How many mines is enough?

[solops]

Too many mines, especially if heavily armed, will bankrupt you. If automated, construction ships will eventually stop building them. I see this as an area where a light touch and targeted intervention is best.

[feygan]

ORIGINAL: solops

Too many mines, especially if heavily armed, will bankrupt you. If automated, construction ships will eventually stop building them. I see this as an area where a light touch and targeted intervention is best.

Unless things have changed with the last expansion then mines have almost zero impact on your finances. You will pay an initial fee for building them, however unless you happen to have 40+ construction ships flying around then you should never be spending that much in any short space of time. After that they are free being commercial vessel they require no upkeep from your current wallet.

If you have got your fuel situation under control and got a good grip on your economy there really is no reason not to build build build with mines. Once I have my finances working correctly I make a habit of mining literally every planet and moon I have in my empire boarders. This has the effect of never having to wait on minerals for building, along with your commercial sector producing more freighters to ship things around, this then results in higher spaceport fees.