Hull buffing effect and increased rebuild time

[Schwerbelastung]

Hey there,

buffing or not buffing the hull of a ship sometimes causes arguments. Sometimes the pilot is screaming "don't buff the hull", especially on a squid, sometimes followed by a player (who may or may not be high level) asking "what, why?". The reason, of course, is that buffing a ship's hull not only increases its armor value by 30% but also increases its rebuild time.

Since a lot of players don't know about this mechanic, I've decided to film a little video showing this in action. As the video quite clearly shows how the mechanic is working, this thread can mainly be used to discuss whether or not this is a mechanic that should be in the game for balance purposes, and the thread's primary aim (from my point of view) is to raise awareness since I've met a lot of players, both low and high level, who aren't aware of this mechanic.

Cheers,

Schwerbelastung

http://youtu.be/aG3LIaOo_8Y

[Captain Smollett]

Definitely played a ton of games before I knew this worked like this.  I do think it should remain in the game but is a great candidate for material added to the new tutorial.

[JaegerDelta]

yeah, alot of people dont know that downside of the hull buff. i certainly agree it should be in the tutorial.

i had a greater point to make here but i stopped after those frist two sentences, made a few drinks, discovered this in my open tabs, and now i cant for the life of me remember what it was so yeah. tutorial material. do it.

[Frazzledragon]

Huh, I only found out about this yesterday, just tested it myself and it's true.

I believe rebuild time should always be the same. You are already giving up a fire extinguisher or another tool if you pick up buff, you shouldn't be punished with increased rebuild times too. That seems just unfair.

[ramjamslam]

This will likely be fixed in the next patch (1.3.6) according to the list of bug fixes present in the dev app.

[Mod Josie]

Schwer, your empirical conclusion is probably about right - but as Ramjam said, this has been looked over. Hopefully the days of this being an annoyance are over. Buffing the hull is going to become a lot more useful