Energy recharge mechanic

[Lyle]

The ingame help is not clear enough on how this work. What is the difference between the thick and the thin area on the battery? Why does it sometimes reload all the way up and sometimes not?

Thanks

[his1roguenation]

thick is the minimum it will recharge automatically
biocells extend the current value it will recharge to
using abilities will lower that very value everytime; using something like invisibility only lowers it a tiny bit, using a takedown will drop it by like 1/4th of the entire bar

[Lyle]

Ok, so using abilities will lower the thin part until eventually its gone and need a biocell to refill?

[Rhyno]

Originally posted by Dino swe:

Ok, so using abilities will lower the thin part until eventually its gone and need a biocell to refill?

That's correct. I'd avoid investing praxis points into extending that capacity unless you really have extra points. Recharge speed and reduced delay should be more than enough.

[Ruck]

Correct. The thin part will not refill without using a biocell, but the little fat part will always recharge after a short delay. What i'm still trying to determine is if you can ever make the fat part any larger through augs. It doesn't appear so. The augs seem to affect recharge rate, recharge delay and the length of the thin line only, but i'm short on praxis to test those augs at the moment.

[Lyle]

Originally posted by Ruck:

Correct. The thin part will not refill without using a biocell, but the little fat part will always recharge after a short delay. What i'm still trying to determine is if you can ever make the fat part any larger through augs. It doesn't appear so. The augs seem to affect recharge rate, recharge delay and the length of the thin line only, but i'm short on praxis to test those augs at the moment.

Ive maxed out capacity and the thick part is unaffected. Oh well I guess Ill have to spend more on Biocells. And try to avoid takedowns in favor of shooting people.

[CW3 Silversmith]

ammo stacks real well in inventory. you can litterally use the peps aug for multiples, the other aug i have not tried yet, and the tranq rifle, pistol.

[asd]

Originally posted by Dino swe:

Ok, so using abilities will lower the thin part until eventually its gone and need a biocell to refill?

Yes, but there's a minimum which it can't go below... that minimum is equal to the energy req for one takedown. You don't really have a reason to use biocells unless you're going to do a lot of takedowns in a row, or you want to use abilities that burn a lot of energy like the cloak.

[Lyle]

Originally posted by Tabus:

Originally posted by Dino swe:

Ok, so using abilities will lower the thin part until eventually its gone and need a biocell to refill?

Yes, but there's a minimum which it can't go below... that minimum is equal to the energy req for one takedown. You don't really have a reason to use biocells unless you're going to do a lot of takedowns in a row, or you want to use abilities that burn a lot of energy like the cloak.

In order to feel like a true hardass, ofc Ill be doing both of those ^_^

dual-takedowns & bullet-time is my bread n butter