What the hell is MOHO Sparking?

James Beatty · 27 Jun 2004, 4:47 PM

And how do I do/see it?

rapier7 · 27 Jun 2004, 4:51 PM

Attack the ARM MMM when it's building. It'll activate.

Conq · 27 Jun 2004, 5:32 PM

IIRC it works for the Core MMM, too...or at least it used to.

me22 · 27 Jun 2004, 6:19 PM

IIRC it works for any on/off-able unit -- I've even heard of solar sparking.

Of course it's most useful for MMMs

Armoured Fish · 27 Jun 2004, 6:44 PM

Yeah, it will work for any unit that deactivates when hit I think. Normal on/off-able units shouldn't be affected.

me22 · 27 Jun 2004, 10:07 PM

* me22 goes off to try sparking adv radar

Storm · 27 Jun 2004, 10:38 PM

This means that all solars, all metal makers and all radars can be sparked. Metal extractors and Moho metal extractors can not be sparked to the great misfortunate of people that love to live on bugs.

Colonel Sanders · 27 Jun 2004, 11:01 PM

what exactly does it do? I mean, if by attacking something so that it has less to build and finishes earlier, that works on EVERYTHING in the mac version

Warlord Zsinj · 28 Jun 2004, 1:18 AM

You get to use the metal income of the MMM well before it is actually operational. Of course, if you dont have enough energy to power it, you can't turn it off, so... Serves you right

Switeck · 28 Jun 2004, 2:08 AM

The whole point of the shut-when-hit behavior for these buildings is so they're tougher and harder to kill while shut. However they forgot to check if they were finished building BEFORE closing and reopening. :lol

But due to game bugs... the MMMs are NOT tougher while closed -- solars and pop-up guns/lasers are pretty much unique in that regard.

Even Annihilators and Doomsday Machines are no tougher closed.

renrutal · 28 Jun 2004, 3:53 AM

It kind of makes sense if you think "Death Star 2"

Warchicken · 28 Jun 2004, 5:49 AM

Yeah, if you do it, use a really weak weapon, like say a jeffy; or a samson if you have to. You have to be careful not to kill it. Saves build time more than anything else, and is good if you're fusion farming faster than moho making. Cheap, but effective.

27 Jun 2004, 4:47 PM	#1
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27 Jun 2004, 4:51 PM	#2
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27 Jun 2004, 6:19 PM	#4
me22 Sailing Penguin Join Date: 10 Mar 2000 Location: Great White North Age: 37 Posts: 1,664	IIRC it works for any on/off-able unit -- I've even heard of solar sparking. Of course it's most useful for MMMs __________________ Code: .-. /v\ L I N U X // \\ /( )\ Phear the Penguin ^^-^^

27 Jun 2004, 6:44 PM	#5
Armoured Fish Not here Join Date: 26 Aug 2003 Location: England Age: 33 Posts: 1,661	Yeah, it will work for any unit that deactivates when hit I think. Normal on/off-able units shouldn't be affected. __________________ ROBOT WAR ENGINE \| Mappy - SnappyMap - CheckTdf - TAUtil

27 Jun 2004, 10:07 PM	#6
me22 Sailing Penguin Join Date: 10 Mar 2000 Location: Great White North Age: 37 Posts: 1,664	* me22 goes off to try sparking adv radar __________________ Code: .-. /v\ L I N U X // \\ /( )\ Phear the Penguin ^^-^^

27 Jun 2004, 5:32 PM	#3
Conq OS Junkie Join Date: 23 Apr 2001 Location: Muncie, IN Age: 39 Posts: 3,375	IIRC it works for the Core MMM, too...or at least it used to.

27 Jun 2004, 10:38 PM	#7
Storm Engineer Join Date: 26 May 2001 Location: Any country. Posts: 12,293	This means that all solars, all metal makers and all radars can be sparked. Metal extractors and Moho metal extractors can not be sparked to the great misfortunate of people that love to live on bugs. __________________ File Universe has prevailed!!

27 Jun 2004, 11:01 PM	#8
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28 Jun 2004, 1:18 AM	#9
Warlord Zsinj Rabbihilator Join Date: 23 Sep 2000 Location: Bastion, Imperial Space, Outer Rim Age: 38 Posts: 4,022	You get to use the metal income of the MMM well before it is actually operational. Of course, if you dont have enough energy to power it, you can't turn it off, so... Serves you right __________________ Let us praise God. O Lord / Ooh, You are so big / So absolutely huge / Gosh, we're all really impressed down here, I can tell You / Forgive us, O Lord, for this, our dreadful toadying, and / And barefaced flattery. / But You are so strong and, well, just so super / Fantastic / Amen. And let us sing: Oh Lord, please don't burn us / Don't grill or toast your flock / Don't put us on the barbecue / Or simmer us in stock / Don't braise or bake or boil us / Or stir-fry us in a wok / Oh please don't lightly poach us / Or baste us with hot fat / Don't fricassee or roast us / Or boil us in a vat / And please don't stick thy servants Lord / In a Rotiss-o-mat. - Chaplain, Meaning of Life

28 Jun 2004, 2:08 AM	#10
Switeck Registered User Join Date: 24 Feb 2000 Location: Dothan, AL, USA Posts: 3,142	The whole point of the shut-when-hit behavior for these buildings is so they're tougher and harder to kill while shut. However they forgot to check if they were finished building BEFORE closing and reopening. :lol But due to game bugs... the MMMs are NOT tougher while closed -- solars and pop-up guns/lasers are pretty much unique in that regard. Even Annihilators and Doomsday Machines are no tougher closed.

28 Jun 2004, 3:53 AM	#11
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28 Jun 2004, 5:49 AM	#12
Warchicken Registered User Join Date: 4 Mar 2001 Location: Louisiana Age: 37 Posts: 3,774	Yeah, if you do it, use a really weak weapon, like say a jeffy; or a samson if you have to. You have to be careful not to kill it. Saves build time more than anything else, and is good if you're fusion farming faster than moho making. Cheap, but effective. __________________ My Livejournal "When you put your whole heart into a search for the truth, in due course you start to see the contradictions in what you've been taught. You start to realize that something doesn't feel right and doesn't look right. Something starts to sink...." -Dan Lafferty, Fundamentalist Latter-Day Saint "A man who was merely a man and said the sort of things Jesus said would not be a great moral teacher. He would either be a lunatic - on the level with a man who says he is a poached egg - or he would be the devil of hell. You must take your choice. Either this was, and is, the Son of God, or else a madman or something worse. You can shut Him up for a fool or you can fall at His feet and call Him Lord and God. But let us not come with any patronizing nonsense about His being a great human teacher. He has not left that open to us." -C.S. Lewis