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What is Reinforced Mode?

April 26, 2017mode reinforced

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What is Reinforced Mode?

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A – When a POS’s Control Tower loses 75% shields it goes into reinforced mode, at this point the Control Tower is invulnerable to any and all damage types so long as the fuel (Strontium Clathrates) supports it. Reinforced mode is in place so a POS owner doesn’t have to be online 24/7 with the worry that when he logs off to sleep a load of “other side of the world people” don’t log on and blow it up. The fuel for reinforced mode is only used when the Control Tower enters this state. When reinforced mode is in effect a timer appears on the control tower which is a countdown. All structures requiring CPU will automatically go offline when a control tower enters reinforced mode. When this countdown reaches 0 the strontium clathrates are exhausted and the control tower can be shot at again. If an attacking force comes back and starts shooting it then once the armor and structure are shot away the control tower explodes and the bubble drops. All ships and structures inside the bubble are the