How Does Time Work?

[BlazingTranscendence]

Is there a need to be quick about your command and such in order to save time?

[ShadowDragon8685]

Yes, there is. Git gud with typing or give Duskers a pass.

[Misfits Attic]

We've tried to make the game more about strategy than dexterity, but the game is realtime. If you plan your exploration, you shouldn't have to rely on fast typing. However, sometimes things can get hairy, and it's more about not panicking than fast typing, but not painicng is easier said than done ;)

[BlazingTranscendence]

Thanks, I was just wondering if the time you spent on board of a derelict ships matters (aside of running more risk the longer you stay of something bad happening?)

[Misfits Attic]

We actually tried to not punish you for this. There is the chance of bad things happening, but as far as wear on your upgrades, if you use it it'll take wear at the end of the mission, regardless of how much you use it, just so long as you use it once.

You're drone's video signal may fail more if you hang out for a very long time. Off the top of my head I think it wears based on missions, and then triggers over time.

TL;DR: it doesn't matter a whole lot, but possibly a little :)

[Pentazer]

Originally posted by Misfits Attic:

We actually tried to not punish you for this. There is the chance of bad things happening, but as far as wear on your upgrades, if you use it it'll take wear at the end of the mission, regardless of how much you use it, just so long as you use it once.

You're drone's video signal may fail more if you hang out for a very long time. Off the top of my head I think it wears based on missions, and then triggers over time.

TL;DR: it doesn't matter a whole lot, but possibly a little :)

This concerns me a lot as I have been really enjoying this game. However I like to take my time on a deralict but I'm noticing a few problems:

1. On my very first deralict all my drones have video problems already.
2. Deralict "close" controls seem to be guarenteed to break down unless I'm rushing.
3. The sense of time in this seems really accelerated. I mean, how can 5-15 minutes of real time on a deralict constitute the fact that all my drones are breaking down, all my ship components are worn out and every upgrade on every device needs to be reparied now?
4. Slightly unrelated, but the console aliases are not powerful enough to expedite my method. If I'm supposed to be rushing, the console commands are too clunky and the aliases are too weak to be able to make any powerful logic solutions which can cut down on wasted time, increasing the time I have to explore and immerse myself.

I really like the premise of duskers, I actually have a lot of fun with this game, but it feels like it's rushing me WAY too much. If I wanted to play a fast RTS I'd play something like Star Craft or some such. I was hoping this would be a very slow paced, methodical horror experience. Was I mistaken?

[JuryRigged]

If you keep everything maintained, it shouldn't be too bad. Right now my 2, 3, and 4 drones have had long-standing video problems, and all three cut out at the exact same time, about 2 minutes into a mission. All the other hazards (as far as I can tell) are just random over-time factors, whether it's door commands failing, an asteroid strike, pipe burst, etc., they're not something you have direct control over, and if you're getting a run of them, it's just bad luck.

[Pentazer]

Hmmm, yeah. I guess if they are RNG over time I'm probably just getting shafted by RNGesus. I'll keep giving it some more time to see if it changes.

In the run before the one mentioned in that post I had a pipe burst, airlock failure, asteroid impact and "close" failure all on the same derelict.

On the mission right after t he asteroid impact I had a "close" failure, airlock failure, strategic video failure and pipe burst.

Ultimately I had no scrap because of constant repairs and every ship I tried to commandeer was flooded with radiation, I ran out of fuel looking for a new one and had to start over which brought me to the subject post.