Repairing Spire Ships

[KPJZKC]

Could someone shed some light on this for me? I was under the impression that the ships you build from asteroids were not repairable, but in my current game, they are. I checked the release notes for the previous patches, and there was something about repairs being different when a minor faction is enabled, is it the Fallen Spire faction that's allowing me to repair the ships?

[Ozymandiaz]

I think its dependant on the minor faction difficulty (hard/medium/easy).

[KPJZKC]

I would have assumed that under Hard difficulty I would be incapable of repairing the ships, but I can - not sure if it makes sense to not be able to repair them under Easy difficulty

[Vinraith]

I would have assumed that under Hard difficulty I would be incapable of repairing the ships, but I can - not sure if it makes sense to not be able to repair them under Easy difficulty

They can be repaired under easy and hard, but not under medium. The reasoning is as follows:

Under easy, you get the spirecraft with no drawbacks, and the AI gets nothing to counterbalance them. This is a purely advantageous faction.

Under medium, you get the spirecraft, but they have some drawbacks (like inability to be repaired). The AI gets nothing to counterbalance them. This is still largely advantageous, but a bit more balanced.

Under hard, you get the spirecraft with no drawbacks but so does the AI. The AI launches waves including spirecraft, so you'd better have some of your own to handle things. This is completely balanced, if not slightly disadvantageous.

[KPJZKC]

Ah, that makes perfect sense!

I've seen the waves already (in the last game I played they seemed quite common), in this game I hadn't heard anything about them until about 3 hours in! Thought it had gone faster last time!