Well i guess if you are going to nerf one machine under the basis of "Maintenance" to keep everything realistic to captain realism, then every single machine in the game should also be affected by this. Tools and nano/quatum armor may or may not get something like this because its annoying to code something to keep track of when to maintain it and shit (Although according to alblaka, NBT Tags solves everything equipment related)
Yeah,I have an off-scene dream of such realism,as it opens some new possibilities in smp and surely creates some pain in the ass in ssp /still,having a magic on-off option in config would be nice /.Yeah,this would make people build less same-type machines and make more upgrades,than more generators,etc.Pain in the ass could turn into something nice.Several new tools,brainkilling mechanics..sure,that's cool and fits 100% perfectly.I d love to see that 1 good day