Base pads?

[Ozgamer]

What purpose do they serve?

[Sigh-Phi-Guy]

i use them to flatten hills and long cheap runs for connecting power

[Gekkibi]

Basically they serve no purpose. They are a waste of real estate. Instead of building a pad it is more efficient to expand with small water collectors or small water tanks. Same size and material costs, but with a functionality.

[Sigh-Phi-Guy]

Originally posted by Gekkibi:

it is more efficient to expand with small water collectors or small water tanks. Same size and material costs, but with a functionality.

but if youre having power issues or just trying to minimize your power consumption(which is important on the ice world and moon scenerio). you can also use them as a temporary placeholder for a future expansion.

the pads DO actually serve a purpose, albeit a negligable one.

[Gekkibi]

Originally posted by sigh-phi-guy:

Originally posted by Gekkibi:

Basically they serve no purpose. They are a waste of real estate. Instead of building a pad it is more efficient to expand with small water collectors or small water tanks. Same size and material costs, but with a functionality.

but if youre having power issues or just trying to minimize your power consumption, which is more important on the ice world and moon scenerios, and/or dont want to spend the resources.

the pads DO actually serve a purpose, albeit a negligable one.

You can always turn the water collectors off. So no, the pads don't have any benefits over the collector.

Small water collector = 1 steel (plus the connection). Pad = 1 steel (plus the connection). The other one has a functionality if you get "water level low" warning. The other one looks pretty.

[Sigh-Phi-Guy]

Originally posted by Gekkibi:

Originally posted by sigh-phi-guy:

but if youre having power issues or just trying to minimize your power consumption, which is more important on the ice world and moon scenerios, and/or dont want to spend the resources.

the pads DO actually serve a purpose, albeit a negligable one.

You can always turn the water collectors off. So no, the pads don't have any benefits over the collector.

Small water collector = 1 steel (plus the connection). Pad = 1 steel (plus the connection). The other one has a functionality if you get "water level low" warning. The other one looks pretty.

id agree with that but when you hit a low energy cycle and have to power everything off, when you turn the power back on, you have to manually go around and re-deactivate all of them. kind of a pain but not an overly big one.

in my current game i have a small passage between 2 mountains where on the other side i placed all my power systems. i wanted to redesign the layout but i couldnt disconnect the ones i laid in the passageway. so i went all the way around the backside of the mountain with base pads to form a secondary connection. now i could rework my system freely.

i do admit a limited functionality to them, but they arent totally useless.