<t> Why does the ship builder recommend I put troop carriers on my destroyers? What exactly do these do beyond let you drop off troops at planets? Do they defend against boarding as well or improve the ships stats?<br/>
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I build troop carriers for that, but the tooltip doesn't really say what ...

<t> Another new player here.<br/>
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I haven't really tried area weapons and in my new game I'm trying grav, but I really don't understand the weapons.<br/>
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When grav weapons say they do more damage vs smaller targets, do they mean smaller than the ship using the weapon, or just small ...

<t> Ok, after much fiddling I do think it's the last one. From the zoomed out view the system is outside my enemys zone of influence, but when zoomed part way in it looks like it overlaps with just a bit of the edge, so it most likely does count as in their influence. guess I'll have to just blast ...

hrm, maybe i'm stupid but I can't find the expansion slider, which menu is it in?

Thank you Raap for checking your game, really appreciate it. I didn't even know about the expansion slider. I'm going to have to check that.

BTW, this game is freaking brilliant good.

<t> Thanks for responding guys.<br/>
I checked by taking that same construction ship and trying to build the same gas extractor station on a planet in my home system and it worked. but as soon as I right click on any plane in this unclaimed system the build option simply isn't there. Really strange ...

<t> just got this game a couple days ago and have put an embaressing amount of hours into it, sooooo good.<br/>
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But i've got questions.<br/>
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Can you not build bases outside your influence zone? I'm playing a game where I got kinda stuck in the rear end of the galaxy and not a single ...

<t> satisfied is an understatement.<br/>
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I am a huge space 4x fan, it's my favorite genre. I've played every one. How did I never know about this game!?!?!? ok honestly I think i've seen it offhandedly mentioned on random internet places by people saying "no seriously this game is the best ...