0026233: Engineer upgrades not consistent

ID	Project	Category		Date Submitted	Last Update

0026233	AI War 2	Gameplay Issue		Feb 2, 2022 4:04 pm	Feb 4, 2022 5:21 pm

Reporter	Tuntematon	Assigned To	Chris_McElligottPark
Status	closed	Resolution	no change required
Product Version	Beta 3.791 Network Defragmentation

Summary	0026233: Engineer upgrades not consistent
Description	Leveling up citadel will upgrade interplanetary engineers, but leveling up combat factory wont upgrade combat engineers. Is this by desing?
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CRCGamer Feb 2, 2022 4:17 pm developer ~0064061	Citadels are effectively a quasi-planetary fleet where the control piece is the citadel or battlestation instead of a command station. Direct upgrading them upgrades all their attached supports and defensive structures. Planetary fleets also have the same behavior of direct upgrading the command station will also level that system's engineers up. Combat Factories are not in that category. Upgrading them is only that unit plus its drones much like other fleet command units plus the fact you can actually assign regular fleet assets into a combat factory fleet. Consequently direct upgrades for stuff like Combat Factories are also significantly cheaper because it only is for itself. Basically science cost of getting a Combat Factory to Mk4 is 600 and a Citadel to Mk4 is 4500 or 6000 depending on HA or Expert mode. It is a massive difference. Meanwhile giving cloaking to all your engineers no matter where they are is only 2500 in HA or 4000 in Expert. The tech is global and there for a reason. Same reasoning behind how the sentry frigates of Combat Factories are linked to station keeping tech.

Date Modified	Username	Field	Change
Feb 2, 2022 4:04 pm	Tuntematon	New Issue
Feb 2, 2022 4:17 pm	CRCGamer	Note Added: 0064061
Feb 4, 2022 5:21 pm	Chris_McElligottPark	Assigned To	=> Chris_McElligottPark
Feb 4, 2022 5:21 pm	Chris_McElligottPark	Status	new => closed
Feb 4, 2022 5:21 pm	Chris_McElligottPark	Resolution	open => no change required