Ever-noob plays Thinker mod w/ Lal, AAR
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I would settle in place and settle second colony pod on the mouth of the river two tile SE.
Bureau cap is 6, negative efficiency does not reduce it.
Yes, get formers first. After that it depends. In some neighbourhoods you may need laser/particle rovers. In better circumstances Free Market via Industrial Economics is good.
Bureau cap is 6, negative efficiency does not reduce it.
Yes, get formers first. After that it depends. In some neighbourhoods you may need laser/particle rovers. In better circumstances Free Market via Industrial Economics is good.
The spot you wanted to settle on was fine too. But due to the river you can reach the stronger one very quickly too so it's worth it. Of course, sharing the food resources with other bases is the play but the double food base can use both resources briefly early on for a bit of an boost and is more flexible in sharing one or the other.
I would build a former in each base at this point. Turning your nutrient resources into 3/2/1 tiles is currently more efficient than making more colony pods using bad tiles. Forest the nutrient resources north of HQ and near UN Dignity Plaza. Then consider farming the river tile between HQ and UN Sanctuary Square. This is what I'm roughly aiming for at the beginning. Each base gets a 2+ nutrient square to grow to size 2 and an extra forest (can often be shared) to make a colony pod once it is size 2. Forested nutrient tiles are optimal. However sometimes a 2/1/0 or 2/1/1 farm is the best you can do as for Sanctuary Plaza. Next, one road south of HQ and one road SW of that (S-SW of HQ) to connect to the river are good builds.
Solar collectors can be OK builds if you have the spare former labour or are really hurting for energy (say Yang start without a river). You can consider adding a collector to the farm on the projected farm tile between HQ and Sanctuary Plaza. However, extra forests for once you bases are size 2 are definitely better unless you can immediately buy the colony pods (doubtful). Roads to new base sites is very likely better too.
I would build a former in each base at this point. Turning your nutrient resources into 3/2/1 tiles is currently more efficient than making more colony pods using bad tiles. Forest the nutrient resources north of HQ and near UN Dignity Plaza. Then consider farming the river tile between HQ and UN Sanctuary Square. This is what I'm roughly aiming for at the beginning. Each base gets a 2+ nutrient square to grow to size 2 and an extra forest (can often be shared) to make a colony pod once it is size 2. Forested nutrient tiles are optimal. However sometimes a 2/1/0 or 2/1/1 farm is the best you can do as for Sanctuary Plaza. Next, one road south of HQ and one road SW of that (S-SW of HQ) to connect to the river are good builds.
Solar collectors can be OK builds if you have the spare former labour or are really hurting for energy (say Yang start without a river). You can consider adding a collector to the farm on the projected farm tile between HQ and Sanctuary Plaza. However, extra forests for once you bases are size 2 are definitely better unless you can immediately buy the colony pods (doubtful). Roads to new base sites is very likely better too.
Yes indeedThis looks amazing. Now, of course, you are following my advice.
hyped to see where this one goesSpoiler Lal 2133 :
Rocky tiles get a mine obviously. They are great. I use farm/mines/road on mineral bonus tiles which have good yields already. For example, on rainy, rolling tiles the total output is 2/5/0 and on rainy, flat tile it's 2/4/0. On moist, rolling tiles it is 1/5/0 which is still superior to a forest but already sketchy, considering the former labor required. However, unless I'm mistaken, flat, moist and flat, arid tiles only reach 1/4/0 total output which is less than a forest (1/4/1) and also takes much longer to terraform. Even on the other types I listed if you need the minerals quickly planting a forest is often viable anyway.
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This is the strategy I use on Transcend:
Each Faction favors a certain Society model. So Gaians favor Green, Spartans Power. If you have chosen their favorite, then they might like you. Mid game, I make a colony pod with one of the sea vehicle chassis, send it somewhere far off my coast and make a base I can then give to another faction. This gets you a lot of goodwill from them. I also do this for a useful faction that is getting wiped out. If you get trade with that Faction, the income will eventually pay for the colony pod/base you gave away. Good luck!
Each Faction favors a certain Society model. So Gaians favor Green, Spartans Power. If you have chosen their favorite, then they might like you. Mid game, I make a colony pod with one of the sea vehicle chassis, send it somewhere far off my coast and make a base I can then give to another faction. This gets you a lot of goodwill from them. I also do this for a useful faction that is getting wiped out. If you get trade with that Faction, the income will eventually pay for the colony pod/base you gave away. Good luck!
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