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How to Area Reclaim Units?

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USrankEntropyEnjoyer
20 days ago
Is there a way to area reclaim units? I want to be able to mass reclaim puppies with fewer clicks. I found "Specific Unit Reclaimer" in the widget list that says it "Reclaims targeted unit types in an area" which would be perfect, but I can't figure out how to actually use it. Nothing in the settings seems relevant and I can't find any other info on the widget. Any help is appreciated.
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USrankTHAddeusIII
20 days ago
Try holding Ctrl when you make the area reclaim command, and be sure to start the click-drag on the unit.

Also I need to try that puppy reclamation strat, it seems it would make the pups could be more useful.
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USrankEntropyEnjoyer
20 days ago
Tried that and no. That lets you reclaim trees and other energy map features but not units.
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USrankEntropyEnjoyer
20 days ago
Actually tried it again and that did work. Not sure why I couldn't get it to work last time, but thank you.
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CArankGalamesh
20 days ago
You don't get 100% of the value from reclaiming things that aren't wrecks, so making puppies only to reclaim them is a terrible idea.
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USrankEntropyEnjoyer
20 days ago
You get only 80% of reclaim but puppies should be able to collect large amounts of debris much quicker than a few builders, so could be useful in situations where the reclaim is contested. Unless you're saying puppies replicating is less efficient than builders reclaiming.
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DErankAdminmojjj
19 days ago
(edited 19 days ago)
quote:
You don't get 100% of the value from reclaiming things that aren't wrecks, so making puppies only to reclaim them is a terrible idea.


but can your normie reclaim speed up expotentially, be storageless, walk away and go ballistic if needed? (not to mention be cloaked and lobbed and stuff. have you ever be attacklobbed by cloaked puppies, transienting between unit and projectile? then you know, the end is neigh.)
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NOrankAdminKingstad
19 days ago
Not sure I've even thought about doing this because for the longest time unit reclaim was 50%, 80% became a thing only a couple of years ago. I imagine the metal the puppies have accumulated that havent been enough to replicate also goes to waste though
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AUrankSmokeDragon
19 days ago
(edited 19 days ago)
oh i was so sure it was 60% reclaim and 40% lost but thats on wrecks on actual units i think your right
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USrankAdminSteel_Blue
18 days ago
The center of the area reclaim command is a point. If that point is underneath a unit, the context of the command can change. Sometimes you may find yourself accidentally reclaiming units, and that's because a unit moved to the circle center before you released the command. Sometimes you just issued the command over a unit accidentally.
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