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    Why do unfinished buildings degrade with time?

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    • ? Offline
      A Former User
      last edited by

      For me, it just adds a bit of frustration. Was there any other purpose of this "feature"?

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      • ThomasHiattT Offline
        ThomasHiatt
        last edited by

        Probably to discourage their use as mass storage. The more important reason is that otherwise your ACU gets blocked by 0.01% completed factories or AA turrets and you get cancer, it's already too toxic with the current decay rate.

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          Blade_Walker
          last edited by

          I think much more so the latter than the former. The decay rate is so slow that the amount of mass (or energy) you lose per tick is very low compared to that stored for a nearly complete building.

          For example an unfinished T1 air factory can actually store quite a bit of energy to help get a gun upgrade sooner for example.

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          • arma473A Offline
            arma473
            last edited by

            People have an emotional reaction to anything being taken away from them, even if it is at a negligible rate. It creates a sense of urgency and makes the situation seem more dynamic than it really is.

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