Unit ideas Air factory as air staging platform

[Spectre]

... as above. Why not have factories which can also repair units which return to it? Logically, it'll have all the facilities. I don't mean get rid of air staging platforms; as they're a lot cheaper than factories and can be built in a smaller footprint. But having a factory repair existing units makes sense.

Come to think of it. maybe be able to return tanks to a land factory for repair. There was a repair facility in games like Red Alert which you could put tanks on. In supcom, other than engineers - micro required - queued to repair units there was little you could do about damaged tanks.

Or ships; if we're going that way!

 

[Al]

I quite like the idea of air factories as repair facilities. You'd have to amend the cost of air staging platforms to make them viable.

 

[Debashis]

Absolutely agree! Having factories with repair capabilities for returning units would add a significant layer of realism and strategic depth to the game. It makes perfect sense that a factory would have the facilities to repair units.

 

[Excession]

An additional benefit would be as a hangar for aircraft when they're not in use. Saves leaving a squadron sat on the ground where it can be strafed or attacked by ground units.

 

[Al]

Ya. That was something with always irritated me; having aircraft just sat about to preserve fuel. They should be in hangers.

 

[Brodes]

I take there is planned aircraft carriers in the game?

 

[speed2]

EDA and Chosen factories are already designed like that. Only Guard will have extra building to store/repair air units

 

[Shortie]

This is something I never thought of but sounds interesting and would also be very realistic as well.

Sitting and thinking about it now, I do wonder why we have never seen something such as air factories as staging platforms which would make sense for vehicles coming back in that are damaged and need to land fast.

 

[Random Guy]

... as above. Why not have factories which can also repair units which return to it? Logically, it'll have all the facilities. I don't mean get rid of air staging platforms; as they're a lot cheaper than factories and can be built in a smaller footprint. But having a factory repair existing units makes sense.

Come to think of it. maybe be able to return tanks to a land factory for repair. There was a repair facility in games like Red Alert which you could put tanks on. In supcom, other than engineers - micro required - queued to repair units there was little you could do about damaged tanks.

Or ships; if we're going that way!

EDA air factory is already planed to have unit storage and repairs, don't know about other one.

 

[Heatman]

Yeah, that makes a lot of sense. It's a factory and for what factories are known to do, repairs is one of them which is why I believe that it's a nice idea to make sure the factories have capabilities to repair returning units.