Decrease build time of Air units made by experimental carrie

[stimpack88]

On the UEF experimental... I noticed the build times for air out of the carrier/sub are pretty horrendous for an experimental. It should be pumping them out constantly at a decent clip less then 10 seconds build per unit for all air. Since you already spent all that time building the damn sub it should be an air superiority machine.

[FunkOff]

It takes an Atlantis 12.5 seconds to build an ASF.

[IceDreamer]

And considerably longer to build anything else. The man is right. They build at an impressive rate, but if you actually look in-game, it is almost never enough to be worth using them to do so when at that point a factory can pump out a Strategic Bomber every 8 seconds.

[stimpack88]

Then it should be even less. It should produce faster then aided factories. 1-2sec/unit.

[IceDreamer]

I would possibly support that, but bear in mind that such incredibly production speeds mean a VERY large resource/s drain.

[FunkOff]

I would possibly support that, but bear in mind that such incredibly production speeds mean a VERY large resource/s drain.

Indeed.

Bear in mind the following statistics: Producing an ASF in 1 second means that the Atlantis uses -400 mass and -40,000 energy.

Further, to do so would require a build power of 4000. With that much build power, it would have one build power for every 3 mass cost, making it more than 3 times as efficient at building than tech 1 engineers.

[IceDreamer]

Frankly Funk at this point the efficiency numbers are in the wind: Who cares how it compares per mass to building Engineers? At that stage in the game, and in this situation, nobody.

Personally, I think a good balance would be an ASF every 5 seconds. Funk, can you do the numbers for this? I am too tired and heading for bed.

Also we might want to consider the alternative: Instead of speeding up production, it is not difficult for the Atlantis to have a built in cost reduction. So even if it takes longer to build them, if they are built at an 80% cost reduction that is a significant advantage over time...

[FunkOff]

it is not difficult for the Atlantis to have a built in cost reduction.

How do you do it then?

[FlyingNorwegian]

did i just read a post where someone suggested t3 planes to basically be free?

[stimpack88]

did i just read a post where someone suggested t3 planes to basically be free?

Note the context: T3 planes coming from an experimental unit you sunk time and resources into that can do nothing else then build air units.

It's a matter of being useful in the context of other options. i.e. why would you build the experimental instead of just having air factories, whats the benefit/cost ratio.