How many formers do you want?

[Maniac]

I would like to know how many formers per base the regular peacekeeper citizen would construct.

[DeathByTheSword]

100.00% for 2 or 3 per bases well then its decided (i forgot to mention only one vote)

[Wojit]

For me, it would really all depend on whether we get the Weather Paradigm

[Maniac]

But of course The Weather Paradigm! Do all of you give high importance to that? Building an SP that early game though would slow down expansion plans. In any case, I always try to reserve one of the first bases built for an early game SP production by maxing mineral production and building a rec commons and rec tanks (while all other bases would almost solely build colony pods, formers and scout patrols and not worry yet about facilities).

[Maniac]

Anyway, I like the current poll results very much until now. I mostly build between 1 or 2 formers per base early game (say 1.5 x # bases most of the time). If the poll continues like this, I might even ask for more.

[MrWhereItsAt]

Can't we decide this in the game, a base at a time? Surely things won't be so easy for us that we can blithely say we can do this now?

[DeathByTheSword]

it`s just a guidance I think

[Maniac]

Indeed. Guidance. To know what PK citizens would want their Director to do under ideal/general circumstances. Of course it should be dealt with on a base per base basis in the actual game.

[Method]

it depends really. in my current SP game i have anywhere from 1, to 6 formers per base. i like a lot of formers and crawlers

[Juliennew]

I usually have 2 or 3 formers per base but it also depends if I own the Weather Paradigm or not.

[gopher]

How about we wait to see where we are when we land, for instance if we land in a fungus paradise.

[Vlad Antlerkov]

Depends on the situation. We should have at least two per base. Additional formers should take a back seat to base infrastructure and military construction/support considerations -- though if we definitely need more, by all means, build more. (Granted, once we get Crawlers, support costs won't matter much.)

Of course, if we land in the middle of a heavily fungus-infested area, three or more formers per base would be needed. On the other hand, if we land in the Monsoon Jungle (or a very rainy area), 1.5 formers/base could suffice.

[Andemagne]

between 2 and 3.

we need land and sea formers. I can't see how we can manage with less than 2 per base.

[Pandemoniak]

Well, as a man devoted to build, I usually have between three and four formers a base, since I build them with armor and use them as "conscript garrison". I ALWAYS have the Weather Paradigm, this is a must have. But this poll is nonsense, so I voted banana. The number of formers depends of landing site, of terraforming needed, etc...

[Maniac]

Why is this poll nonsense? Don't you want to know the opinion of your potential voter?

Btw, guys, when you say between two or three formers or something like that, are you thinking about the early-game or the mid-game? Early-game more than two formers per base will drastically reduce our mineral production due to high support costs and as a result slow down our expansion.