unseen4ce: Thanks for your reply, they can avoid the mines easily it seems. I have the highest mine tech. I have really high tech and research.
I have a huge planet for mining, 600000 mineral storage. I occupy a small corner and have exploited it for research.
But I will certainly try satellites. Thanks.
I am also thinking of having many more space yards, I currently have six total.
hmmmm
Hard to explain without pictures ;)
OK, you have a wormhole, it has two sides, let´s call it outside and inside, so inside being the one in your territory.
You place the mines on the outside and the sat´s inside.....
This means, if the AI want´s to attack you, it HAS to move through the mines.....*evilgrin*
6 SY is not a lot....
YOu can also build SY in ships, advantage they are movable....let´s say you have 2 SY.ships and one Sat or mine layer in the same field. You can then directly deploy everything every round....When mass-producing, check for overlap, let´s call it. especially with smaller stuff, 1 item per round wasted production quantity...sometimes better to produce i.e. 3 in 2 rounds, instead of 3 in 3 rounds.
Don´t forget the bigger planets do get a bonus on production....
WAIT!!!!!!!!!!
How many planets do you have?
You know it takes ages to finish buildings without SY?????
Normally I build on EVERY planet first a SY.....
Also check for the ship-setup. If they use beam and have no missile defense, go with missiles, longer range just stay out of range for them, hit them and repeat. Smaller ships have the advantage of higher speed.
If the have missiles, build a few ships JUST having anti missile weapons, they shall stay 2 hexes before the rest of your fleet, the AI target´s normally those first.
For shields, build a few ships having shield draining weapons only.
If you put everything in one ship, takes too much space...
Same for the Sat´s, specially them, but give them some armor and/or shields!!!!
How is your Pop looking?, spread your Pop with freighters!!! The increase in production and all can be quite huge ;)
