Starting tactics

[primitive]

Originally posted by spoon:

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Originally posted by primitive:
SJ
It was Spoons model, not mine. HW EB's 1 BSY then start with colonizers.

Just for the record, it was EB 2 BSYs, then switch to colony ships.

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I apologize then.

It even made me think that maybe I was wrong about this, and that your way might be better, so I started a test-game.
My result (tested it thrice on different maps): ---- Out of minerals at turn 8 -----
There is no way I can make this work even using every available colony slot for mineral production. And even taking some of the BSYs of EB, there is no way I have resources left over to build SY's on the planets.

Building one (or maybe two) Base shipyards might be a good idea in certain situations.
However; with a startingsystem with a normal planet distribution (and default start), I advise against it.

I will be happy to calculate/test any models and racials setup people would have, both counting actual colonizers built and resources made.