Slav UA and Resource Pods

[Ultraxus]

Im wanting to use the Slavs UA to slingshot to a specific tech. My question is how reliable are resource pods in giving a solar collector rather than another bonus?

 

[Spark026]

I'd say you've got like a 90% chance of getting a solar collector on a Standard Terran map.

Provided your initial build order is Old Earth Relic > Explorer > Explorer[3 Total Explorers out counting the free one]

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On the rare chance this fails, Ecology is right there, and doesn't hurt the slingshot speed that much.

 

[Creamy Goodness]

Im wanting to use the Slavs UA to slingshot to a specific tech. My question is how reliable are resource pods in giving a solar collector rather than another bonus?

So far, I've gotten the Solar Collector from my first pod 100% of the time as the Slav Fed. I'm pretty sure it's intentional, obviously. I always just sleep it until I've researched the pre-requisite stem tech before the one I want to slingshot into. I'll be damned if I'm going to waste my free tech on some tier-1 crap.

 

[Ultraxus]

So far, I've gotten the Solar Collector from my first pod 100% of the time as the Slav Fed. I'm pretty sure it's intentional, obviously. I always just sleep it until I've researched the pre-requisite stem tech before the one I want to slingshot into. I'll be damned if I'm going to waste my free tech on some tier-1 crap.

I tried it at least 10 times and only got the solar collector once I may have to use the miasma repulsar instead

 

[Magma_Dragoon]

Opening with two scouts, I've never not gotten a satellite

 

[Creamy Goodness]

I tried it at least 10 times and only got the solar collector once I may have to use the miasma repulsar instead

Seriously? Wow, the RNG must hate you or something.

Not even exaggerating, 100% of the time my first pod with them pops the solar collector. I'd just assumed that they'd programmed it that way when playing Slav Fed.

 

[Creamy Goodness]

Opening with two scouts, I've never not gotten a satellite

My usual build order (I take the free worker 99% of the time) is OER, Explorer, Explorer, Explorer.

Explorers are just stupid good in the early game. And if you can pop an affinity upgrade and get them either supremacy 1/purity 1 early on (or even BOTH as has happened in a few of my games) they become THE thing to build in the early-game.