Game Bottleneck

[Baron Munchausen]

Argh,

It sounds to me like you might be emphasizing ships too much. How much do you spend on units? The best way around the bottleneck is to use every single planet to build units. For that matter, even spaceyard components can build units at a reasonable rate. Admittedly, they are not so effective for offense as ships. Even with carriers you can't attack in the same way using fighters as you can with ships. But I still think units are a vital part of the game.