Why my fuel is always low?

[IcyBalls]

At the very first second it drops to almost zero. Is it because of drones?
Also, what's the point of Freeze Fuel upgrade? I've never seen it do anything.

[Samvega]

Each planet has a 'fuel per second' stat, maybe?

[Samvega]

Yeah, it's true, my fuel drops down from full to almost nothing, losing millions, on starting a planet.

[ズンガル]

Make sure you are not confusing your fuel with electricity fuel, as the latter only gives you a cap increase but doesn't give you fuel, so you have to regenerate it from blocks

[Sitek]

Nope, its fuel. 500B of fuel gone almost instantly.

[Alreadyded]

I am having the same issue. All my fuel just dissapears down to around 10% as soon as I start a planet, even when the freeze is going, and the freeze only lasts a second or two.

[ardenfisk]

same issue here. Upon starting, for example, Vita prestige 1, my max fuel rises from 500K all the way up to like 30 M as the level begins, but my actual fuel stays at 500K (like 5% of that max) The 'frozen fuel' depletes at the same rate, but all the way down to nothing at all. So I'm starting every level with 5% max health. (and I don't have any prestige challenges clicked)

[xulce]

Electricity probably? The multi kicks in once you've destroyed some, but your fuel doesn't retroactively scale with capacity.

Edit: Not referring to electricity capacity, just the boost that comes with having more electricity

[Warlord]

Yeah, once you demolish a block or 3, your electricity stat is probably maxed out. Once it gets high, one of the boosts it gives is max fuel capacity. Since you don't get any free fuel with the bigger tank, it looks like your fuel drops to next-to-nothing right off the bat.

It's very misleading, and almost makes the upgrade pointless, since you have a hard time gauging whether mining a block will kill you from lack of fuel. But by then, I suppose you either will murder a block with no recoil, or be murdered immediately, due to the game's scaling levels.

[Samvega]

Originally posted by Warlord:

Yeah, once you demolish a block or 3, your electricity stat is probably maxed out. Once it gets high, one of the boosts it gives is max fuel capacity. Since you don't get any free fuel with the bigger tank, it looks like your fuel drops to next-to-nothing right off the bat.

It's very misleading, and almost makes the upgrade pointless, since you have a hard time gauging whether mining a block will kill you from lack of fuel. But by then, I suppose you either will murder a block with no recoil, or be murdered immediately, due to the game's scaling levels.

I don't even need to drill any more, and haven't since mid-game. The drones just pummel everything to oblivion. I have some planets prestiged to 100 and the core is still obliterated within a second of loading in.

[SomethingExtra]

you arent losing fuel, your electricity boost (among other boosts like depth and core) is buffing the max fuel super high, you will need to use regeneration to increase your fuel.

[Falgor]

Originally posted by SomethingExtra:

you arent losing fuel, your electricity boost (among other boosts like depth and core) is buffing the max fuel super high, you will need to use regeneration to increase your fuel.

i have my regen at max and my fuel/armor is almost maxed but every time i start a world my fuel drops to less then 5% i think there is a bug with the frozen fuel as this is when ti started for me

[Pandorian]

Originally posted by Falgor:

i have my regen at max and my fuel/armor is almost maxed but every time i start a world my fuel drops to less then 5% i think there is a bug with the frozen fuel as this is when ti started for me

When you start on a planet you are at max fuel and max distance from the core. When you get the depth meter you can see this distance. Now let's say that you free fall for a distance of 5 before you even hit the planet. You are now 5 closer to the core and your various bonus' are boosting your max fuel value.

Regen, only works when damaging blocks. If you have been freefalling then you can't damage blocks. This means you'll see your fuel value shoot from full to 5%. You aren't losing any fuel, the max you can hold is going up.

[kdVICE]

I am having the same issue and im dying on planets i could break through with ease in the past

[kdVICE]

i think i figured it out, its the drone upgrade, when they fire at the planet, it takes up fuel