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[theonlystd]

ORIGINAL: elliotg

ORIGINAL: theonlystd
And resupply ships.. How do you use em? Mine doesnt seem to be doign crap for me

Resupply Ships are useful when you have one or two decent sized fleets and you are in a war with another empire. Resupply Ships will hide out near your enemy's territory and serve as mobile refuelling depots for your fleets. This way your fleets don't have to travel all the way back to your space ports to refuel.

But until you're in a decent-sized war, Resupply Ships are not especially useful. Don't build them until your empire gets to a reasonable size (1-2 good fleets).

I guessed that much.


But that doesnt seem to happen.. Do i have to deploy em or some such

[Gertjan]

How many planets / ships in a fleet do you need to have before it is wise to have a resupply ship?

[elliotg]

ORIGINAL: theonlystd

ORIGINAL: elliotg

ORIGINAL: theonlystd
And resupply ships.. How do you use em? Mine doesnt seem to be doign crap for me

Resupply Ships are useful when you have one or two decent sized fleets and you are in a war with another empire. Resupply Ships will hide out near your enemy's territory and serve as mobile refuelling depots for your fleets. This way your fleets don't have to travel all the way back to your space ports to refuel.

But until you're in a decent-sized war, Resupply Ships are not especially useful. Don't build them until your empire gets to a reasonable size (1-2 good fleets).

I guessed that much.

But that doesnt seem to happen.. Do i have to deploy em or some such

If you leave them automated they will automatically deploy to locations where they think they'll be needed - i.e. near your enemy's systems.

If you want to manually direct them, select them and right-click on a fuel source somewhere (gas giant planet, gas cloud) and select 'Deploy'. They take 30 seconds to deploy, and then become a refueling location for your military ships.

[elliotg]

ORIGINAL: Gertjan

How many planets / ships in a fleet do you need to have before it is wise to have a resupply ship?

It's more related to distance than size. If your enemy targets are not nearby then you'll need a resupply ship to refuel your fleets without them having to return to your empire's territory.

So you should have at least one fleet before building one. They're also big and fairly expensive to build and maintain, so your empire's economy needs to be able to handle it.