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I'm ICSing in my current game, and probably have an average of 3 per base. I am still expanding, so need more formers to prep new base sites.
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Sik, I hope you mean 2216. I mean, doesn't the game start in 2101?Originally posted by Sikander
In my current game I have 18 bases and 130 formers (clean & clean + super), in 2116. I probably had them all by about 2100 though, as I've been busy building orbital improvements, colony pods, facilities and military units for a while now.Comment
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Sikander is just that good.
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Sig material! Everyone put it in your sigs now. Except me of course, I'm too modest. Probably the most modest person I know.Originally posted by Kody
Sikander is just that good.
Oh, and yes 2216 is the correct date.He's got the Midas touch.
But he touched it too much!
Hey Goldmember, Hey Goldmember!Comment
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Sure anything that draws attention away from me.
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Sig material again?
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Sig material! Everyone put it in your sigs now. Except me of course, I'm too modest. Probably the most modest person I know.Heh probably.Sig material again?
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Sikander isn't just that good,
it's that Kody is just a little too crap.
Do the math. You can't get that many units by 2118.
If your bases double every 3 turns:
2101 2 bases
2104 4 bases
2107 8 bases
2110 16 bases
2113 32 bases
2116 64 bases
Then in 2101-2103, the 2 bases had 6 turns, making 2 pods and 4 other units. (Presume you make something every turn)
in 2104-2106, there are 4 pods and 8 other units.
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The total 'other units' are:
4 + 8 + 16 + 32 + 64 = 128-4 = 124.
Then Mind Worms eliminate all but 18 of your bases.
You only have 124 formers, not 130.
The growth presumption may be a bit off - but if anyone can show me a save with 65 bases by 2116, good luck to them!Comment
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I usually have 2 per base ASAP. Sometimes I build them in a dedicated city and home them where necessary. Coastal cities contributing one seaformer is usually enough to get by.
When time to build bholes and a serious energy park nearby established bases will each crank out a couple extra formers (current game has a large highland in the middle of the continent 5 tiles wide, perfect for 3 rows of solars separated by 2 rows of mirrors).
That probably raises the average to 3½ per base.
I haven't played MP, but against the AI a couple hardened formers can frustrate air-raids. I like the AAA mod, too (with the txt change).
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Originally posted by Kody
Sure anything that draws attention away from me.
He's got the Midas touch.
But he touched it too much!
Hey Goldmember, Hey Goldmember!Comment
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Originally posted by Sikander
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I'm building a wagon! On some other part of the internets, obviously (but not that other site).Comment
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