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Post by Cory Trese on Jul 7, 2013 14:16:31 GMT -5
General strategy is to have W/F at all times to power the ship's reactor.
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Luxury Rations can be used to soften morale loss, which is a unique capability.
It is intended as insurance against large swings in W/F consumption.
The consumption curve for some ships run between 2.5 and 11.5 based on ship condition and Crew.
With a ship like that, L/R provide a valuable insurance policy to protect against the upper end of the curve.
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Post by slayernz on Jul 7, 2013 20:06:10 GMT -5
Think of Luxury Rations as a bribe of sorts. IF you run out of WF, you'll need to bribe your crew to do stupid crazy things. The Luxury Rations will NOT help fuel your ship any more than liquifying your crew can (and believe me, I've tried all sorts of crew conversion methods).
Every AU that you travel without fuel will result in your crew having to crawl around outside to find ice crystals. Not all of them will make it back inside (such a waste of good blood liquid ... and space suits). Without the luxury rations, the crew would get rather depressed about the notion of having to do their EVA and might actually notice that you're not donning the suit like the rest of them.
Do you consume luxury rations when you still have WF? Hell no, you don't waste good stuff on your crew while there is still food generation using the Flint Lockwood Diatonic Super Mutating Dynamic Food Replicator (or FLDSMDFR for short).
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Post by 4BIN4D3R on Jul 7, 2013 20:31:24 GMT -5
but luxury rations take up room in the cargo hold just like water-fuel. Wouldn't it be wiser just to carry more water-fuel?
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Post by Deleted on Jul 7, 2013 21:08:54 GMT -5
So i should have all water-fuel unless im dealing in luxury rations for trade? Having luxury rations is just a good that CAN be used as a fuel source but not very well You should have mostly water fuel and a few rations for emergency in case you run out of water. But try not to run out. |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 7, 2013 21:12:50 GMT -5
General strategy is to have W/F at all times to power the ship's reactor. ---- Luxury Rations can be used to soften morale loss, which is a unique capability. It is intended as insurance against large swings in W/F consumption. The consumption curve for some ships run between 2.5 and 11.5 based on ship condition and Crew. With a ship like that, L/R provide a valuable insurance policy to protect against the upper end of the curve. 11.5?! Are we talking about xeno ships now or when your pilot is in the negative numbers? |
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Post by 4BIN4D3R on Jul 7, 2013 22:46:49 GMT -5
i think he means if your sails are shot and your engines are at 1 and your in deepspace?
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Post by Fenikso on Jul 8, 2013 5:39:31 GMT -5
Interesting thread. I usually do not carry Luxury Rations on Impossible. I find the extra few units of W-F more useful.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 10, 2013 21:31:16 GMT -5
Interesting thread. I usually do not carry Luxury Rations on Impossible. I find the extra few units of W-F more useful. It depends on a lot of things, like time, ship and pilot. If your a zealot and have a fuel monster like an omega cruiser and your pilot isn't that high, you can easily be spending over 3 wf units with damaged sails over red sectors. In that instance, a few rations might be good. Later, when your pilot is high enough to make your fuel consumption under 1, rations become obsolete. And then there's preference: Some players like using rations, some don't. But one of the reasons zealots have a discount for rations is because they have the really big crews and hulls that are fuel devourers and they like to focus on keeping morale high and hence would have more use for rations early in the game. Then again, I never use rations even when I'm a zealot. There are pros and cons for luxury rations, just like anything else in ST. |
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Post by athios on Jul 14, 2013 15:47:57 GMT -5
You will notice it's usefulness change throughout your game. Just check the fuel consumption rate on your ship stats every once in a while (e.g. every 10 levels, or when change ships/upgrades). If your Luxuries rate about the same or lower than your red sector W-F rate, then it's a good backup. If it's higher, then don't bother.
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Post by 4BIN4D3R on Jul 14, 2013 16:01:57 GMT -5
The only thing about that is that your guideline is only valid for a fully repaired ship. If you just took a lot of damage in a battle (hull and character) having those 3 or 4 luxury rations can make the difference between death by mutiny or making it to a friendly planet.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 18, 2013 6:48:11 GMT -5
The only thing about that is that your guideline is only valid for a fully repaired ship. If you just took a lot of damage in a battle (hull and character) having those 3 or 4 luxury rations can make the difference between death by mutiny or making it to a friendly planet. or if you have a bunch of deep-space and solar accidents during deep-space travel. They can deal quite a bit of damage to your sails. |
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