RTs stop collecting res as soon as you hit recycle and, as we all know (right?), recycling structures only gives back an amount of res based on their hp.
With 1-2 skulks biting, you get the same amount whether you recycle them or leave them. Which means all you do by recycling RTs is saving aliens time.
A lot of people already know this, but I'm bringing it up because I still see loads of commanders doing it, and while some will go "oh okay I didn't know that" when I call them out on it and explain, some will claim it's the right thing to do no matter what I say and/or call me an idiot or other lovely things.
Please stop recycling RTs. Your marines will love you for it.
Love,
snb
edit: Changing the whole purpose of this thread to a discussion after having tested it again. See my post below!
So, here's roughly how much res you get for recycling / leaving skulks to bite an RT respectively:
1 skulk: recycling = 7, leaving = 4
2 skulks: 5, 3
3 skulks: 3, 1
Basically, you get 2-3 more res from recycling RTs than you get from leaving them. When do you recycle RTs and when don't you, apart from obvious situations when a marine is on their way? When can you justify having skulks occupied for a few more seconds in return for losing 2-3 res?
With 1-2 skulks biting, you get the same amount whether you recycle them or leave them. Which means all you do by recycling RTs is saving aliens time.
A lot of people already know this, but I'm bringing it up because I still see loads of commanders doing it, and while some will go "oh okay I didn't know that" when I call them out on it and explain, some will claim it's the right thing to do no matter what I say and/or call me an idiot or other lovely things.
Please stop recycling RTs. Your marines will love you for it.
Love,
snb
edit: Changing the whole purpose of this thread to a discussion after having tested it again. See my post below!
So, here's roughly how much res you get for recycling / leaving skulks to bite an RT respectively:
1 skulk: recycling = 7, leaving = 4
2 skulks: 5, 3
3 skulks: 3, 1
Basically, you get 2-3 more res from recycling RTs than you get from leaving them. When do you recycle RTs and when don't you, apart from obvious situations when a marine is on their way? When can you justify having skulks occupied for a few more seconds in return for losing 2-3 res?