Discuss the "Advanced" storm defence station.

[cometcruiser]

Has anyone found a use for the Advanced storm defence station?

When I first unlocked them and checked them out, I was surprised at the tiny coverage it provides. I thought well, I'm not even going to need them much anyway, playing on the sand box mostly.

But I have gone back to Isla Sorna, to demolish my playthrough messy park and build it again, all nice and neat, and try and use the Advanced station to harness the weather.

So that tiny coverage, when placed next to any large building, i.e powerplant, ranger station etc only ever covers half the building, even when placed slap bang next to it.

I placed one, which covers some of the footprints of, a power plant, a ranger station and some of the fence of a Troodon enclosure. The rest is covered by a normal defence station.

A major storm just smashes though the park, apparently attracted by the advanced station. The storm went straight for it. Broke the fence where the advanced coverage is, and fully knocked out the ranger and power station, and set the Troodon's loose.

Well. What was the point?


I will struggle on, I can manage breakouts.

But I wont be putting any faith in any advanced coverage;

- Its too small coverage (if it worked).
- It has to my experience provided no protection.



Now I know, gameplay wise, having storms on the Islands, can add fun and forces players to react. But having no ability to place sandbox rules on your 5 star islands is holding us back. I know that's another discussion. But why not, having 5 stared an island, can we not go back and build on the other islands and use the sandbox settings? Or at least have limited settings, such as weather and lifespan.


Adding the new building could have been an answer to this, letting players go back to the last three islands, use the new night and day cycle and the advanced station to negate the weather trouble.

But at the minute I'm really not getting any use for the new building in its current state. The storms still ravage the Isla Sorna. I still cant get a fun replay on that Island, having to manage storms, and not manage a park.


Answers;

-Improve the coverage.
-Improve the protection.
-balance with increased power useage and cost and building size maybe?.

 

[Amasaur]

I guess it depends on how the storm defense building works, i thought it is meant to repel storms. Maybe it works differently, maybe it attracts storms and you have to build it away from your buildings, so it would attract the storm/cyclones away.

 

[Gondrasia]

Honestly I believe there's no point in having multiple Storm Defence Stations on the storm vulnerable islands as the buildings that are supposedly “protected” by these stations still get badly damaged.

Their only use is to provide a timely warning about the incoming storm, thus giving players enough time to open the Emergency Shelters and protect the park's visitors before said storm makes landfall. You’re better off having just one Storm Defence Station on the island.

 

[Winterwalker]

I don't think you need the entire building covered by storm defence station. It seems to works like the power grid; as long as building edge is inside the zone, the whole building is covered.

I've only used on Muerta Restricted so far but does seem to give 100% cover. The basic station only gives 'some' defence. I haven't had an essential building go down when covered by advanced.

That can be a good or a bad thing, depending on how much you like bringing a park back after a storm (good excuse for crazy ranger driving) but the ASDS does seem to do what it says on the tin.

 

[Gdain]

I guess it depends on how the storm defense building works, i thought it is meant to repel storms. Maybe it works differently, maybe it attracts storms and you have to build it away from your buildings, so it would attract the storm/cyclones away.

I tried this out in sandbox and the twister didn’t go for them. Wrecked the other side of the island. I also placed multiple ones around the park and it didn’t seem to do much of anything. I’m thinking it just maybe gives you an earlier warning of approaching storms so you can prepare a bit earlier?

 

[Player 99234567]

I am not entirely sure what exactly the advanced storm defense station does over the regular one. I thought that it would be like the large transformers in that it would have a wider area of coverage. As for the regular stations I have only ever noticed that it keeps rough storms from damaging your buildings (most of the time) but does nothing in regards to actual cyclones. Also another thing I thought was strange was that I thought that the two new DLC islands would have really terrible weather which would explain why we have the new defense station but they dont even have rough storms.

If anything they should just increase the area of coverage for the advanced station and add rough weather to the new DLC islands so that we have a justified use for it.

 

[micryda]

I never build a defence station at all for what? They are super useless i allways have enough money to repair the damage and they take up important space that i need for more important things i prefer to not build it cause it gives me a reason to spend money when the storm hits wich i have on mass same goes for inovation center,security center and science center they are useless too way to big for those small maps and they give more money why would i need even more money? Its so easy to make money anyway frontier should really reconsider the functionality of those buildings and give them a purpose other than generate money

 

[Steggs]

The Storm Defence Stations allow maintenance teams to prep nearby buildings for incoming weather systems.

The recently added Advanced Storm Defence Station provides much better storm protection within a smaller radius, this is particularly useful if you want to protect specific buildings like power plants. To give an example, you could build 3-4 power plants around one Advanced Storm Defence Station, this would mean you're less likely to suffer from total power outages during storms. Of course, the storm could still hit power lines, and you'll need to ensure sabotage risks are low too!

 

[micryda]

But i mean they are useless cause consequences are not heavy enough there is not much happening yeah buildings gets damaged so what? Nothing happens u repair it pay a bit of money and thats it there needs to be bigger consequences like all gates open automaticly when a power plant is damaged or a building can get damaged beyond repair.
Like it is now i wont need to build a defence station i just repair the damage pay the small repair cost and iam fine same for power outage i allways build the ranger station near my power plants its way more efficient than a defence station i can repair the damage in seconds.
There really needs to be more severe consequences than just pay the damage and go on cause money is never a problem its way to easy to make money i hatch three or four struthis and allready have an income of fourty to sixty thousands enough to stay over water in early game

 

[Player 99234567]

I think the defense stations would be more useful if repairing buildings took longer to repair and if there were more consequences as well. Something I was thinking about is if carnivores needed electric fences to keep them from breaking out. The idea being that carnivores would test the fences every now and then even when at comfort level and if the fences are down they would proceed to breakout. This would make electric fences actually necessary and keeping them powered a high priority. Having stuff like defense stations would also mean more.

 

[Butter]

I feel like storms need more consequences. I never use the storm defense stations because all the damage they do can be easily fixed and the only repercussions you get are some guest dying.

 

[vassalcm]

i agree that normal and heavy storms need more consequences. I love the idea of repairs taking longer. maybe incorporate flood damage? What I do not want to see is the tornado being increased....... I personally hate them and hate even more that they are not stoppable. i would use the advance storm defense system all around big carnivores if it stopped tornadoes from cutting holes in my fences. i understand the need for a top level storm that is the hardest to deal with but i think everything should have some sort of a counter and there is none for tornadoes.