Marine building

lumina

Do marines lose team res if an alien takes out a res tower while it is still a ghost blue, which is after the commander places it and before any marine starts building it? I always start building them right away so aliens have to do more than just touch them. I had a commander start freaking out last night, telling me I need to build the power before the res node he just placed so he didn't lose the res if aliens rushed. I also go after any unstarted buildings when I'm an alien as I have been thinking it took the marines tres. So do structures cost res before a marine actually starts building them?

RitsukaAoyagi

As far as I am aware, buildings that are still 'blue' (minus un-built powernodes) are instantly recycled as soon as an alien touches them (or hits them? I swear I've seen them vanish just from me leaping through them).

I tend to wait until I hear marines building the extractor before I leap in for the kill, otherwise the Marines will get most of their tres back. On the flipside, it's better to build the power before the extractor because the power is free to fix and you won't be gaining res until it's up anyways (and if an alien hops by and hits the blue extractor, it'll give your team back most of their res as opposed to losing a 10 tres extractor).

Savant

I thought the 'ghost blue' effect was so that the marine comm couldn't drop buildings to box in aliens. The 'ghost blue' colour is supposed to indicate that the building can be passed through. At least that's why I recall they made that change.

Emoo

While they are still blue they will be instantly recyled for 100% of their value when touched. So yes, build the power first then the extractor.

RitsukaAoyagi

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Now that's nice to know, since I wasn't aware it was an <b>100%</b> recycle.

Ohnojojo

Blue structures are recycled for 100% res when an alien touches them. HOWEVER!!!!
An alien can destroy the structure without touching it. Namely, Bile bomb, Lerk Spikes, Spit, Drifters, Whips.
This destroys the structure, without recycling the resources.
This is an exploit.
It doesn't happen often because most alien teammates will want to touch the blue structure....because its shiny.
But I hope that a developer reads this and fixes it.
Its a minor exploit, but whatever.

lumina

Thanks for the responses. Looks like I need to change how I play.