Ornithopters assigned to Harvesters?

[JasonB]

Whats the point?

[War Dog]

Can you?, I've not seen this

[jbaker1]

to help increase spice production for the harvestor in that territory. Because you were lax in it and only have a day or so, etc

[Dain_Ironfoot]

There's a tech or something that increases spice production, I believe, when you assign thopters to spice harvesters.

[zeshoot]

20% harvest rate. And it's better the more crew/boost buildings You add. Right top tech tree. 2 far right techs - the last one. Cheers

[Ghostlight]

Spectral Imaging

Unfortunately you need to go through a rubbish tech to get it.

[bow to gbowee]

You get the tech spectral imaging and you park a thopter in the same tile as the space harvester. That's enough to give you 20% spice harvest boost. With all other boosts I managed to get up to 57 spice income from one tile.

[zeshoot]

My Man - You have to click on the harvester and see the magnifying glass icon above it to apply the boost. Simply leaving ornithopter in the same sector won't work.

[JasonB]

Hmm, had no idea about the 20% boost from researching the tech. Does it actually say on the tech tooltip was this recently added/changed? I'm going to have a look. I feel like i would of prioritised the upgrade, don't think ive ever researched spectral imaging.

[Edit] Just checked, it's there on the tool tip. Does anyone assign there Ornis to Harvesters?

Anyone know how much + % spice does each additional crew member give you?

[Ghostlight]

Originally posted by bow to gbowee:

you park a thopter in the same tile as the space harvester. That's enough to give you 20% spice harvest boost.

and

Originally posted by zeshoot:

You have to click on the harvester and see the magnifying glass icon above it to apply the boost. Simply leaving ornithopter in the same sector won't work.

Just wondering if bow has been parking his Orni's beside his Harvesters and getting nothing for it. :)

[Ghostlight]

Originally posted by JasonB:

[Edit] Just checked, it's there on the tool tip. Does anyone assign there Ornis to Harvesters?

I never take that Tech, it's just too awkward to get to.

Anyone know how much + % spice does each additional crew member give you?

+5 (I think it's normal amount is +25 Spice, so +20%?)

[Skeksis13]

I was wondering if you recieved any bonus before researching the tech. Like 5% if the ornithopter is assigned regular, but 20% if you have the spectral imaging tech.

The game lets you assign an ornithopter before you research the tech, which would be extremely wasteful if you receive nothing at all. If it is pointless, then they shouldnt allow you to do it.

[zeshoot]

no boost:

https://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/1824532753019783909/26B168BD817FE448865CFA7BC13D0997E2CE8B1F/?imw=5000&imh=5000&ima=fit&impolicy=Letterbox&imcolor=%23000000&letterbox=false

Orni boost:

https://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/1824532753019784094/EC4FEDCB220D3CF49C6BCB8B67A34F5058556D8B/?imw=5000&imh=5000&ima=fit&impolicy=Letterbox&imcolor=%23000000&letterbox=false

ofcourse, I get the Ghostlight's reasoning. It's not as strong as manpower crew. Thing is, that boost is only 2 tech to research. It's fast, it adds up a bit, You've got fast scans with it (on the map) and few other perks. And You free the MP for units, militia, fast mil base/turret (since they will slow down MP growth).
It's not gamebreaking, it scales rather poorly (devs - need to spice up that percentage, it doesn't scale well).
It's a good tech if You're short on MP or just to boost that mining from less spice fields. And...You can add multiple ornithopters to boost one spice field that's rich (oppressed, sietch allies boosted or buffed with Al-ghaibs temple, like on the screen). Just look at the numbers.
It can be a saving grace when You struggle to get extra spice vs upfront wars from all angles on insane.

1 orni fully saturated base:

https://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/1824532753019836853/6966C7063B5A2A257A8D57124A80A88D6CDCB4C8/?imw=5000&imh=5000&ima=fit&impolicy=Letterbox&imcolor=%23000000&letterbox=false

https://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/1824532753019836987/91B371F5E9F5AC1E017DA4FCF483C0A41B2163CA/?imw=5000&imh=5000&ima=fit&impolicy=Letterbox&imcolor=%23000000&letterbox=false

swarm on the same harvester:

https://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/1824532753019837108/4E644128187A89C9007A1D122BE5ACA37791CB69/?imw=5000&imh=5000&ima=fit&impolicy=Letterbox&imcolor=%23000000&letterbox=false

https://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/1824532753019837237/95F007B701932BCC572CE7D33FEA47CFF729675B/?imw=5000&imh=5000&ima=fit&impolicy=Letterbox&imcolor=%23000000&letterbox=false

[Katitoff]

Originally posted by Skeksis13:

I was wondering if you recieved any bonus before researching the tech. Like 5% if the ornithopter is assigned regular, but 20% if you have the spectral imaging tech.

The game lets you assign an ornithopter before you research the tech, which would be extremely wasteful if you receive nothing at all. If it is pointless, then they shouldnt allow you to do it.

Pre tech, you spot worms sooner, in case you want to manually recall harvester.

@post above
Damn, I wasn't even aware you can put multiple ornis on single harvester, that is game changing.

[zeshoot]

it's basically an extra crew Mate. And, especially as MP/CP hungry Fremen, You can boost insanely that Al-ghaibs spice sector next to HQ. And Fremend ornitopters DON'T cost a single power cell and MP ;)
Not to mention what U can do with Harkonnes oppression sector with max 5 ornithotpers and 4 MP harvester crew. Can You imagine the numbers, when no orhitopter fully saturated base can dish around 210 spice per oppression duration?! XD
Glad to help and give some valuable data to all Lads. Hope more people will like that tech now.

[zeshoot]

Another screenshoot. Orni boost is basically an extra MP crew to harvester. So, in the end it's like 9 crew super spice harvester or 5 sectors mining with 6 MP crew teams ;)

1 orni boost + 1 MP crew:

https://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/1824532753019869914/59A0B1C9F3CC10BF7186FF98071A1B042250A71D/?imw=5000&imh=5000&ima=fit&impolicy=Letterbox&imcolor=%23000000&letterbox=false

no orni boost + 2 MP crew:


https://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/1824532753019870071/FEF568D55A772C312CB93F1E5C79F603A5560855/?imw=5000&imh=5000&ima=fit&impolicy=Letterbox&imcolor=%23000000&letterbox=false

now, show some love to that ornithopters all are saying they're worthless in comments ;)

p.s @JasonB - I think that is an answer to Your question about what's 1 MP crew in numbers. Cheers!