My intent was not to say it was the only way, he asked for suggestions and I gave him one.Istalris wrote:Yes, though with the arrival of Rapid Fire, sats will get chewed up pretty darn quick. As for backup power, useful, though i always check the energy requirements of a mines level up before i build it and contruct the necassary energy plants.Spankie wrote:Although I am not a top 10 player, you may consider having a few hundred on your planet so when you do move your mines up, you can apply the power to run them while your solar plant or fusion reactor are building. Then shut them off. They are also a cheap source of defense. Consider them a useless RL that you stll have to destroy to get thru. They can absorb nothing, but it does take one shot to kill it away from your other defenses or reliable fleet.
Just a suggestion from a non top-10 player
-Istalris-
Yeah of course, just tell me where and i'll test their effectiveness for you.gamefreak9 wrote:Sats are also good defenses in mass numbers. It takes a sizeable fleet to destroy 11k sats. With a few added ground defenses as well, your res will be well protected.
neoshagrath wrote:If you build solar sats, build enough defense to protect it. If you built defenses, build ABMs.
That is great until someone you stepped on decides to destroy you (risking their entire empire).
So sats +defense+abms might just be equal to solar plant + security.
Solar sats is a good fodder but I doubt you will be building more than 3k sats. (unless your aim is graviton)
When large fleets finds its way on your doorstep, I'm sure your 3k sats would just be feeders.
