I currently have a level 4 base and we haven't been disabled for almost a month. we pump out 18K RP per member daily and our upkeep is only 400Mil. we also get targeted every day as well, and most give up, or are unable to get through our defenses because of our high Level of researched modules.
now you are saying that by reducing upkeep, increases the chance of NOT being disabled? i don't think so.
1. Bases with no Def are EASY to disable and you'll end up repairing More.
2. You'll have very poor base shipments, so you'll get Minerals, RP and AP at a much reduced rate
3. Likewise, if a base has no attack then we can pile more energy on before we have to repair and that also gives us more energy to buff our ship with.
4. "Target Locks" are random, not determined. My base once went 5 days before we got locked. Target locks are like a roll of a dice, you either get locked or you don't.
5. Easy bases are WORTH the small amount of energy shoved into them. I'd rather get 3 Silver badges for using less than 30 energy than spend over 500 and only get 2
6. Don't forget that player races also affect a bases potential. Most races add bonuses to the base abilities, some increase the amount of shield, while others increase your Bases Def. There is even a race that adds Hull onto your bases 'Base' HP
e.g
Auxiliary Fortification
Boosts base hull maximum by 10% for each Loyal Lazuli race or Fixer profession in your legion. Lasts 4 hours.
so if you have 10 Lazuli in your legion, your bases Hull is doubled for 4 hours and at 3 Ability points, this is worth its weight in gold. a base with this ability that has a buffed 150K HP is very tough to drop until the buff wears off.
if you follow this up with your base repair and time it right, you can avoid a base disable. Trust me, I've held off on the Credit repair for the last hour, activated the ability then did a full repair then boosted def, we then got a message from the enemy stating that was a good use of the repair and hull abilities, They didn't have enough energy to finish us off, we kept our base production bonuses, they got no silver badges and we still had over 20 Ability points left to use
Dimensional Decoy
Boosts base defense by 5% for each loyal Aerlen member in the legion. Lasts 4 hours.
if you have 10 Aerlen in your legion your base is now 50% more resistant to damage, the higher your base Def stat, the bigger the bonus, same goes with the hull. Again at 3 ability points, this is worth it.
Battlestations
boosts base attack by 2% for each loyal member in your legion that has been online in the last 24 hours. Lasts 4 hours.
if your legion is fully active and everyone logs in daily, then this is an awesome ability at the cost of 4 Ability Points. If all your 50 members, log in within the 24 hour window, your bases attack is now 100% better ( 120% with the Docking Port Module which allows you to have 60 members, limit is 5 on the base, each one grants 2 additional slots for members)
A base that Bites hard, is a tough base, If a base is dishing out damage at your damage cap, then you are going to be repairing an awful lot or using up loads of nano drones and using up millions of credits in ship repairs, making this base very expensive to take down legionwide
to finish off, i WILL say a base with low upkeep is easier to maintain for legions with low leveled members BUT it comes at a cost, weaker bases are easier to kill which also means your shipments will keep resetting to their base amount upon every disable. I'd rather have a base with high upkeep, that gives out almost 20K RP a day at max defender bonus. than a base with very little equipped and can be disabled in less than 10 minutes
Weaker bases are NOT Locked less, a base lock is random.
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