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SVoyager
Midshipman
Joined: June 17, 2006
Posts: 2
|  Posted: 2013-11-17 18:42
<--- oh my 2006, long time!
Hi, I received an interesting email lately, something saying darkspace and 1.7 !
My first reaction was "holy sh*t this game is still running, awesome!!". So here I am trying to see what changed. I am at work atm so can't jump in game right away.
I was someone that liked to get a supply ship (don't know if they were called supply ship. The ship that repaired and refueled others) and absolutely loved just standing a bit behind the front lines and repairing whoever was jumping in so that he would get back in the action asap.
I always liked these kind of roles in games, one more example was the game planetside, I spent endless hours with them flying bricks (damn forgot the name but its the repair ship), you land and ppl would pull up next to the ship and you would jump out and help repair. While some might find that boring, me I was getting all the fun from something as simple as that!
Is this role still in the game and still as useful as it was? I would love to jump in again and have some fun repairing stuff!
[ This Message was edited by: SVoyager on 2013-11-17 18:44 ]
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Orkan [OO-XII]
Grand Admiral
The Myrmidon Legion
Joined: April 22, 2010
Posts: 201
From: A Point Perfectly Computed Yet Never Repeating
| Posted: 2013-11-17 19:04
It sure is.
That's one of the nice things in life where someone assumes their role and is completely satisfied with it. It's not all combat you know, there is plenty to be said for supply, construction, e-war and Point Defense roles. It's great to hear that you have such a great fondness for the role. Everybody appreciates having a skilled supply pilot on hand. : )
Welcome back to DS.
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Ignorance
Grand Admiral
Joined: October 27, 2012
Posts: 85
| Posted: 2013-11-17 20:51
I love planetside and planetside 2.
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0stego
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United Armed Corps
Joined: October 04, 2008
Posts: 153
From: Sol System, Earth, Canada, AB.
| Posted: 2013-11-18 12:11
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On 2013-11-17 20:51, Ignorance[Helper] wrote:
I love planetside and planetside 2.
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Good for you, here's a cookie....
Back to the topic at hand.. Yes there is still supply ships just not many people flying them that I have noticed but its hard to watch the battle when your building planets. 
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Achilles Lord of the Myrmidon
Grand Admiral
The Myrmidon Legion
Joined: December 15, 2009
Posts: 327
| Posted: 2013-11-18 12:18
Indeed many fleets are looking for people to assume those rolse. Depending on who you fly with (ICC, UGTO, K'Luth) the roles is needed more or less.
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SVoyager
Midshipman
Joined: June 17, 2006
Posts: 2
| Posted: 2013-11-18 13:42
Great to know, thanks! Yeah I was ICC at the time, mostly because I liked the design of the ships. I have no idea how the factions evolved since but I guess I might get back in there as ICC again.
Thanks again for the replies!
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Fluttershy
Fleet Admiral
Joined: September 24, 2011
Posts: 778
From: Fluttershy
| Posted: 2013-11-18 18:00
Supply is extremely useful right now.
There's even a 3 drone supply ship that can repair like crazy.
Lot's of activity going on recently, and the team will very much appreciate being supported. You may enjoy that supply ships are quite sturdy now, at least compared to how they were.
You may even get tips 
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SpaceAdmiral
Grand Admiral
Joined: May 05, 2010
Posts: 1005
| Posted: 2013-11-19 01:40
Supplies generally are vital to all factions, and I would personally recommend at least one player running supply at all times, especially in extended campaigns in enemy territory. For ICC they provide much needed ammo and augments ICC's already fast out of combat regen found in their shields, for Kluth they are less needed but can still help a damaged cloaked ally especially if their cloak device is taking damage, and for UGTO they are needed for UGTO to even attempt to say they have long term combat endurance.
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Talien
Marshal
Templar Knights
Joined: May 11, 2010
Posts: 2044
From: Michigan
| Posted: 2013-11-19 17:35
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On 2013-11-19 01:40, SpaceAdmiral wrote:
For ICC they provide much needed ammo and augments ICC's already fast out of combat regen found in their shields.
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Shields have never been augmented by repair drones, the only kind of boost they get is from the 30 second out of combat timer.
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TheHunter
Marshal
Joined: July 05, 2005
Posts: 257
From: 3rd Star from the Left and keep going till Morning
| Posted: 2013-11-19 23:46
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On 2013-11-17 18:42, SVoyager wrote:
<--- oh my 2006, long time!
Hi, I received an interesting email lately, something saying darkspace and 1.7 !
My first reaction was "holy sh*t this game is still running, awesome!!". So here I am trying to see what changed. I am at work atm so can't jump in game right away.
I was someone that liked to get a supply ship (don't know if they were called supply ship. The ship that repaired and refueled others) and absolutely loved just standing a bit behind the front lines and repairing whoever was jumping in so that he would get back in the action asap.
I always liked these kind of roles in games, one more example was the game planetside, I spent endless hours with them flying bricks (damn forgot the name but its the repair ship), you land and ppl would pull up next to the ship and you would jump out and help repair. While some might find that boring, me I was getting all the fun from something as simple as that!
Is this role still in the game and still as useful as it was? I would love to jump in again and have some fun repairing stuff!
[ This Message was edited by: SVoyager on 2013-11-17 18:44 ]
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SpaceAdmiral
Grand Admiral
Joined: May 05, 2010
Posts: 1005
| Posted: 2013-11-20 04:01
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On 2013-11-19 17:35, Talien wrote:
Shields have never been augmented by repair drones, the only kind of boost they get is from the 30 second out of combat timer.
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Meant overall regen. ICC already have a large, non depot assisted combat endurance in the form of their shields, but a few supply ships can, when the shields are recharging, also repair a bit of armor and more importantly hull. They do not need to top off armor to be effective, and a repeated assault of ships taking light armor damage jumping and then recharging shields extremely quickly can be troublesome, especially from a UGTO perspective.
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