Auto repair for repair ships

posted on October 7th, 2009, 4:14 am

I really like the Federations repair ships but in large battles or even medium sized battles its almost impossible to really try to save a ship that is taking hull damage. I wish there was a way to set them for auto repair in the middle of a battle instead of just having them there and not doing anything because you are busy with more important things in the battle.

This might have already been brought up but its a feature I would really like to see in the game. It would make repair ships actually worth something especially in end game. 

[Anonymous]

posted on October 7th, 2009, 4:53 am

Last edited by Anonymous on October 7th, 2009, 5:06 am, edited 1 time in total.

You can do this by setting their special ability and movement autonomy to high.  Then if they're relatively close to a vessel they will try and repair it automatically.  The AI picks the ship with the lowest defensive value to attack, so you may want to watch them so they aren't destroyed themselves when they move in to help.

Edit:  A few things that would be helpful with repair ships as well.  Set their alert status to green so they don't go off and attack something and get themselves killed, and you can keep them in a seperate group and use the guard command to have them follow one of the ships in your main fleet.

posted on October 7th, 2009, 6:49 am

Oh really? I didnt even think to try that...crazy. Thanks man.