reduce smes busywork

[rrrrrr]

(same tune as the monorail song from the simpsons)
YOU KNOW A SERVER WITH A GOOD GAMEPLAY LOOP IS LIKE THE MULE WITH A SPINNING WHEEL...  NO ONE KNOWS HOW HE GOT IT AND DANGED IF HE KNOWS HOW TO USE IT

THE NAMES BOTANIST, BOTANISTPOWER

AND I COME BEFORE YOU GOOD PEOPLE TONIGHT WITH AN IDEA... PROBABLY THE GREATEST--

AHHH IT'S NOT FOR YOU... IT'S MORE OF A BAYSTATION IDEA

[I THROW MY VOICE] NOW WAIT JUST A MINUTE. THIS SERVER'S TWICE AS FUN AS BAYSTATION. JUST TELL US YOUR IDEA AND WE'LL VOTE FOR IT

ALRIGHT I TELL YOU WHAT I'LL DO. I'LL SHOW YOU MY IDEA

I GIVE YOU THE SIX-COIL SMES

I'VE SOLD SIX-COIL SMESES TO ERIS, SKYRAT, AND AVA'S BATTLEGROUNDS, AND BY GUM IT PUT THEM ON THE MAP

WELL SIR THERE'S NOTHING LIKE A GENUINE BONAFIDE ELECTRICIFED SIX COIL SMES

WHAT'D I SAY? (SMES) WHAT'S IT CALLED? (SMES) THAT'S RIGHT, SMES

SMES, SMES, SMES

 

[note: definitely not how it'd actually be changed. second image only for joke purposes. basically just make it start off upgraded. there is consistently five to eight minutes where you need to babysit this thing and upgrade it. very boring. "busywork". i do not think anyone enjoys doing this]

[La Villa Strangiato]

i would support this

[Sneakyranger]

I'm not really concerned the change itself, so don't take this post as a negative on it as a whole. However, I do feel it's relevant to point out the following because it's described as necessary:

Upgrading the SMES is a noob trap that only exists because we teach people to do it in engineering. You don't actually "need" to do it at all. You can have better performance while skipping it. 

Just set its in and out to max then turn on the breaker bypass and set the RCON, which most people do anyway. You now have a better output capacity and with each department running off its own SMES the small amount of extra battery space provided by the main SMES is negligible, and if it really bothers you you can still just add a few more capacitance coils without taking the eons required to disassemble it.

Hopefully that helps people out before this change goes through or if it doesn't go through at all.