Architect Archive

I am a little more then a casual gamer and a little less the a hardcore gamer. My friends play horus more then me..but I am running just behind them.

I have a question.

I am at level III engineering and IV surveying, I just placed a wind harvester and a mine that is working on copper. Four hours later the both were down and needed almost 4000 credits to repair. I put in the effort and ran some missions (solo) and paid them off. But i really would have rather been building. It seems to be a catch twenty-two...if i spend my time building i don't have money to pay for maintainence...if i do missions i don't have time to find resources to build.

Are there any tips/ideas on how I can progress toward master architect while still getting money?

I have tried selling the weapons and other idems i make but it just doesn't seem to bring in enough capital.

When you place them put 725 credits, and 700 power in each one, that will run for 1 day. You should NEVER pay more than 500 credits to repair them if they are down. Just remove and re-build them.

Maintanance is paid in advance.

DO make a harvester for a resource that is sellable such as low grade ore or steel. Then you can sell what you don't need and cover your maintenance costs.

Ah Sirskater,

You are obviously unaware of the new patch! I am surprised, sinceit is not only on the Launchpad, but all over this messageboard.

The latest patch got rid of the "harvester destroy" exploit. All maintenance must be paid in advance now. Your harvesters MUST be kept at 100% effectiveness or it will not perform, thus making it useless to destroy your harvester.

Good luck and Keep Diggin'!