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Re: How to see power leeching?

2014-03-30T01:48:43+02:00

That small number includes imports... that's the problem. I get this on Setons all the time... whenever I do something energy-hungry I get a few teammates whining they are short on energy.

Statistics: Posted by E8400-CV — 30 Mar 2014, 01:48

Re: How to see power leeching?

2014-03-29T13:38:09+02:00

The displayed info is all you need to know. the big number displayed is the net income of the resource. The numbers you should really be paying attention to are the little red and green ones beside it.

Statistics: Posted by Hawkei — 29 Mar 2014, 13:38

Re: How to see power leeching?

2014-03-29T02:06:46+02:00

Elikian wrote:
Hi all,

Excuse me if this is maybe a noobish question. But this is something I've been wondering for a while.

When a fellow player has a power excess and you have too little, his power will overflow to you. Filling your energy storage and keeping it full too.
However, I am not aware that that is happening. When suddenly the power influx stops, my full economy grinds to a halt because i didn't anticipate it and didn't build my own power.

I know decent players will probably be aware of this, and it shows I'm not good etc etc, but i wanted to know if there is somewhere i can see that the power I have is not my own? So that I can build an extra power plant already?

Thanks for any tips.

You should have game plans where you know what power is required to meet the needs of whatever you're making or have built. Maybe figure out how to get the resource generator acu upgrade early as that gives you a lot of power.

Statistics: Posted by Herbert — 29 Mar 2014, 02:06

Re: How to see power leeching?

2014-03-28T08:34:25+02:00

If you use ecomanager v3 it will stop your units automatically when you have not enough of energy to keep income always at maximum but this can lead to problems for not experienced players. I had the problem once that i was in battle with my acu and wanted to built a t2 aa gun to stop rushing t2 gunships. My acu was stopped automatically. Later i found out that with "/t 0" you stop the unit control of this mod. It is possible to reactivate it later with "t/ auto".

The advantage i see is you can see with this mod how much energy you need to reach full built power back so you can estimate really good how much is needed. It is not exactly what has been asked for in this thread but it helps the same way maybe even better. for watching ally status i can only advise as it was mentioned before to make a small storage template and give them to the people.

Statistics: Posted by Iszh — 28 Mar 2014, 08:34

Re: How to see power leeching?

2014-03-28T08:13:11+02:00

Usually everyone needs mass...

If you need energy however... that's a lot worse. With empty E storage and more spending than income, your mexes will bring in less mass.

Statistics: Posted by E8400-CV — 28 Mar 2014, 08:13

Re: How to see power leeching?

2014-03-28T06:55:30+02:00

^Mini workaround for the time being:

Build a e-store and a m-store for each ally and donate them.
Anytime you need to approx. their energy/mass you can look at the donated building (they change based of % of engery/mass).

Not the most useful, and it takes a lot of time... but it's the best option.

I really wish it was common to say how your eco is going or what would help. All to often I'll energy/mass stall and not say anything cause I don't wanna feel like a nub for desperately needing a mass boost. Instead I'll just ride out for like, 20 mins where I can't do anything as I'm SOL with mass. XD
(I now have an eco mod that prevents such prolonged stallage by showing you what is using your resources. So this doesn't happen now, but still.)

And I know I'm not the only person that does this stupid thing. Just ask for some help! Allies help! (They will always prefer a better shot at winning to you just twiddling your thumbs.)

Statistics: Posted by errorblankfield — 28 Mar 2014, 06:55

Re: How to see power leeching?

2014-03-27T23:09:31+02:00

I'd like a UI mod that shows the economies of all your allies.

Statistics: Posted by Mycen — 27 Mar 2014, 23:09

Re: How to see power leeching?

2014-03-26T21:58:42+02:00

need ui mod for that!

Statistics: Posted by ZLO_RD — 26 Mar 2014, 21:58

Re: How to see power leeching?

2014-03-26T18:18:48+02:00

Ok, thanks for the response guys. Can't believe I never saw that myself properly

Statistics: Posted by Elikian — 26 Mar 2014, 18:18

Re: How to see power leeching?

2014-03-26T18:14:10+02:00

Also, you can look at how the power production number fluctuates. If you have a steady number in your production bar you are making your own power. If it constantly shifts from zero or a negative to a positive number but you aren't power stalling, then you're leeching power from one of your allies.

Statistics: Posted by Mycen — 26 Mar 2014, 18:14

Re: How to see power leeching?

2014-03-26T18:02:06+02:00

If you have full power storage and you are leaching power from team mates it shows +0 or +1 next to power storage bar. When you are overflowing power it shows for example +1000

Statistics: Posted by Vault54 — 26 Mar 2014, 18:02

Re: How to see power leeching?

2014-03-26T16:58:07+02:00

Yea. I know i should be doing that better really. But fact is that i lose track with 100 engis randomly reclaiming everywhere and equal numbers assisting factories. Hence the question

Statistics: Posted by Elikian — 26 Mar 2014, 16:58

Re: How to see power leeching?

2014-03-26T16:07:13+02:00

Try to remember how much energy a t2 and a t3 power plant produce; this can help with a rough guesstimate of how much you produce yourself.

Statistics: Posted by Serafijn — 26 Mar 2014, 16:07

How to see power leeching?

2014-03-26T16:01:37+02:00

Hi all,

Excuse me if this is maybe a noobish question. But this is something I've been wondering for a while.

When a fellow player has a power excess and you have too little, his power will overflow to you. Filling your energy storage and keeping it full too.
However, I am not aware that that is happening. When suddenly the power influx stops, my full economy grinds to a halt because i didn't anticipate it and didn't build my own power.

I know decent players will probably be aware of this, and it shows I'm not good etc etc, but i wanted to know if there is somewhere i can see that the power I have is not my own? So that I can build an extra power plant already?

Thanks for any tips.

Statistics: Posted by Elikian — 26 Mar 2014, 16:01