27-06-2004 06:57									#1
	Early Units Got spare money?

quote: Originally posted by Googlie So we start with 2 colony pods and a unity rover. Found 2 bases and produce scouts? research cent ecol? If food sufficient to grow to 2 first, then produce colony pods. Discover Cent Ecol in the meantime. Start Doc Flex Found 2 more bases and produce formers, rush buying - to use that first free row of minerals for 21 to 23 ec's each, and change to scouts thereafter. So by turn 10 or so we have 4 bases, 4 scouts, 2 formers and a Unity Rover What now?

quote: Originally posted by Googlie Actually, to continue on, I see we have already a suggestion: Make sure we either start on, or build, a coastal base, then we produce a gun foil or 2 after getting Flex, to better explore/bully/extort our neighbors. There is always "build" competition for colony pods, land and foil probes, impact rovers, formers, and, yes, eventually crawlers. So what are our priorities?

quote: Originally posted by Zeiter I'd say generally we should try to get colony pods out there as soon as growing to size 2 allows. If a Cpod has to wait because a base won't be at size 2 by its completion, then the priorities should probably go: 1. formers 2. more scouts 3. rec tanks after we get Biogen, or possibly more formers 4. a foil for scouting the seas. A lot depends on terrain. Also, will we be going uber-ICS base placement? (Meaning, mostly 2 tiles from base to base? I think that could help offset our industry penalty in the early game somewhat if we get more bases out there more quickly. But again, a lot depends on terrain. This ICS strategy is only good if there are several workable tiles near each base. If we find ourselves in a resourced-strapped dunes/fungus environment, our focus needs to be on formers instead of new bases.