Whats the point of the Engineers "Salvager" skill?

[Savage117]

As the title implies, I don't understand the Engineers 2nd level salvager skill. It states it allows an engineer to make spare parts from scrap. But both starting engineers are already able to do this without the skill.

At the very beginning of the game you are given 4 spare parts and 10 scrap, if you send either one of the starting level 1 engineers to the aft of the sub to work on the workbench, they will turn that 10 scrap into 5 spare parts, with no penalty I can see.

Is this a bug, or does the salvager skill give them some advantage? Like making it a 1 to 1 instead of 2 to 1 ratio? Or is it supposed to make it so you can get scrap from wrecked ships?

[Malcolm Reynolds]

maybe its a 1:1 for scrap - and not 2:1?

[Revaero]

I'm sure it's 1:1 for "scrap return per repair" and not 2:1 when you have this skill. I just survived 2 leaks with 1 component failure, and started out with 10 spare parts. When I returned to port I had 7 spare parts with 1 scrap (game see's it as 1.5 scrap, but rounded down to 1).

If I had a salvager skillset, I would have seen 3 scrap and 7 spare parts instead.

[Maxim]

I would save the game first, and then perform the experiment, then reload, and count the difference.

[[82AD] ♤Stonewall♤]

It's 1:1 instead of 2:1 scraps to make parts. When u get dmg on the ship and repair u get scraps which u again can make new parts of. With that skill it's cheaper and faster to make a new part.

[Vanguard(Aqua)]

Dosent matter as salvageing is bugged ATM (none if my new games gimme the psrts from the scrap)

[[82AD] ♤Stonewall♤]

Originally posted by Vanguard(Aqua):

Dosent matter as salvageing is bugged ATM (none if my new games gimme the psrts from the scrap)

Works fine for me with a new game with B120.

[Vanguard(Aqua)]

Originally posted by Raggz:

Originally posted by Vanguard(Aqua):

Dosent matter as salvageing is bugged ATM (none if my new games gimme the psrts from the scrap)

Works fine for me with a new game with B120.

hasent for me and ive started 3 games,they complete the action but i still have 10 scrap in my storage and no parts

[Baddhist]

I'm taking not a single person in this thread has tested it out themselves, but they're more than happy to spread misinformation.

I've tested it before and just tested it again on B120, three times. The trait currently does nothing. You gain spare parts at 2:1 ratio from scrap with or without it.

[[82AD] ♤Stonewall♤]

Originally posted by Baddhist:

I'm taking not a single person in this thread has tested it out themselves, but they're more than happy to spread misinformation.

I've tested it before and just tested it again on B120, three times. The trait currently does nothing. You gain spare parts at 2:1 ratio from scrap with or without it.

I could say the same to you. Just because it doesn't work for u doesn't mean it hits every singel player as with alot of the bugs that's been in the game so far. Just as the bug Vanguard above has. Cause just making parts out of the 10 scraps we get in the start works just fine for me but not for him.

Now.... i assume that you started a new game, leveled up the engineer, added the skill and tried making parts all three times.

Secondly, OP wanted to know what the skill do, not if it was working or not.

[Scrogdog]

If you ask me, what's confusing about the whole thing is Leo makes parts when I not only don't need them, but there is quite literally no room for them.

Both engineer and mechanic have 5 each in their packs and I have 5 more in storage with no open slots. That fact doesn't seem to stop Leo though. :)

[[82AD] ♤Stonewall♤]

Originally posted by Scrogdog:

If you ask me, what's confusing about the whole thing is Leo makes parts when I not only don't need them, but there is quite literally no room for them.

Both engineer and mechanic have 5 each in their packs and I have 5 more in storage with no open slots. That fact doesn't seem to stop Leo though. :)

Hehe yeah, Just like when assigning an officer to Quartermaster. He persist to carry ammo to the deck gun even though there's no room for more ammo. You can see he holds a shell with the number zero :)

Also, if some processes are interrupted things have a tendency to disappear. I interrupted the quartermaster twice, one by saving and loading a game and second time taking the officers off the boat. Both times all HE shells disappeared. This has also happened to the scraps. They just disappear :)

[Savage117]

After some testing I have concluded this skill does not do anything in my game, so I can't say whether Raggz is correct in how it works or not. I am removing the thread answered tag until more information comes to light. I have also put in a bug report, because either way its obviously not working as intended.

IMO switching it to 1:1 instead of 2:1 isn't worth it, spare parts are cheap and if your good at the game you will use them rarely. While the repair speed upgrade can be a life saver especially if you are heavily damaged and sinking.

[The Wanderer]

Watch this video.............

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLJaVoGUawA&lc=z230en0wkmfbxn5b304t1aokgu2hp1dwdhwlil3lwmmtbk0h00410&fbclid=IwAR1gsHcCLsTbNS9eOKazVgH4ALa4ngCZhZpymbc2TwqoXy4-4oh7o1puLvU

[Savage117]

Originally posted by The Wanderer:

Watch this video.............

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLJaVoGUawA&lc=z230en0wkmfbxn5b304t1aokgu2hp1dwdhwlil3lwmmtbk0h00410&fbclid=IwAR1gsHcCLsTbNS9eOKazVgH4ALa4ngCZhZpymbc2TwqoXy4-4oh7o1puLvU

Was this meant for another post, or did you not understand what I was saying in my initial post? I know how to make spare parts from scrap. I was asking why there is a skill that can be purchased when an engineer reaches 2nd level, that states it gives the engineer the ability to make spare parts from scrap. Something they can obviously already do without purchasing the 2nd level skill.

Also, for future reference please provide a time stamp when using a video to answer a question. I did not enjoy wasting nearly 20 minutes of my life watching a tutorial on a game I have 52 hours in so far and still didn't answer my question.

[Baddhist]

Originally posted by Raggz:

Originally posted by Baddhist:

I'm taking not a single person in this thread has tested it out themselves, but they're more than happy to spread misinformation.

I've tested it before and just tested it again on B120, three times. The trait currently does nothing. You gain spare parts at 2:1 ratio from scrap with or without it.

I could say the same to you. Just because it doesn't work for u doesn't mean it hits every singel player as with alot of the bugs that's been in the game so far. Just as the bug Vanguard above has. Cause just making parts out of the 10 scraps we get in the start works just fine for me but not for him.

Now.... i assume that you started a new game, leveled up the engineer, added the skill and tried making parts all three times.

Secondly, OP wanted to know what the skill do, not if it was working or not.

So you didn't test it yourself?

And OP clearly asks if it's a bug or not in his last paragraph, in which case i was answering him.