Combat Fabbers infinite metal exploit.

Not sure if anyone has already found out about this, but if you use a combat fab to reclaim something it does no damage, and it gives you infinite metal. It's so horribly bad; it's hilarious.

come on.. a little more tact . Not in the general discussion forums lol.

Too late now though isuppose

There were TA maps that specifically set the game up to rely on reclaiming by having virtually no metal but massive structures to reclaim... It could be interesting

https://forums.uberent.com/threads/xplt-combat-fabs-and-reclaim.60899/

I suppose I could have put it in the bug forums.. Eh, whatever, I've seen worse in here, people complaining about all kinds of bugs.

My apologies, hadn't thought before posting!

Edit: Though I could back myself up, saying it was to tell other people of the exploit and not to get it fixed, though that'd be a lie

Ah, yep, I found out about it while both of us were testing our balance mod, it was in the same game, someone told us about it and we all agreed not to exploit it.

Yeah because you can keep track of everyone's combat fabbers during a interplanetary war .. Should just agree not to use combat fabbers intill the bug is removed mate

Ugh. I won't be using this exploit but no doubt I'll come up against a group of people that do.

We're totally aware of this issue and we'll be fixing it pronto.

I have to admit... I've been waiting far too long for this moment!

That's... fantastic.

Come on hotfix!

Show some sportsmanship man, its incredibly lame.

Of course this 'exploit' isn't really that helpful imo...

I mean combat fabbers cost quite a bit of energy to run (more than a mex) so this is *only* an advantage on maps with very low metal income. Otherwise you're better off building mex. Also if someone is relying on combat fabs for reclaim income- they are SO easy to kill...

They give you 90 metal a second though, don't they?

Dude, if you find game breaking exploits, you do not make them known to the public. Damage control...

I thought it was 60 for 1000 e? Metal extractors give 7, but not sure on energy consumption. I don't think they use much (if any) so they're still the better way to go. Useful for an early boost at start I suppose, but then again if you have lots of trees near you then reclaiming 1 or lots doesn't really change anything?

so cf = metal makers now

Well why not have some fun with it, there should be a hotfix super quick... I'd hoped... But meh, if you're playing with friends, gentleman's rules.

Shrugs, i'm not the police.

All for having fun with it, but i wouldn't post it in a public forum. Anyway, no big deal, it should already be hot fixed i think? Atleast in galactic war it is.

Oh alright, good! Can combat fabs still reclaim? I was hoping they still could.