Expensive E buildings less efficient than cheaper ones?

Have to agree with this. Only situation where you make fusions is when you dont have much space which pretty much never happens. I think its good if its slightly cheaper than windgen due to the vulnerability to for instance bombers.

Geo's should be the cheapest way to get energy so those spots stay high value targets to fight over.

The fluctuation is critical, because overdrive becomes less efficient as overdrive increases, so your actual overdrive metal income is less than you would get when considering just the average.

It is true that fusions are best for their space efficiency, which means they can be nano'd quickly. I usually make a fusion when I get a burst of large income from reclaim. Fusions being a great source of energy however seems to be a widely held misconception.

I have a new idea how to solve this for more efficient fusions :)



--- Changes to avoid wind/solar chains and let wind take more space / more chain explode ---

If any wind generator has others next to it, it should get a disadvantage - I think about 5%
=> 4 wind next to it means: -20% output

The solar should be 50% more expensive ( 100 metal ) and change the output to 125% ( 2.5 ) + faster closing.

A advanced solar should cost 300 metal and makes 8 energy and a visible small wall around it.
* Area damage should be calculated as to be a bit more far from it
* Damage from ground units should be nerfed by it's additional ground armor around itself.
* I think we can safely reduce the damage by 10%

Wind and solar chains are less efficient now - exspecially if we give them a lower radius to connect the grids less efficient.



--- Changes to let ppls use pylons more than now ---

Energy pylons should be connected to the "global grid".

High energy weapons like DoomsdayMachine, Annihilator and Bemoth should additionally need
* 10% of it's build costs at grid capacity
* Storage in range of a pylon ( to add 500 capacity each )
* one Pylon connected
* Substract capacity from grid ( you will need a part of the second storage for Bertha or 2 bemoths )

Add units witch need energy to fire:
* BigBertha

* fire faster if they have more power connected ( overdrive like mexes - up to 200% )
* Annihilators should get a laser pulse like Starlight after half the time it attacks.#
* * summary of damage to a single target should remain the same.

Im sorry Ion...but no. Winds are already disadvantaged enough, and such a change to solars would only hamper starts, and wouldn't change chaining behavior since the big advantage over wind is OD radius and durability(least in my opinion).

As for the advance solar, to me it would reduce the usefulness of Fusions, since you could probably get as much energy in not to much larger for a footprint(not to mention possible better durability from what you said).

As for the super weapon preqreqs, while I agree that the Bertha should require some sort of grid E to fire in line with the others, the other items just seem like unnessary complications.

In the end, I have to agree with Google, there isn't supposed to be a tech progression, each structure should have their own advantages and disadvantages. A fusions biggest advantage is size efficency with a good OD range that can easily be connected to the greater grid, and in the end, it does that very well.

Dude, fusions come with a big pylon. Gridding your base with windgens may be efficient, but it also means you're made of paper.

Because the "global grid" is worldwide.

If you have one "Energy Pylon" at one side of the map and another one on the other side they are connected !

To share with your allies you need a pylon next to them.

A pylon costs about 200 metal - that's too much for the early game, and too much if you can build a fusion instead too.

Also they have only low HP and are explosive.

That's too much disadvantage in my point of view.

( Build 3 solars instead and you have done a better job )

if you want a building only for elevation issues than make more maps with difficult elevation.

But thx for pathing issues :P

Maybe you have also to terraform for even this small building ...

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I suggest a pylon to pylon connection with a much larger radius ( like shields ) with a smaller radius for direct connection and only 100 costs.

Fusions should also serve only this kind of connection.

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Or give it at least as much HPs / Armour as Razor's kiss :D

You are happy to build bombs in your base?

Or do you hope that more than 3 Glaives die through it every time?

The Energy Pylon is a good defense structure if you can't damage the terrain ;)