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mael posted 06-07-99 10:11 PM ET
How do u make use of them, everytime i just set them to autoimprove base city? Is that what most of u pple do?
LocustOfChiron posted 06-07-99 10:58 PM ET
I usually set them to fully automate, but micromanaging them is more efficent.
Krushala posted 06-08-99 03:46 PM ET
Best results are to control all of them yourself except for maybe connecting cities with roads. An easy way is to forest everything except for rolling/rainy there you farm/solar collector. If its high elevation than solar collector rather than forest. Level all rocky squares. Borehole 1 flat square per base for extra energy.
Maitreia posted 06-08-99 05:43 PM ET
It's worth noting that you can drill a borehole on rocky squares as well as flat... so you don't need to level *all* the squares in a city radius.

Mait
Krushala posted 06-08-99 06:21 PM ET
I usually level rocky squares to get better nutrients and energy rather than minerals. I never build mines anymore. just boreholes/farms/solor collectors/ and forests. and sensors too.
Gixxer posted 06-10-99 09:39 AM ET
I make two formers per base and control every one of them myself. I always make them work in teams so micromanaging is not really that bad. I put my forming strategy in a different thread, but to recap.
Farm/solar - rainy squares
Mine/road - rocky
Forest - everything else
One Condensor per base if necessary
One Borehole per base if necessary
Perhaps one Echelon Mirror inside production radius, a bunch bordering, but outside the PR.
For the most part, I improve EVERY square in the production radius with at least a forest.
I can always find something for them to do, and will often throw a couple in with an invasion force to assist with a captured base or building roads or planting fungus (if I have the Xenoempathy Dome).
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Author	Topic: Help on formers
mael	posted 06-07-99 10:11 PM ET How do u make use of them, everytime i just set them to autoimprove base city? Is that what most of u pple do?
LocustOfChiron	posted 06-07-99 10:58 PM ET I usually set them to fully automate, but micromanaging them is more efficent.
Krushala	posted 06-08-99 03:46 PM ET Best results are to control all of them yourself except for maybe connecting cities with roads. An easy way is to forest everything except for rolling/rainy there you farm/solar collector. If its high elevation than solar collector rather than forest. Level all rocky squares. Borehole 1 flat square per base for extra energy.
Maitreia	posted 06-08-99 05:43 PM ET It's worth noting that you can drill a borehole on rocky squares as well as flat... so you don't need to level all the squares in a city radius. Mait
Krushala	posted 06-08-99 06:21 PM ET I usually level rocky squares to get better nutrients and energy rather than minerals. I never build mines anymore. just boreholes/farms/solor collectors/ and forests. and sensors too.
Gixxer	posted 06-10-99 09:39 AM ET I make two formers per base and control every one of them myself. I always make them work in teams so micromanaging is not really that bad. I put my forming strategy in a different thread, but to recap. Farm/solar - rainy squares Mine/road - rocky Forest - everything else One Condensor per base if necessary One Borehole per base if necessary Perhaps one Echelon Mirror inside production radius, a bunch bordering, but outside the PR. For the most part, I improve EVERY square in the production radius with at least a forest. I can always find something for them to do, and will often throw a couple in with an invasion force to assist with a captured base or building roads or planting fungus (if I have the Xenoempathy Dome).