Team Resource

From NS2 community wiki

Team Resources are resources provided to and spent exclusively by the Marine Commander and Alien Commander. Unlike Personal Resources, there is only a single pool of Team resources per team and no players other than the team's commander may have access to the resources or spend it at their discretion. The introduction of Energy and the distinction between Team Resources and Personal Resources are part of the new Resource model overhaul established in Natural Selection 2.

Collection Rate

Team Resources are generated at a consistent rate of 1 per Extractors or Harvesters for each respective team every 8 seconds. As a result, Team resources collect at a much faster rate than Personal Resources, accumulating 4 times faster. The Marine Commander also receives a small refund of Team resources from recycling structures.

Unlike Natural Selection 1, no Team Resources are earned upon killing an enemy player.

Use

Due to the fact that Team Resources are used exclusively by the team's respective commander, they are used primarily for placing structures and researching upgrades. The Marine Commander also may spend Team Resources to construct MACs and ARCs.

Differences from original Natural Selection

The current implementation of Team Resources most closely resembles the resource system of the Marine team in the original Natural Selection. Much in the same way that only the commander could access the pool, the system has been made universal for both teams, including the Alien team which had previously used a system resembling the current implementation of Personal Resources.