Connecting Pipes

[Storm]

Hi,

Can't seem to find another post about this. What's the purpose of joining the pipes from two rigs? Sometimes I have a big pocket and place two rigs on top of it and I see that the pipes want to connect to one another when they get close.

Thanks!

[Gamious]

Connecting two Rigs will transfer all upgrades of the best Rig to the other Rig. A drill upgrade can be expansive, so a short or medium pipe will have the same effect: slower,but cheaper.
Pipes do snap towards each other. Stay away if you don't want that and double down on a huge pocket.

[Storm]

Thanks for the info but it's not very clear yet what the reasoning is. I get that it transfers the upgrade but what happens after the join. From what I can tell, you then only get 50% of the original suction power per rig, is that correct?

Why would I then want to ever join them? I might as well then forget the second rig and just keep working with the first (upgraded) rig?

[Gamious]

You will get double the oil if you join 2 pipes in 1 node. So it's definitely worth it. Take a few tests in a practice level. You will see that pipes will be filled with oil if they are connected or not.
So you get all the oil you normally would (connected or not) AND you transfer every upgrade.

[Storm]

Thanks, that does make sense. After the join, if you add more pipe sections, would I be right in saying that you'd then lose 50% effective suction since you'll now be dealing with the capacity of the pipe rather than the capacity of the rigs?

I'm also just stuck on this:

Originally posted by Gamious:

A drill upgrade can be expansive, so a short or medium pipe will have the same effect: slower,but cheaper.

What exactly does this mean please? I don't quite understand what a drill upgrade has to do with "short or medium pipe" having the same effect as an upgrade

[Gamious]

Pipes
You never lose pipe capacity or suction! But it is limited by the 'thinnest' pipe in the chain. So if you have a pipe chain of 5 pipes where 4 are upgraded to Width 3, but 1 pipe is still Width 1. You will never get more than what that Width 1 pipe can get. That is the bottle neck.
Check this playlist, especially the first video: https://youtu.be/USUCUKhI4qM?list=PLQoNs0zkHxPeF_P1okkLbTiGoKWdNzHGV

Upgrade
A Drill upgrade is $750. For two Rigs that makes $1500. If you can connect them the Upgrade will be shared. So if you can connect them through a short or medium length pipe ($300-$500) it is still cheaper than buying the Upgrade at Rig #2.

[Storm]

Thanks! I watched a few of you guys videos and now I'm understanding how this game works. Effectively the joints are "infinite width" joints as opposed to having the same width as the thickest pipe connecting to it.

Great game, looking forward to what you guys have in store next :)

[Gamious]

good luck!

[LL Chris K]

Originally posted by Gamious:

Pipes
You never lose pipe capacity or suction! But it is limited by the 'thinnest' pipe in the chain. So if you have a pipe chain of 5 pipes where 4 are upgraded to Width 3, but 1 pipe is still Width 1. You will never get more than what that Width 1 pipe can get. That is the bottle neck.
Check this playlist, especially the first video: https://youtu.be/USUCUKhI4qM?list=PLQoNs0zkHxPeF_P1okkLbTiGoKWdNzHGV

Is this true? Because I just connected another pipe to a joint and the pipe flow suffered (bubbles between flow). Also I feel like if I go in non-straight-down directions the pipeflow also suffers. I know it's not a matter of upgraded pipe widths as they're all maxed out...this is kind of driving me crazy as I can't seem to figure out why some sections of my piping have good flow and others don't.

[Gamious]

@ChrisKol, could you share a screenshot with us, so we can have a closer look at it?