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Question for the ones that beta test. What is better in a medium/large map, to have a few well developed planets were you do all the tech,production,ect, and leave the rest planets just as defense(few turrets) OR build equaly among all you planets?

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Reply #1 from Sins Forums Top
well putting important research stations on the front line would be a bad idea.
Same goes for trade stations.

I usually make one planet or at times 2 planets the center for my ship production
Reply #2 from Sins Forums Top
It's usually easier to spread things around. For research you need the right number of civilian and military labs, and the cheapest way to do it is to spread them out among your planets to avoid spending resources developing to the max (in the beginning, anyway, towards the end you need to fit a lot of things so you develop anyway). As for production, depends on the empire size, really. With large empires it makes sense to have several shipyards spread around so you can quickly build ships where you need them built. Vasari have an easier time with this, since they can just have one shipyard at their homeworld and a network of phase gates for direct travel

But as Multi said, usually you don't want your labs/trade stations/refineries on the front lines either
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Reply #4 from Sins Forums Top
No, they remain under the builder's control until destroyed.
Reply #5 from Sins Forums Top
Well in that case building in every planet is good sinse you cant lose tech or have an enemy poping out ships.
Reply #6 from Sins Forums Top
But since you need a certain number of labs to research techs, getting a bunch blown up means you need to rebuild them to continue researching the higher techs, which costs precious resources It's good to spread around, but unless you're in desperate need of logistics space, better to just keep them off planets most likely to be attacked