Increasing Fleet Size?

[TheMac]

I'm researching 10% fleet size increases, then I'm also building two star bases around my new colonies. The star bases indicate they take 8 fleet slots. I thought they gave you fleet slots. What can I build to increase my fleet size? I know there's a wiki and probably some help in game, though I'm too new to find either. Help. Thanks.

[EleventhStar]

shipyarrds + their upgrades
population
research
traditions (supremacy, dominations and diplomacy) have some perks that give you fleet capacity
galactic force projection ascension perk gives 200
the cap isn't a hardcap, you can go over it.

[TheMac]

Thank you very much. I seem to be a bit short of influence. I'm trying to keep my people happy. Is there a way to increase influence besides edicts? Maybe something early game? Tips in this area? Thanks again.

[catwhowalksbyhimself]

Originally posted by TheMac:

Thank you very much. I seem to be a bit short of influence. I'm trying to keep my people happy. Is there a way to increase influence besides edicts? Maybe something early game? Tips in this area? Thanks again.

There are very few ways to increase influence. You mostly got to keep your biggest factions happy and be careful not to spend it. The biggest trap new players seem to fall into with influence is thinking they need to put outposts up everywhere. You don't. Use one or two if you really need control over an area, then tear it down again first chance you get.

[TheMac]

Thanks for the help. Good advice. :)

[catwhowalksbyhimself]

Originally posted by TheMac:

Thanks for the help. Good advice. :)

Keep in mind that everything I just said goes out the window the second 2.0 drops.

[TheMac]

Yes. Lots of changes.

[Nasty Nos]

Originally posted by catwhowalksbyhimself:

Originally posted by TheMac:

Thanks for the help. Good advice. :)

Keep in mind that everything I just said goes out the window the second 2.0 drops.

So now what? I just started in 2.3 I believe? What good tips are there for me?

[Mistfox]

Originally posted by Nosnibor:

Originally posted by catwhowalksbyhimself:

Keep in mind that everything I just said goes out the window the second 2.0 drops.

So now what? I just started in 2.3 I believe? What good tips are there for me?

Try to start a new thread instead of resurrecting one whose post was one and a half years ago?

Don't worry, just play, you're kind of expected to screw up your first gameplay and die horribly, getting good comes with experience.

Just some starting tips.
To claim a system, you need to first survey it then build a starbase on it. Starbases cost alloy and influence to build and your influence is usually the limiter so don't do too much diplomacy at the start or you'll find you're out of influence to expand.

Don't worry about empire sprawl, it's common to go over and a new system or planet usually covers more than the % increase.

Your normal fleet cap is never enough, you need to supplement it with anchorages and logistics offices and land fortresses or see enemies 2-3 times your fleet size stomp you into the ground.

You got a limited amount of population, don't build so many buildings that they end up all being professors and engineers and die from starvation because no one is farming or working the power plants, build only when you get unemployment. And upgrading is not always better, if you can't maintain the upgraded building, both in rare material and people, you might as well not have upgraded.

If you know someone is on bad terms with you, check his fleets once in a while with either science vessels or listening posts and see how he builds his ships then adjust your builds to counter him. If he has a lot of lasers, go shield heavy, if he uses kinetics, go armor heavy etc and adjust your weapons to counter his ships as well, refitting is very easy in the game and hard countering helps you kill fleets much bigger than yours.

Good Luck and read the tooltips, they give a lot of info you need to plan.