Oil Derricks on Water Bodies

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Oil Derricks on Water Bodies

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This idea was the outcome of a few members thoughts,

Roux Le Corps suggested structures that could be built on water surfaces
j0shdrunk0nwar wrote:If we have oil derricks at sea, we have something for naval units to fight over..
Emdek wrote:Yeah, having power resources placed in the middle of water would be good point for having naval units at all.
Of course this is only possible with Naval Units, or Trucks with Hoverboards (this one's already available, no?)
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Re: Oil Derricks on Water Bodies

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Or:
Emdek wrote:Those could be also harvested by special units that would behave like regular oil derricks except that being mobile (could be moved away in case of attack - avoid burning oil problem) but that would be a bit complex (especially if it could for example harvest only 1000 power units and then carry it like tanker to power generator in harbor).
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Re: Oil Derricks on Water Bodies

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I really liked that part, but as you mentioned, little too complex. However, if developers think it's easy, then I'm game ;)
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Well, in that simpler version (without carrying oil) it should be much simpler to achieve (currently oil don't need to be transported to generator, but maybe there should be at least specified maximum distance between derrick and generator).
But mobile derricks would be make much more sense (also for land) if there would be used concept of oil resources that have limited oil amount to extract.
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Re: Oil Derricks on Water Bodies

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Emdek wrote:Well, in that simpler version (without carrying oil) it should be much simpler to achieve (currently oil don't need to be transported to generator, but maybe there should be at least specified maximum distance between derrick and generator).
But mobile derricks would be make much more sense (also for land) if there would be used concept of oil resources that have limited oil amount to extract.

Yes, more interesting gameplay, agreed. I wonder what Zarel would say :wink:
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