Acquisition Timer

Acquisition Timer was a passive system available to all vehicles. It was unlocked and upgraded using Certification Points.

Acquisition Timer reduced the acquire timer, a cooldown between spawning two of the same vehicle, an old mechanic used to limit vehicle spawning before the introduction of Nanites. Previously, after spawning a vehicle, a cooldown had to be waited out before you could spawn another one, even if you had the necessary resources. This timer also affected the MAX which had an identical ability, called MAX: Acquire Timer Reduction.

Acquisition Timer, as well as the acquire timer mechanic that it affected, was removed in the August 5, 2014 Update, when Nanites were added to function as the new limiting system. All certification points spent on all variants of Acquisition Timer were refunded.

Certifications
The certification costs for Acquisition Timer were the same across all platforms that could upgrade it, though the amount the certification reduced the timer by varied.

Flash
The base acquire timer for the Flash was 5 minutes.

Empire Specific Fighters
The base acquire timer for the Empire Specific Fighters - the Mosquito, Reaver and Scythe - was 15 minutes.

Lightning
The base acquire timer for the Lightning was 15 minutes.

Harasser
The base acquire timer for the Harasser was 15 minutes.

Main Battle Tanks
The base acquire timer for Main Battle Tanks - the Magrider, Prowler and Vanguard - was 20 minutes.

Liberator
The base acquire timer for the Liberator was 20 minutes.

Galaxy
The base acquire timer for the Galaxy was 20 minutes.

History

 * August 5, 2014 Update
 * Acquisition Timers have been removed from vehicles and MAX. The ability to pull additional vehicles and MAX is now purely based on available resources to the player.
 * Acquisition timer cert lines have been deprecated,and all certs spent on them refunded.