Re: Obscure, unintuitive and unforgiving
 

In RTH2 pbw game some player will undoubtly finish some sphereworlds before the game ends. I have over 12 sphereworlds in there and I am building them full as fast as I can. I can't wait to see how much it'll produce when filled with monoliths, Mineral scanners (+those 2 other bonus facilities) and system mineral scanners... http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/shock.gif

Re: Obscure, unintuitive and unforgiving
 

Mineral Scanners do not stack with Robotoid Factories (as far as the minerals bonus goes).

Re: Obscure, unintuitive and unforgiving
 

That is true. But they do stack with system mineral scanner. And I my refference of those 2 facilities were into radioactives collider and hybrid farms.

Re: Obscure, unintuitive and unforgiving
 

Is it really econimical to build Monoliths on ring/sphereworlds?
Sure on planets where there are limited space, there I always build monoliths.
But on Sphereworlds you'll propably never finish filling the facility spaces.
I always build the other type of resource generating facilities on sphere/ringwords (farms etc).
I'm sure Fyron builds Monoliths but how about the rest of you?

Re: Obscure, unintuitive and unforgiving
 

*Points at the NGC5 game, and glowers at Ruatha* Do not expect to deceive me. You have been building Monoliths at your Ringworlds and Sphereworlds there! As such, your query can only be a ploy to trick me into revealing important intelligence about how I use the products of my imperial ego.

I would only build the basic resource facilities at any planet, including Ringworlds and Sphereworlds. Once the planet is filled up, I start scrapping one facility to replace it with a Monolith; it takes a lot micromanaging, but gives a decent resource production while waiting for Monoliths. At least, I ideally do that; more often than not I lack the patience to make such changes, and tend to leave my basic resource facilities.

Since Ringworlds take 120 turns to be filled (assuming Advanced Storage and one facility per turn), plus quite a few turns to build them, I will seldom come anywhere making the switch to Monoliths. But then, I mostly use Ringworlds to show off and to make myself secure from Star Destroyers, so.

Re: Obscure, unintuitive and unforgiving
 

I always build Monoliths on all my planets, as soon as I have the tech for them...even on sphere/ringworlds.

*Pointing at NCG5* Ruatha, I'm offended! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif You closed the warp point I opened into your system! And here I was just trying to be friendly http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/frown.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/laugh.gif

Re: Obscure, unintuitive and unforgiving
 

Think it like this. 1 normal resource facility generates 1000 units/turn. Monolith generates 2700 units/turn. Therefore, if you build monolith in 2 turns, you create more resource generating capacity per turn than building normal facilities. It would be different if planets could build more than 1 facility/turn, but they can't. It might be different in SEV. I am interested to see what it is like.

Re: Obscure, unintuitive and unforgiving
 

Ruatha is such a mean player, and so reluctant to accept contacts with the younger Empires. Feel free to blame Ruatha for any wrong caused by the First Ones; however, the praises about the First Ones should be sent to myself. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif

I have taken over the First Ones Renegade, and so I am the one guilty for that warp closing. Ruatha had nothing to do with it, unless you want to make him a scapegoat. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

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I knew that! I just forgot it for a while there... http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif So you're the guilty one....grrrrrrrr....... http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/laugh.gif