Are fleet/ship training facilities all that useful?

[DirectorTsaarx]

Originally posted by Pax:
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If you're ever fortunate enough to get to 40% ship with someone, and they have a neural net ... you get to 40% ship with EVERY ship in teh same fleet.

You get the 40% experience bonus on every ship in the same fleet that has a neural net - an important point to remember. The neural net doesn't "push" experience to other ships, it "pulls" experience from other ships.

Originally posted by Suicide Junkie:Against other races, the MCs will save small amounts of space, freeing up room for an extra shield generator or small weapon. You main benefit from the computer tech area will be in resource bonuses.

Originally posted by Pax:
Or freeing up space for another PDC or two -- maybe three, on the REALLY big ships, and on full Starbases ofc.

As I mentioned below, on the REALLY big ships (baseships, base stations, starbases) it's cheaper to use the MC than the Bridge/CQ/LS combo. For Dreadnoughts, Heavy Carriers and Large Transports, the MC adds a cost of 500 minerals (plus a few orgs and rads, but those are usually in a HUGE surplus for the standard game).