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I'm pretty impressed with the medium mineral harvesters you guys can crank out. But I've gotta wonder - how huge are the larges? I've never seen one. It's gotta be truly impressive.

Ive seen a deep crust chemical extractor and it was pretty cool, about4 or5 times the size of the small chem extractors. I dont think I have seen any other kinds of large harvs.......Regarding large harvestors, I have an architect friend who is curious how many lots they take up and how do they compare with mediums. (Maintenance costs, power useage, extraction rate, etc). If anyone has any information please let us know!

Thanks

Mac

Bloodfin- Corran H.

The large mineral harvesters are similar to the medium mineral.. except the base is actually smaller, and it has 2 pistons instead of 1. They pull 7 kg/hr over the mediums 4k/g hr... and run more efficiently. They're basically 1.74 times more efficient than their medium counterparts.

All havestors take up 1 lot. All of them(at least the ones I've tried) don't take any more room on the ground than a Medium Mineral.

Maintenance cost for a Heavy is 3 times a personal. So about 2250 or so a day I think. Havest rate is 7 instead of 2 and 4.

Havest rate on a Fusion plant is 13, Solar is 8, Wind is 5. I haven't build a Fusion plant yet, but solar and wind are the same price to run(1500ish a day) so Fusion might be the same.

Fusion is only 720 a day (half of wind or solar)

Fusions rule...if you can get your hands on one, you will be able to take care of all of your power needs.

Fusion has a maint rate of 30. Which makes them the same as solar and medium harvesters.

But, that is still great compared to the resources they bring in. I am in the process of switching my solar harvesters over to fusion.

That doesnt make ay sense. Fusion rate is what?

Wind is 5kg/hr

Solar is 8 kg/hr

Fusion run with 13kg/h

i have one

Fusion is 13Kg/Hr (if memory serves). I placed two of them. I wont be having any power shortages, at least unitl the radioactives move. =)

Maint on them is 30. Certainly the most efficient of the power generators. The cost of large harvesters seems a little high for both power and maint. I think the gas extractor I placed was 45cr and power was 75. (again numbers are from memory and could be off).

I love the large harvesters, I just hate the cost to move them every week.

I like the discussion on the differences between the types of power generators (I currently only got 2 wind generators.) Is there a web page someplace that list all the different types of structures and there dailey maint and power needs? Also the output from the different harvestors.

Thanks