Um, i've noticed that while i get alot of deuterium from cold planets and energy from sats from hot planets that crystal and metal are unaffected by location so the goal must be to aquire the largest planets i can find. Only problem i have is that i cant tell how big a planet is going to be untill i have colonized it. I know 10k met/cryst isnt much for ya'll that are up there but i've only been playin a lil over a week n i only have 2k points so im not exactly up for squanderin resources colonizing just to see if it is big enuff to be worth the hassel and destroying if it isnt. O_O man i didnt mean to type that much. Anyway, long question short ==> can i tell how many fields will be on a planet before i colonize it?
Any imput will be much appreciated.. wait no, any helpful imput will be appreciated useless and annoying imput will result in little green men kidnapping u and probing, constantly, for years.

Nope, you can't tell. But planets 5-7 tend to be the biggest

darn maybe i should put in suggestions for a way to find out planet specs before u colonize

It's supposed to be random, it's the whole point of colonising.

Generally though, as Weresloth said, the biggest planets tend to be in slots 5-7 (maybe 4-8). This is not definate however, i found an 89 fielder in slot 6 and i currently have a 333 fielder in slot 15.

I would say for you starting out, do not keep anything smaller than your homeworld (163), later on you may want to expand on this depending on your play style. Right now most of my colonies are using 140-180 fields, my highest being around 230 used fields. I will never keep a planet unless it has at least 200 fields, unless of course it is a roamer, but that's a diferent purpose.

-Istalris-

last i heard it was 4-6 that was were the biggest..thats where ive been colonizing, and my smallest planet is my homeworld, where most of the others are in the high 200's, low 300's.

yeah i've noticed those tend to be bigger, i havea couple 400+ and one thats over 500 from that area still would be nice to not have to colonize to find out >.> dont like wasting resources

But if we all knew which planets were biggest, all the big planets would be taken. Abandon and re-colonize the slot, the size is random.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but the 1-7 planets are generally hotter than the 8-15, right?

Yep. Hotter means more energy and colder means more deuterium

if it is random is there a possibility that you can colonze the same spot twice and get two different planets?just a slight possibility this seems to be worth checking out its time for somescientific reserch ill post when i find out

You will always get a new planet every time you colonize a slot. Even if that slot was previously occupied.