scientas Posted March 17, 2017 Share Posted March 17, 2017 With base upkeep, repair and whatnot being huge parts of the game my idea would be to add a maintenance tree to the research for drone creation. Novice Station > Drone Hub Maintenance > Sweeper - small drone that sweeps and deposits into storage lockers Intermediate Maintenance > Custodial - small drone that mops and cleans toilets Maintenance > Repair - small drone that delivers materials for repair and performs repairs In order not to make drones OP and replace dupes, there would have to be serious drawbacks to getting them up and running. 1. Large power requirement - these would be advanced tech and would require extra power 2. High material requirement - would use advanced materials like gold amalgam that can't be mined immediately 3. Contamination - would pump in contaminated oxygen as they work 4. Temperature - drones in the are would raise the temperature as they would run a little hot 5. Interrupted sleep - if drones are in the same vicinity, the noise will wake everyone up (like a loud sleeper) Pros - ability to work around the clock as long as they are charged, ability to automate jobs that occupy our dupes (sweeping, repairing, cleaning toilet) Cons - Expensive, hot, noisy power drains Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/76276-maintenance-tree/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexRou Posted March 17, 2017 Share Posted March 17, 2017 I've played factorio where there are drones and it just makes the player lazy and build buildings anywhere in what ever configuration and just let the drones handle everything. Even with what you propose to "balance" it, nothing is really stopping someone from making a vacuumed insulated room for one dupe with food and have the drones collect coal from hatches and feed coal generators. Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/76276-maintenance-tree/#findComment-885609 Share on other sites More sharing options...
scientas Posted March 17, 2017 Author Share Posted March 17, 2017 3 minutes ago, AlexRou said: I've played factorio where there are drones and it just makes the player lazy and build buildings anywhere in what ever configuration and just let the drones handle everything. Even with what you propose to "balance" it, nothing is really stopping someone from making a vacuumed insulated room for one dupe with food and have the drones collect coal from hatches and feed coal generators. Yeah that's why I didn't suggest drones that could feed machines. By limiting it to storage, toilets, sweeps and repairs it means dupes still have to do all the real work. Just not the repetitive things that are the biggest dupe time drains. Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/76276-maintenance-tree/#findComment-885614 Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexRou Posted March 17, 2017 Share Posted March 17, 2017 Just now, scientas said: Yeah that's why I didn't suggest drones that could feed machines. By limiting it to storage, toilets, sweeps and repairs it means dupes still have to do all the real work. Just not the repetitive things that are the biggest dupe time drains. It still doesn't help much, you can still have that one sealed room with one dupe feeding the generators and do nothing at all. Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/76276-maintenance-tree/#findComment-885615 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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