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Thread: Power Consumption Rate....
Personally, I think that at 1200 credits/day, the extractors shouldn't NEED power at all. At that rate, you're spending enough to have them run with a self-powered generator.
Still, if you can't keep them up with enough power, build another wind generator. It's about the only thing you can do.
One thing I do not understand about the power consumption is the time it shows that you have left. It seems to show in minutes (00:33) but lasts for quite some time. Is there any method to this madness?
My wind generator seems to put out more than enough power for my 2 harvestors, but that't only 2, and the Gen is sitting at a 57% wind current.
Zim / Kauri / Naboo
I've done some experiments which suggest that 0:33 really means 33 hours, not 33 minutes.
Also, the maintenance rate is pretty clearly "rate per half hour", but the power consumption keeps changing for me. I've tested this and some harvesters run at "rate per half hour" while others run at "rate per hour". What's really strange is that sometimes, the *same* harvester changes when I logout and come back to the game the next day.
Has anyone else witness strange behavior like this? I can't tell whether there's a bug here or if the power consumption formula is more complicated than maintenance.
Perhaps we can convince a dev to comment on this?
-SierraBravo
Ah, I see. Thanks for clarifying that SierraBravo! I haven't seen anything strange with the maintence rates changing and whatnot on either of my Ore harvestors or Win Generator. I have been keeping logs of everything since I was losing a good amount of credits toward the end of last week. I'll post a follow up if I see anything strange.
Zim / Kauri / Naboo
if you seriously cant keep up, you need to move your wind power gen to an location with more wind.
I have one running, and though it does eat up a lot of money, it puts out more than enough power to make up for it, I have plenty left over to sell on auction, and I get great money for it, enough to keep the gen running for days.
dont go making too many mineral extractors, pace yourself.. I use only one, I put it in a location where I can get pretty much any type of mineral I need, and about every two days I change whats its harvesting.
I did not bother with a flora farm because its no big deal for me to gather all I need..
Yeah, it's not the maintenance rates; they've been stable for weeks. It's the power consumption that I haven't quite figured out yet.
-SierraBravo