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Fuel Pods are they worth it?

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talon:
I've been going over the topics on aerial combat and the point was made that the fuel pods are useless

fuel pods slow craft down= more time in the air= burn more fuel
+ possibility of being too slow to catch ufo before tracking lost
+plus takes longer to refuel

Stiletto with fuel pods are just to slow unless the ufo is flying towards you base

My sacarens ten to have either ecm+ armour for the decoy or target computers for the heavy hitters

In my old game 2.1 by firebird had fuel pods which gave it greater range but it was very slow and also took long time to refuel

maybe 1 fuel pod would not slow the aircraft too much

Could we decrease the time it takes to refuel.
A top of the line military base would have high performance fuel pumps
It would not take hours to refuel a craft 

what are your views?

Do fuel pods need to be fixed?

talon:
that reminds me could we possibly start with 2 stilletos instead of one
yes old x-com player i know
but one just is not enough especially on the higher difficulty ,

 you have to imedately build a hangar to start working towards getting a second
It just seems like a waste of time and resources

Edi:

--- Quote from: talon on May 31, 2010, 02:35:23 pm ---that reminds me could we possibly start with 2 stilletos instead of one
yes old x-com player i know
but one just is not enough especially on the higher difficulty ,

 you have to imedately build a hangar to start working towards getting a second
It just seems like a waste of time and resources

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You can start with two hangars if you choose to start with no buildings. You have more money and in the initial build screen, all buildings you build are instantly complete, so you can get that second hangar. Just remember to leave enough money to buy vehicles, weapons and equipment. That way you can start with two interceptors, though you'll be really short of money at first.

Oh, and fuel pods in the 2.3/2.4 version are useless.

keybounce:

--- Quote from: Edi on May 31, 2010, 03:00:01 pm ---and in the initial build screen, all buildings you build are instantly complete
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THAT sounds like something that should be emphasized. I thought "Don't start with buildings" was a way to make the game much harder -- you start with just an entrance and have to build everything over time.

Edi:

--- Quote from: keybounce on May 31, 2010, 07:23:21 pm ---THAT sounds like something that should be emphasized. I thought "Don't start with buildings" was a way to make the game much harder -- you start with just an entrance and have to build everything over time.

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I thought so too at first, but then decided to test it just for the hell of it. Never going back to the prebuilt base again.

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