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ORIGINAL: RangerJoe
You were asking about repairs, not upgrades. Repairs and upgrades are two different things.

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In such a case I've noticed no adverse impact (of course except that supply is used at a quicker rate, which is expected)... is the yard really overloaded and using LOTS more supply than an accelerated ship would use if not overloading the yard?

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ORIGINAL: jdsrae

Alfred did post a Shipyard Repairs 101 thread some years back that I will try to find a link to later.

Found it quicker than expected. Not sure if this will help with the original question or not:
https://www.matrixgames.com/forums/tm.asp?m=2990845&mpage=1&key=Repairs%2C101�

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ORIGINAL: Ian R
That bump reminds me that the fact that "The process of repairing ships does not consume supply" is the first common misconception that is dispelled in it.

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3. Correcting common player misunderstandings of the repair process

Before proceeding to discuss the “repair process” in detail, I think it is useful to correct at the start of this guide, some very common player misunderstandings of what is involved in the “repair process”. Player misunderstandings of the “repair process” inhibit a proper understanding the “repair process”. Below I list the true parameters which correct the most common player misunderstandings of the “repair process”.

• The process of repairing ships does not consume supply, there is therefore no need for “tenders” to be loaded with supply when they are being used as “repair ships”

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ORIGINAL: Don Bowen

By the way, McArthur was an ass. My cousin was in the original garrison of Corregidor. "B" Battery 60th CA.

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By the way, McArthur was an ass.

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By the way, McArthur was an ass. My cousin was in the original garrison of Corregidor. "B" Battery 60th CA.

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ORIGINAL: dr.hal

Folks, while I appreciate the banter, my questions seem to be ignored! The repairs I'm talking about require a DRY DOCK (physically IN the drydock), thus not weapons or systems repairs as they don't require drydocking (that I'm aware of). Such weapons repairs may require a certain harbor or yard size but not the actual use of the drydock. I'm talking about hull or machinery damage that can not be repaired without drydocking. Why is it that in some ports a repair can be accelerated (thus reducing the number of days to repair) while the same repairs in another port, if accelerated, don't decrease the days required for the repair? Also if the acceleration of said ship puts the yard over it's limit (but in fact the tons being accommodated are NOT over the yard limit) is an additional penalty incurred (beyond the normal supply usage that acceleration requires)? Alfred's discourse doesn't address these anomalies.

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You most often see the situations you describe with very large ships (e.g., >30K tons). These ships seem to be difficult to accelerate, even with very large shipyards (e.g., 200+)

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ORIGINAL: Anachro

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I've actually ran into the situation a lot where I somehow are able to accelerate these ships a lot by using "high" priority status. What I find funny, is that "high" seems to be more effective than "critical". To give an example, on multiple occasions I've had big ships that will be at, say, 100 days repair on normal, go to 50-60 days on "high" and then inexplicably go back up to "100" on critical, even when I set every other ship to "low' priority.

Why is that?

I've actually ran into the situation a lot where I somehow are able to accelerate these ships a lot by using "high" priority status. What I find funny, is that "high" seems to be more effective than "critical". To give an example, on multiple occasions I've had big ships that will be at, say, 100 days repair on normal, go to 50-60 days on "high" and then inexplicably go back up to "100" on critical, even when I set every other ship to "low' priority.

Why is that?

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ORIGINAL: Scott_USN

Is there any difference between AR's in their ability to repair? For instance I have the small one from the Dutch that I sent to Darwin, but also I have the larger Prometheus class in the South Pacific dock. Visually the Prometheus "Vestal" looks like it would be more capable.

Also is there any benefit to stacking them? Putting 2 or 3 ARs in one port?

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ORIGINAL: Lokasenna

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ORIGINAL: dr.hal

Folks, while I appreciate the banter, my questions seem to be ignored! The repairs I'm talking about require a DRY DOCK (physically IN the drydock), thus not weapons or systems repairs as they don't require drydocking (that I'm aware of). Such weapons repairs may require a certain harbor or yard size but not the actual use of the drydock. I'm talking about hull or machinery damage that can not be repaired without drydocking. Why is it that in some ports a repair can be accelerated (thus reducing the number of days to repair) while the same repairs in another port, if accelerated, don't decrease the days required for the repair? Also if the acceleration of said ship puts the yard over it's limit (but in fact the tons being accommodated are NOT over the yard limit) is an additional penalty incurred (beyond the normal supply usage that acceleration requires)? Alfred's discourse doesn't address these anomalies.

I think the answer is two-fold:

1) "repair density", which is not the same as repair points needed

2) math

To expand on "math", I mean that it has to do with the size of the ship, the size of the shipyard, the repair density of a given repair, etc.

You most often see the situations you describe with very large ships (e.g., >30K tons). These ships seem to be difficult to accelerate, even with very large shipyards (e.g., 200+), which implies to me that the relationship between tonnage and shipyard size required to accelerate the repairs (repairing multiple points of flooding on a CA, for example, rather than a BB) is non-linear. It is probably exponential in nature instead.

Tip: cycle your ships between pier side and shipyard, based on how many % of repair points the ship reaches while in pier side.

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And only one support ship per ship if I remember correctly.

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ORIGINAL: rustysi
Also keep in mind that a ship's durability affects its repair time.

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ORIGINAL: rustysi

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And only one support ship per ship if I remember correctly.

For an ARD this is true, only one in the drydock at a time. Other 'repair' ships may service two at a time, of course they will divide their repair points.