Company of Heroes Question

[Kromis]

To be more specific, what do the upgrades at the supply yard do? Whenever I get them, I don't seem to notice a difference? I mean, what's the "upkeep" in the game?

 

[kyniskos]

All units on the field cost resorce in maintainance. This causes your resource generation to slow down(I've only seen this on manpower, uncertain if it also applys to fuel and munitions), upgrading in the supply yard lowers the cost of maintainance, thus giving you more manpower to spend on new units or reinforcing old ones. Whether it's worth it, is another question. It costs a lot of fuel and doesn't give you all that much more manpower. If I am playing a short 1v1 game or are not planning on going rifle-spam, I don't bother. By the way, after finishing a game you can se the difference in resources gathered in the score screen, very enlightning when playing 2v2 and upwards.

 

[Kromis]

Originally posted by: kyniskos
All units on the field cost resorce in maintainance. This causes your resource generation to slow down(I've only seen this on manpower, uncertain if it also applys to fuel and munitions), upgrading in the supply yard lowers the cost of maintainance, thus giving you more manpower to spend on new units or reinforcing old ones. Whether it's worth it, is another question. It costs a lot of fuel and doesn't give you all that much more manpower. If I am playing a short 1v1 game or are not planning on going rifle-spam, I don't bother. By the way, after finishing a game you can se the difference in resources gathered in the score screen, very enlightning when playing 2v2 and upwards.

Thanks mate!!!!!

 

[Stuxnet]

Basically, it just prevents you from tech'ing too fast by adding a faux tier to the mix.

 

[Bulldog13]

Originally posted by: jbourne77
Basically, it just prevents you from tech'ing too fast by adding a faux tier to the mix.

How ? I don't believe you even need it to get anything ?

 

[Atheus]

Originally posted by: Bulldog13

Originally posted by: jbourne77
Basically, it just prevents you from tech'ing too fast by adding a faux tier to the mix.

How ? I don't believe you even need it to get anything ?

I think you need it for the vehicle building... can't remember what they call it.

 

[Red Storm]

That would be the Motor Pool and the Tank Depot.

 

[Kromis]

Yes, I know the supply yard serves as a prerequisite for the vehicle making but really, what's the use of it after you built it? That's my question regarding its upgrades. But kyniskos already covered that so...yeah, I have no more questions that need to be answered.

 

[Stuxnet]

Originally posted by: Atheus

Originally posted by: Bulldog13

Originally posted by: jbourne77
Basically, it just prevents you from tech'ing too fast by adding a faux tier to the mix.

How ? I don't believe you even need it to get anything ?

I think you need it for the vehicle building... can't remember what they call it.

Yep. As Red Storm mentioned, it's a prerequisite for light and heavy armor. It's a necessary evil in the game. Without it, Allied could start cranking out tanks way too early. The usefulness of the Yard itself has been called into question by quite a few people, so it's pretty much just accepted that it's just there to force a delay in tech'ing up. I don't think anyone bothers upgrading it to the second or third levels... at least not unless they have a ton of extra resources to burn off (in which case you wouldn't need the upgrades anyway).