Chaos.Blades Posted February 4, 2019 Share Posted February 4, 2019 Not sure when this QoL improvement was un-introduced as I have not run excavation in a while but the powercells can now be added to the excavator even when it has a full charge... again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sam686 Posted February 4, 2019 Share Posted February 4, 2019 Power cell recovers excavator shield. Was the excavator's shield low or at zero? Nightmare no shield makes excavator have no shields. Power cell won't add shield in no shield modifier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaos.Blades Posted February 4, 2019 Author Share Posted February 4, 2019 Huh, you are right. Just tested it. Guess DE had to come up with some pointless reason to waste power cells. Guess it is back to not carrying an extra around until it is time to leave. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobie-wan Posted February 5, 2019 Share Posted February 5, 2019 That's not useless. If the excavator is taking damage, you can heal it. It isn't that hard to pick up a cell only if it's damaged or you're leaving the area to go to the next excavator. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaos.Blades Posted February 5, 2019 Author Share Posted February 5, 2019 It's shields... and it is only 500. Even a baby nothing enemy can one-shot that making it worthless DR and just an excuse to use up all the powercells. I know it is worthless to restore the shields but most players don't know it is just wasting powercells so that if that spot is chosen or one close to it again you have powercells waiting. Which is far more beneficial than restoring a measly 500 shields. If restoring 500 shields is saving you from the excavator being destroyed then you have much bigger problems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobie-wan Posted February 5, 2019 Share Posted February 5, 2019 That depends on what level excavation you're on. If you're a newer player on a low level planet that doesn't have defense down, repairing the excavator's shields can be a great help. Also using up the batteries that are on the ground can be helpful since it could free up the spawns for when you're done with that excavator and off at another one far away. This ability has been there for the extractors for quite a long time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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