Are single facility planets useful for anything other than 'bookmarks' (waypoints?)

Krsqk · #1 July 6th, 2002, 02:43 AM

Well, my 2d is more or less repeating what's been said already, but oh well. In brief: 1 > 0.

I prefer to use my domed tinies as SYs; with some BSYs and orbital cargo bases, these planets can pack quite a punch. If you've got decent storage, you can also mothball ships as they come off the line and save them for a rainy day.

About the only exception to the SY rule is if the planet happens to be on a path between WPs. Then, I build a resupply depot, which saves some of the micromanagement. Not that I mind micromanagement; I just like to choose what to spend my time on.

If I run across a tiny with >130% in one resource, I usually put the appropriate extraction fac on it.

The training fac idea with two moons is a nice one; I'll have to put it into use in some PBW games here pretty quick.

Puke · #2 July 6th, 2002, 03:25 AM

pax: wow. hats off to you for thinking of that one! i would never have thought of stacking training facilities.

Lord Kodos · #3 July 6th, 2002, 03:37 AM

Trade to AI(or player!)
Destroy,rebuild
population housing.

Fyron · #4 July 6th, 2002, 03:40 AM

Two words:
Colonize everything!

Any planet is useful. Never leave a world uncolonized.

Will · #5 July 6th, 2002, 04:50 AM

The 3X ship/fleet training is quite a useful trick to use with dual-moon worlds. I normally play vaccuum breathers, and when I find one of those, I build a PSY, Ship Training, and Fleet Training on all three. Main planet also has Resupply depot, and is filled out with whatever else is useful. Moons are filled out with Cargo Facilities. I'll have somewhere between 5-25 BSYs in orbit and the planets have shield-heavy WPs (ie, 1xComputer;1xPDC;1xCSM;13xShield).

It's really nice when I find one where all three are Atmosphere: None.

As for all the others, I'll at least colonize them just for a single research facility. Or, if it's between warps or fairly close, a resupply depot.

tesco samoa · #6 July 6th, 2002, 04:52 AM

1 can become 6 if you set the game up right and did the proper research.

Elowan · #7 July 6th, 2002, 03:24 PM

High Griffin: your answer to my query begs another:

I have seen reference to Fleet Training using empty orbiting ships. In MOO2 - there are special facilities that can be built for such purposes. I haven't seen these (yet) in the Research queue.

Question 2: name a 'system-wide' facility. A Research facility perhaps?

Question 3: which now brings up another question. Does a Research Facility on a 'Ruin Planet' get extra points?

[ July 06, 2002, 14:27: Message edited by: Elowan ]