New base production poll

[Illuminatus]

Perhaps it would be time to start accumulating PT for building SP? Or former rush? Anyway, I won't vote for now.

[smacksim]

Wow, thanks Illuminatus. Go ahead and vote. The more the merrier. Also, edit the poll to allow multiple votes!

[Illuminatus]

Hmm, I just ried the edit poll option and I can only open/close polls and change votes. So I can make a third poll, or I can manually add votes if others specify them in their posts.

[Illuminatus]

New base production poll


Well, there wasn't exactly that option - I created a new poll and moved posts to new poll. You can vote now. I will wait for now, since I am not pretty sure if we should go former rush or make PTs for TWP. I will wait a debate, since my vote can easily be decisive, so better if I think it through. I will now wait a debate about what to produce.

[smacksim]

As the only voter so far, I voted for 4 probe teams and 2 formers. Unless there is an immanent visible threat, I always start with a former or base facility rather than a garrison. The extra former turns is worth a small risk, especially if that risk can be minimized by nearby military.

The 4 probe teams are: 2 --> north to be ferried across the ocean, 2 --> whatever base is going to build an SP.

[Chaos Theory]

Formers in most bases.

Gaia's Landing can produce a scout patrol to defend and police it, and defend base 6, freeing the spore launcher to scout that potential land bridge to the east.

I picked Virgin Soil for a probe team because it will have used up its free support, and if we have a land bridge to (presumably) Yang's territory in the northwest, that base would be closest.

[Illuminatus]

Voted for most formers, scout patrol and a probe team.

[Illuminatus]

Bumped and stickied for importance.

[Chaos Theory]

Here's the current consensus:

No colony pods (and who voted for a CP at base 6??)

Gaia's Landing is torn between a scout patrol and a probe team. The scout is the safe choice, and the probe is the rewarding choice. We already have a scout coming from the north, so this scout would go to base 6.

Fallow Time is split between terraforming and either saving up for a SP or exploring/infiltrating

Virgin Soil is supporting enough and is in the best position to infiltrate with a probe team

Formers for the rest, to get roads, sensors, and forests in place.

[smacksim]

I don't know how we'd do it, but it would be nice to have a support summary for the various bases to go with the poll. For instance, I believe GL is only supporting a Former? In that case I will re-cast my vote for a scout.

It's a little slow at first, but my usual 0 support plan is :Former --> Scout --> Facility/Probe team/CP, unless pressed. This maximizes former turns and sacrifices little in defense/drone control.

[Net Warrior]

Ok, we have 5 bases supporting 7 units. Very soon we’ll have 6 bases supporting 7 units. So, we can afford to build 5 more units, 12-7=5, and still not pay support.

We have 5 scouts and for safety’s sake we’d need 6, one for each base. So we’d have 4 empty slots available for formers.

I think that two bases should be assigned to building formers. Afterwards these two bases should build a former and a probe team. Two other bases should be assigned to build probe teams. The 5th base should begin work on the Merchant Exchange SP, or at the very least a probe team with the idea of using it for the SP. The new base should build a scout patrol then a former.

I haven’t thought thru which base builds which units, but that’s the easy part.

[Illuminatus]

We need a person to vote to break the tie, or someone needs to change his opinion.

[laurentius]

Voted for; GL scout, FT former, VS probe, rest former

[Chaos Theory]

Heh, back to a tie in base #2. Oh well, if it's not resolved by the time I play the turn, and we need to commit, I'll break the tie myself.

[laurentius]

You do that sorry for the new tie btw