Am i supposed to build every single system improvements?

[FarmsPT]

Am i supposed to build every single system improvements, on all systems or i should just for example, build industrial improvments on some planets, or military improvments on others. Im new to 4x games and this game in particular. Only used to play RTS.

[jozenone]

in this game, there is no artificial limit to building. Costs may get prohibitive, but if you have the cash and resources, feel free to build away.

That being said, there are better and worse options, resource limitations, and differing racial and planetary effects that may play into your priorities,but at least a few production boosters can go a long way anywhere. Cash(Dust) boosters are often critical unless you have wide access to cash-boosting luxury.

Also, your tactical and strategic situation. Far away from the enemy, military buildings are often a low priority. Anything that produces FIDSI is probably worthwhile.

One good thing is, that if a building is totally useless in a system, the game deletes it from the options (and will re-add it if the situation changes)

In yet another twist, there are even some secret buildings, such as the Stim Camp, that can totally revalue other buildings. The Stim Camp, as an example, gives 10% of manpower as industry, so most of your military buildings are now ALSO production boosters. Vaulters and Empire can really have fun with this, and even more if you win the contest to get the bonus defence tech (I think it gives 750 manpower or something by itself)

[Sloan]

Originally posted by Karma:

Am i supposed to build every single system improvements, on all systems or i should just for example, build industrial improvments on some planets, or military improvments on others. Im new to 4x games and this game in particular.

build improvements will change political parties. If you build a science upgrade on a system with lava planets, the science gain will be less than with cold planets. Completing quests will need to build improvements of a certain type, industrial or others. Improvements can be dismantled if they cost a lot of money.

[Vzzdak]

But what you want, but improvements have an upkeep. Make sure you develop your economy to pay for stuff.

Your build choices affect politcal strength of different parties, so pace your improvements to control this.

At the same time, for the races you have in a given system, your build choices will be more acceptable depending upon how predisposed they are.

[Strontiumdog]

Not really. Towards the end due to the nature of how the economy develops you can build all buildings however each building has a cost as well as a use so obviously prioritise your needs, Industry, food etc and if you start running out of cash maybe it's not the best idea to build all the buildings, especially when you need big fleets, which you will.