25:10 As you're building so many advanced solars and the T2 bot lab, you're bottoming out on metal while still having loads of energy. You might gain a little more speed then by using the lazarus to eat up the starting windfarm, now that the solars can take over. That might have got your botlab up a little faster. 26:00 I do like a butler. The T2 con + butler(s) combo is great for getting those mexes up. Hit "N" on the con before he's finished so he can do the sloooooow walk to the next site while the butler finishes it off. Gets them all up faster.
I usually say, T2 con to everyone who paid (in order), then one or two for yourself, and then once your eco is scaling up nicely you can look around the map and see if anyone else still needs one and donate it for free once your own eco won't take the hit for doing so.
I give t2 to everyone. I find in those games I am more likely to win. Most dudes pay up later if you remind them. That way your build is more consistent and you can make sure the entire front holds. If that delays maras by 30 secs, that's a trade I am willing to take. Always get annoyed if eco ends up not giving me t2 and then eats the lab and I loose to tech difference. I must say that I only end up not paying when I have to defend against the commander and don't have the apm to read the chat or something
Hmm, I am not convinced on building 5+ asolars. Will have to see in-game if this turns out better than wind spam. the extra build power might help I guess.
@@EdwinClement they are like bite sized reactors, arnt that much less metal efficient and a good option if you can’t build a reactor quickly. I’ve since found to be careful to not get too many too early, and perhaps slowing the rate of t2 Mex construction early on.
@@3komma141592653 regarding that, it is like 5000 energy. So thats painful right there I feel. Especially around the same time when you gotta get t2 mexes which are e intensive t1 solars are definitely M storages, but not really space/bp efficient.
@@roguel1ke I have tested, and 3 of them seems perfect for the frontline position that I end up playing. In canyon specifically, it protects against energy crash if you loose the geo too
25:10 As you're building so many advanced solars and the T2 bot lab, you're bottoming out on metal while still having loads of energy. You might gain a little more speed then by using the lazarus to eat up the starting windfarm, now that the solars can take over. That might have got your botlab up a little faster.
26:00 I do like a butler. The T2 con + butler(s) combo is great for getting those mexes up. Hit "N" on the con before he's finished so he can do the sloooooow walk to the next site while the butler finishes it off. Gets them all up faster.
@@leonerduk top advice!
Alternatively you can make e converters, since they're all energy.
Eating wind never feels great, but sometimes you need space.
I usually say, T2 con to everyone who paid (in order), then one or two for yourself, and then once your eco is scaling up nicely you can look around the map and see if anyone else still needs one and donate it for free once your own eco won't take the hit for doing so.
@@leonerduk fair point, not a bad idea
Getting a t2 con without having to make the mex is a godsend for frontline
I give t2 to everyone. I find in those games I am more likely to win.
Most dudes pay up later if you remind them. That way your build is more consistent and you can make sure the entire front holds. If that delays maras by 30 secs, that's a trade I am willing to take.
Always get annoyed if eco ends up not giving me t2 and then eats the lab and I loose to tech difference. I must say that I only end up not paying when I have to defend against the commander and don't have the apm to read the chat or something
Hmm, I am not convinced on building 5+ asolars. Will have to see in-game if this turns out better than wind spam.
the extra build power might help I guess.
@@EdwinClement they are like bite sized reactors, arnt that much less metal efficient and a good option if you can’t build a reactor quickly. I’ve since found to be careful to not get too many too early, and perhaps slowing the rate of t2 Mex construction early on.
You can always eat them up and get all the metal back. Basically a metal storage that produces energy.
@@3komma141592653 regarding that, it is like 5000 energy. So thats painful right there I feel. Especially around the same time when you gotta get t2 mexes which are e intensive
t1 solars are definitely M storages, but not really space/bp efficient.
@@roguel1ke I have tested, and 3 of them seems perfect for the frontline position that I end up playing.
In canyon specifically, it protects against energy crash if you loose the geo too