Guide for new players

[SkulkrinBait]

Feel free to add to and amend this guys as I'm still a n00b myself so don't know diddly.

;D

1. Make sure you utilise the build queues to the max so you are producing/researching 24/7 to avoid any wasted time. Be aware that if you don't have enough resources for an item in the build queue then all items in the build queue are deleted.

2. Go for resource extractors asap and silica first then aluminium as these resources are scarcest early on. Once you've got enough research buildings to be getting on with then get more silica and aluminium extractors, 5 or 6 is a good number for silica especially.

Discuss!

[raistlin]

More silica, more silica. I have 7 Silica mines running, an 8th on the way, and it still won't be enough.

Use the calculators at the bottom of the ships/weapons/ground units pages to work out how much something is going to cost before you start. I started production of 50 cyborgs without checking first, and was then aghast to be left with only ~10 units of silica! That prevented even doing much research or adding new buildings until I'd built up stocks again

[Matija]

But once you develop, aluminium becomes scarce.

[Shendemiar]

Do any of you have any idea how much units is sufficient?

i have 70 bullets and 200 cyborgs plus small amount of other fighters

[Perun]

shendemiar said:

Do any of you have any idea how much units is sufficient?

i have 70 bullets and 200 cyborgs plus small amount of other fighters

I find cyborgs pretty useless for defence, laser towers (and stronger) are much more efficient.

Besides, you don't have to protect your home planet, only Vampires can attack it and steal resources.

I don't know how much ships is sufficient, though. Depends on how much ships attacker has, I suppose! ;D