Conductive heavy Watt wire VS normal heavy watt wire

[ChickenMadness]

Is there any useful difference?

The descriptions say 20kw maximum for both of them.

Only difference is conductive version having a smaller decor debuff as far as I can see.

Also what effect does +50% decor have on -20 decor. Does it make it -10 decor?

Mathematically it would be -30 but I doubt the game does that since it would be silly.

-20 + ( 50% of -20) = -30


(actually it might be -10 or +30 in the end. Not used my brain for maths since highschool Alevels lol.)

[impyre]

decor is the biggest difference, that and heavi-watt can use un-refined metal whereas heavy conductive cannot. They can both be constructed with steel though.

[ChickenMadness]

Just now, impyre said:

decor is the biggest difference, that and heavi-watt can use un-refined metal whereas heavy conductive cannot

have you tested what the +50% decor bonus from gold does? (editted it into my OP after you commented)

 

[Lilalaunekuh]

Let´s call the "conductive heavy watt wire":

Pretty heavy watt wire

The only difference is decor, with the biggest impact beeing the reduced range effected by each wire segment.

[impyre]

Heavy conductive gets the bonus from refined gold.

Above, the left-most wire piece is heavy conductive made of refined gold, the middle is heavy conductive copper, and the right is heavi-watt.

Heavi-watt gets no bonuses.

So a single straight run gives the following decor debuffs:

-135 for heavi-watt of any material

-64 for heavy conductive copper

-40 for heavy conductive gold

as shown above, with some decor heavy conductive gold can even be made to be above 0.

[Tonyroid]

On 12/24/2018 at 1:11 AM, ChickenMadness said:

Is there any useful difference?

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Late in the game metal ore becomes scarce and refined metal gets abundant. So, yes, it's extremely useful. Also, don't get too trigger happy on refining your metals.