Is the repair arm worth it?

[Fregi]

Im just wondering if its worth keeping this repair arm i found by an event. I do not have scrap recovery arms.

[daemon47]

Yes.

[gambit]

If you know what you are doing, no.
If you are getting damaged every beacon, yes.

[daemon47]

Originally posted by gambit:

If you know what you are doing, no.
If you are getting damaged every beacon, yes.

Although this is true, it is useful to get around 2-3 free HP every time you face the flagship.

[The Black Blade]

it drains a lot of scrap. its really rare the occasion where its really worth it.

[Roday]

Originally posted by minecraft.little.piggy:

Originally posted by gambit:

If you know what you are doing, no.
If you are getting damaged every beacon, yes.

Although this is true, it is useful to get around 2-3 free HP every time you face the flagship.

Yeah,only good when vs flagship/special conditions
other than that=not worth it

especially in hard mode, -15% scrap is disaster if you don't know what you are doing
in easy/medium=maybe worth to buy it

[Sirius]

Originally posted by ❤☦ Bendy Straw-|-409th-|-:

it drains a lot of scrap. its really rare the occasion where its really worth it.

^^

[shareofhonor]

I never buy one and if I get one for free I sell it as fast as possible. Not worth one of the 3 augment slots. If you want to repair for the boss. Hull repair drone works much better.

[daemon47]

Originally posted by shareofhonor:

. Hull repair drone works much better.

Unless you don't have a drone system.

[The Black Blade]

lol piggy stop supporting repair arm. xD i mean. imagine that. the run is not going well, and u take a lot of damage each fight. then u run to a shop, and u find repair arm. do u think u can afford to spend 50 scrap on a run thats already ♥♥♥♥? only reason to hold on to repair arm is find it for FREE, and u'll only keep it if u need, just until the run recovers. but in a run going bad, each fight can kill you, and in that case, repair arm can't save u, i mean, in the middle of a fight.

[m'boy are you fat]

If you're close to the Exit Beacon in Sector 7, it's probably a fine choice for the Flagship. Otherwise it's detrimental to your run.

[[Industrial] A_HUMBLEBUMBLED]

The problem is that you can't turn it off and on, which means you lose scrap the longer you have it.

[JolyJew СлаваУкраине]

the only and i mean ONLY use i found for this horrible "augment" is with the stealth cruisers.

because they have no shield they are bound to get hit often. so if you somehow get a repair arm early on, its worth keeping since it will always repair the constant damge you are taking.

[Ole' Swifty]

I think it's pretty great if used smartly.

I mean early on there is no downside, you are repairing for a comparable price.

Then once you get to later sectors where the 15% is more than the cost of repairs you can just sell it and make some of the scrap profits back.

[jackinthebox4]

I like it. Won a run today with it, the last run I won before had it, and I didn't have much of a problem with scrap. Both on Hard.

Some heal is better than none and once you get to the point where you have everything you need to win anyway it shines. Useful if you can spare the scrap.

[happyscrub]

Its not as bad as people make it out to be.

It's bad in easy mode and not so bad in hard mode because you get less scrap the harder the mode. Also if you in a situation where you rarely need to see a shop, it's almost like having and extra jump because you don't have to go seek out repairs.