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Gambrill:
Hey people, you've probably all seen me at one time o another filling up your chat logs or crew slots :)

As a main engie i've come to learn of a new trick that really helps keep my ships Armour in good nick.

all to many times i see engies rubber malleting something that could take 3 or 4 spanner hits. leaving a MASSIVE cooldown, i usually end up taking the long route of a spanner (if nothing else is damaged too badly) and when the enemy are trying to gatling the armour down. which keeps the armour roughly on par / slightly less than it was on before their barrage. at which point i'll rubber mallet at the end keeping our pretty ship still looking pretty :)

What are your thoughts on this?

Xemkobankavareniya:
Welcome to the basics of engineering, (: .

Piemanlives:

--- Quote from: Xemko on August 30, 2013, 02:35:25 am ---Welcome to the basics of engineering, lol.

--- End quote ---

I'm pretty sure the first law of engineering is "If you can't fix it, you aren't using a big enough hammer."

Also note, just because you figured out something doesn't mean everyone else did. General rule for just about everything.

N-Sunderland:
That's always been a popular way to lengthen armour uptime ever since the gat came to prominence. It makes a huge difference. You just have to be careful about the final spanner hit you make, since two seconds is long enough for you to miss the optimal mallet hit.

dragonmere:

My general introduction of spanner usage on hull to new engineers revolves around the "S" sound;
Spanner is used to rebuild the circle through spamming clicks. It has a short cooldown, gives you a small bar repair, so use it to sustain hull armor while taking hits.

The general rule on mallet is never over-heal the hull. Simple as that. If there isn't enough damage for an entire mallet repair, don't use it. Only use the mallet when you mean it.

Only other thing to mention is spamming the spanner during the mallet cooldown if you're the hull-only engineer. That way you can begin repair immediately if you happen to lose armor during the mallet cooldown.

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