12 years ago
ya but that only works up to a point
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12 years ago
these would be nice if you are backed up in a corner with 1,2 or 3 mexes and you need more metal.
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FIrankFFC
12 years ago
or make them need xx E to work?
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12 years ago
No.

There are some potential directions for new ways to get metal, but metal makers are madness.

Just overdrive your existing mexes. The ability to just build energy and makers is the core problem with BA's DSD game, and I don't want to ever see that terrible gameplay in ZK.
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12 years ago
maby you can just make it to where you can over drive mexes that aren't on metal spots.
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12 years ago
metal makers aren't in ZK for a reason, it forces you to expand rather then sit and porc in a corner liek a nub and tech2krogot as is seen so frequently in other mods
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12 years ago
Overdrive is a multiplier. Mexes on non-metal produce zero.

I think you can handle the math.
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12 years ago
The point of overdrive was to have economy growth with dimishing returns.

The idea is that
Agressive combat-driven territorial gameplay = fun
Economy-based stalemated campy gameplay = bad

Not everyone has the same tastes of course but this just happens to be the design.
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Skasi
12 years ago
> i think it would be nice if there was metal makers like to get them to work you would have to connect them to the energy grid and they would be like mexes overdrive.

Zomg, they already exist! Metal extractors make metal -> metal makers. You connect mexes to a grid and they overdrive, just like mexes, zomg!
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12 years ago
If you're on 3 mexes, you've lost. If you're trapped on 3 mexes the enemy will have way more mexes than you and thus can build more metal makers much faster than you ever could- and since this kind of growth is exponential, they'll be way ahead of you on the curve. Metal makers won't save you in this situation.

We want players to be able to invest in their economy, but eventually they're going to have to move out and fight for new territory. This is what overdrive does: It keeps territory important while still allowing economic investment. It's a war game, so you're going to have to fight for resources.
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12 years ago
1 mex makes 2.4 metal on most maps.
1 mex with 100% overdrive makes 4.8 metal on most maps.

BTW: there are already makers in ZK.
They are called constructors and make 0.2 metal/second.

If you could clone your com, you would get 2.4 metal per com.
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12 years ago
100% overdrive = 12 energy.
200% overdrive = 32 energy.
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