@ftxcommando Higher tech engineers got buffed in January this year, the one that also buffed Sparkies a bit.
Possible to prevent engies blocking construction?
You have 100 t1 engineers because you made t1 engineers to reclaim and scale up, now that they’re done they assist factories in building things or get used on the frontline to reclaim new battlefields.
Okay okay, so it's a "because they are there", not a "because they are better".
To zoom back out to the main topic, is there an issue with the current choice being:
- Manage/live with an excessive number of t1 engineers
- Reclaim the t1 engineers and replace them with something more compact
@slicknixon I don't think there's an issue, no.
What is it about this situation that you suspect might be an issue?
Thread title. Wanted to establish if the problem is or isn't actually problem before any wacky adventures to prevent it from happening (like being able to build over t1 engineers) are embarked on.
That will never be a solution for the sheer fact you make any 1 tank raid on engies obsolete since they will just build a factory on top of themselves.
The only issue I have is that it still seems to take ages before engies (or other units) that are blocking a build site start to move, or they don't move far enough. Air units are also horrible about this and love to just repeatedly hover and land on a build site. I'm guessing this is just in-engine behavior though.
@redx There's a small trick you can do here if there's still a delay after the engies seem to be out of the way. Hold shift, click the icon of the building they're supposed to be building and drag it slightly like you're going to move it, but just put it back right where it was. Even without ever actually moving the building it resets their build order and they'll build right away if there's actually space.
That + manually moving units out of the way is how you make this better.
@redx I always just remind myself that engineering stations exist for the sole purpose of avoiding the clumsy nature of engineers!
With that in mind, I treat engineer micro with the same respect a player would treat combat micro. Mastering badass engineer micro for macro wins! 