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planets in slot 1,2,3,10,11

Posted: Sun Jan 24, 2010 5:59 am
by dexternl
Is it possible to have a planet on slot 1 or 2 or 3 or 10 or 11, with more than 250 fields?
If anyone has a big field planet there let me know!

I've been trying to get 250+ fielder planets at these slots.
After 100 colony ships the highest i got at these localtions was like 217.

So I'm wondering if 220 is max at these slots.

Re: planets in slot 1,2,3,10,11

Posted: Sun Jan 24, 2010 11:15 am
by IKICKAYOUWASSNOW
I had never even heard of this, but when checking, 1,2,3,10,11 do appear smaller on planets that I have, and have ever colonized. 220 however cannot be a maximum because I have a slot 10 that is 247 fields.

Re: planets in slot 1,2,3,10,11

Posted: Tue Jan 26, 2010 7:04 pm
by dexternl
Finally got a 249 one in slot 10.
however the other slots still seem hopeless :roll:
maby 250 is max there.anyway im gonna stop after 100more colony ships for the other slots i think.
been sending 5 ships a day for a month already, image that :shock:

Re: planets in slot 1,2,3,10,11

Posted: Wed Jan 27, 2010 6:48 am
by IKICKAYOUWASSNOW
Guess my first try there was pretty lucky then. Are all colonizations you've attempted in 1, 2, 3, and 11 all 220 fields or smaller still?

Re: planets in slot 1,2,3,10,11

Posted: Wed Jan 27, 2010 11:53 pm
by OrionRising
154 fields -- in slot 10...

Slot 4 is the best though i have a planet with 407 fields... its my best planet and barely halfway full :D

Re: planets in slot 1,2,3,10,11

Posted: Thu Jan 28, 2010 12:00 am
by Weresloth
I stick to 5, 6, and 14. Those seem to be the biggest.

Re: planets in slot 1,2,3,10,11

Posted: Thu Jan 28, 2010 12:06 am
by KarrothMelu
14's are wonderful. You can get 500+ with a few tries. I usually send three colony ships to slot 14 planets in close proximity to each other, and keep the biggest and/or coldest, depending. Admittedly, power is a little bit painful, but sacrifices must be made :D

Re: planets in slot 1,2,3,10,11

Posted: Thu Jan 28, 2010 12:07 am
by Thatguyeric
Back in my day we were told it was 4-6, so I have a lot there, but 14 is the best slot IMO, very big and cold usually. Keep in mind 250 slots is plenty, people usually shoot higher but that is unneeded.

Re: planets in slot 1,2,3,10,11

Posted: Thu Jan 28, 2010 12:26 am
by Weresloth
Eric, Size 27.525 km (253 / 388 fields)

Re: planets in slot 1,2,3,10,11

Posted: Thu Jan 28, 2010 1:17 am
by Thatguyeric
Here is how I see it. These are roughly the maximums people will get, and I would guess only the top 50 could, and ven then a lot would be superfluous:

metal mine 36 (very few bother mining up this high)

crystal mine 32 (people with mines at levels like this know that crystal mines have terrible cost:output ratio)

deut synth 33 (very few bother mining this high

solar plant 30 (most will stop lower as sats are more efficient)

fusion reactor 15 (I would stop around level 5, sats are much better)

robot factory 15 (fast buildings are useless, most people stop at 10 for nanite)

nanite 8 (Have seen higher, but not common, way too expensive)

shipyard 20 (Only reason to go this high is to get yard 21 for instant BS, and that would require nanite 10, hardly ever see this high)

metal storage 10 (Your res shouldn't be on the planet for prolonged periods of time, past ~5 is useless)

crystal storage 10 (same as met storage)

deut storage 10 (same as met storage)

research lab 15 (only need these on up to 5 planets anyway, I stop at 12)

ACS depot 1 (broken, no gain by leveling)

silo 9 (too expensive for doing something unimportant)


This totals to 244 feilds. Is it possible to get higher, yes, but realistically you wouldn't need all the buildings, unless you want to own the scoreboard, or you like getting your building count up.

PS- 34.050 km (230 / 468 fields)