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Trade Center Strategy

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For the TEC, I always try to build Trade Centers as soon as I possibly can. Is there any advantage to building more than 1 per planet?

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Reply #26 from Sins Forums Top

the danger with trade stations is that you wont have enough slots left for tech centers
(on medium 2 small maps in short al the time)


1 trade station per planet gives hell lotsa income
i had 8 planets 1 trade station per planet
income was around 90/sec

refinery ships are nice, but need some serious thinknig b4 placing them

1. what planets are adjecent to the 1 your building it at? (refinery ships wil move 1 phase lane to get materials
2. a refinery provides 1 quoata slots for al extracots on adjecent planets so never make more then necisary

(2)
| \
(1)-(3)----(4)

in this formation 1, 2, 3 and 4 are planets, the /, \, and --- are phase lanes

in order to get a good refinery quota u wil have to build refineries at planets 1, 2 and 3

1 wil provide 1 quota for planets 1, 2 and 3 (self included)
2 wil provide 1 quota for planets 1, 2 and 3 (self included)
3 wil provide 1 quota for planets 1, 2 and 4 (self included)

the outcome means planets 1 2 and 3 have 3 out of 3 refinery quota
planet #4 wil only have 1 quota
building a refinery at planet 4 is a waste since 3 is already maxed out
however if you have the $$$ and logistic slots for it, it wont hurt
also, dont forget you need slots for research centers
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Or put 3 at planet #3 and everyone gets their quota.
Reply #27 from Sins Forums Top

Or put 3 at planet #3 and everyone gets their quota.
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That was what I was thinking :)
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Reply #28 from Sins Forums Top
If you build only 2 Trade Outposts at the furthest stretches of your Empire, is it still beneficial to have Trade Outposts at every system in between?
Reply #29 from Sins Forums Top
I'd also be interested in more info on how the 'trade network' bonuses work. I just finished a game where at some point my 'trade network' (white line) stopped moving across my empire as I expanded and built Trade Centres. I saw no reason for the line to stop and not auto-adjust itself, but alas it pooped out on me at 5 or 6 planets. Maybe an option to let us manually create a trade ntwork/white line among our trade centres would be nice?Actually even better, I'd love to see it changed so that there is no longer one line for a 'trade network' but instead have a trade centre network to ALL the adjacent planets' trade centres. Visually that would look more like a spider web than a line. I think that's also a lot more realistic and more resembles an actual network where products/supplies can move along through the empire freely as long as trade ports are connected at some point. I guess the bonus may need to be toned down a little bit to make up for this method being a little 'easier' to establish, but then again maybe not.
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I was playing with my friend, and (not including fleet support) I got around 200 credits/s :)
Also, i place a 200,000 bounty.. heh.. Useless pirates p:
Reply #30 from Sins Forums Top
Generally I've found that it's almost always better to fill out existing logistics slots with trade centers before expanding to a new world. The only time I'll expand first now is if I haven't got trade yet (early game) or if I want a specific planet for tactical reasons.

With the new black market system, the return you get from building more trade centers will outweigh the return you get from expanding easily.

refineries are also pretty worthless now considering their expense compared to just getting more trade centers and buying the resources you need instead.
Reply #31 from Sins Forums Top
how does setting up trading partnerships with other factions work to affect the trade income? and if you're allied with another person, like in a 2v2 online game, shouldn't your trade line extenda nd join to theirs since you are trading partners, possibly doubling the length of your trade network early on if you're close to each other at the start?
Reply #32 from Sins Forums Top
Advantage = more income. If you have 1 starbase with an income of say...1.3/sec and you build the 2nd Starbase, you will get 2.6 income/sec
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No kidding? Man, I feel really n00b right now...