Battery recharge?

[Jolly Devil]

So I have all 5 battery charges, but only 2 ever recharge on their own. I know you can eat those bars or whatever to get them back, but is there a way for them to come back naturally?

[Lord Of Dorkness]

Sometimes as part of the plot, Adam has a chance to catch a breather.

That's about it, I'm afraid.

Good news however is that unless you run down the streets of the hub areas constantly cloaked, and try to conserve those candies for emergencies, two bars is more than enough for most areas.

That recharge time boost is a real boon, though. Be sure to max that aug quite early for convinence, if nothing else.

[Jolly Devil]

Originally posted by Lord Of Dorkness:

Sometimes as part of the plot, Adam has a chance to catch a breather.

That's about it, I'm afraid.

Good news however is that unless you run down the streets of the hub areas constantly cloaked, and try to conserve those candies for emergencies, two bars is more than enough for most areas.

That recharge time boost is a real boon, though. Be sure to max that aug quite early for convinence, if nothing else.

That sucks. I was hoping it was just something I was missing. Seems like a strange gameplay function to add really, since a lot of what you do requires those charges. But I play the game pretty stealthy, so I don't use them a whole lot. Anyway, thanks for the response.

[Lord Of Dorkness]

Yeah, I get the why, but still felt like a strange design choice.

My personal head-cannon is that Adam accidently triggered some type of 'survival mode' while learning his augments, and saved the world running on a tank half-empty.

Personally, though, I would have had the batteries taking twice as long per tank. First ten sec, second twenty sec, third forthy sec, and so on; using the maxed recharge rate as an example.

That would have meant that you'd get a full charge eventually while just running around, but it's still unpractical in the extreme for combat.

[Prontius]

Not sure if this will break achievements but there is a "hack" to recharge all batteries. I used this a long time ago with the regular version. Never tried it on Director's Cut.

http://steamcommunity.com/app/28050/discussions/0/846940248962559044/

http://www.moddb.com/games/deus-ex-3/downloads/full-energy-regeneration-146510

[Vassago Rain]

Hoard energy jars in your apartment or the China hotel for when you absolutely need to be fully charged.

I finish almost all my playthroughs with like 30+ candy bars left. Energy isn't hard at all to get in HR.