new barge system

[Nordark]

Havent played in a bit since but came back to a new barge system. How does it work? I set a barge waypoint to the production island then back to warehouse but it doesnt pick anything up at the production island. Can anyone explain how the new system works? TIa

[j o o s]

You have to use the logistics screen. Select the barge and waypoint it that way. They also have 4000 HP and can pitbull torpedoes without being hit. Basically how they work.

[ouch67]

You can't unload anything to the warehouses anymore. If you want an item picked up there must be an order for it. And it can only go to your carrier.

[Hezy]

so you cant stock pile items at the warehouse anymore? only on the production islands? one step forward, two back?

[Nordark]

Originally posted by ouch67:

You can't unload anything to the warehouses anymore. If you want an item picked up there must be an order for it. And it can only go to your carrier.

So just to clarify, When you make something at an island instead of a barge running it back to a warehouse island then being able to be loaded in the cv you just load it straight from the production island?

[ouch67]

Nope, warehouses only exist to give you starting goods now.

And yes just have the barge pickup the item and deliver it directly to the carrier. The carrier still can't pick things up directly however. And you also cannot unload thing from the carrier onto a barge. You can only destroy it. So plan the space available accordingly.

[MycroftCanadaNS]

This all sounds confusing to me. It doesn't make any sense. Shouldn't there be a storage of sorts on the island which produce items?

I have to say I am not that smart when it comes to this game. It just doesn't feel intuitive. We should be able to dock our carriers, and have them outfitted, and restocked if we wish to do so.

It sounds so mismanaged.

[ouch67]

I have not hit a storage limit on a production island myself. So I don't know if there is one even. So feel free to order 500 fuel or whatever.

But it's not confusing at all, they clearly changed it to this way so that barges are just another unit in your arsenal to command. You move them around and tell them to do things like you would any seal or albatross. You just do it through a different screen.