TRADE PORTALS AND SHUTTLES!

[katana4zuzu]

Is it more effective to have 2 or more trade portals to speed up transfers to the orbital station, or use shuttles instead..Any advice appreciated... :-)

[Felix]

I never need more than 1 portal. In theory it will be quicker so I don't see harm, just be mindful for the worker and power cost.

[katana4zuzu]

Thanks For The Quick Reply, Much Apprewciiated :-)

[Sabaithal]

Its very difficult to achieve enough resource income to warrant the use of 2 portals, or trading shuttles.

I generally keep a shuttle on standby (disabled) in my cities regardless. It can trade with the station, yes, but it can also ferry large quantities of resources to other cliffs. And despite what the cost values indicate, materials covered under the "disaster mode" law will NOT cost the receiving city anything.

Also the shuttle eats up uranium. Though that stops being a huge issue by late-game.

[katana4zuzu]

Good Points, Thanks Vvery Much :-)

[Panterich]

More portals will allow you to trade more resources. Note that this intensifies problems/bugs that come from item transportation at fringe periods (while platform is moving).

Shuttles allow you to transport more resources per occupied land, but you can`t set different destinations for shuttles on the same cliff.

In any way make sure you have enough drones before you build more portals/shuttles, otherwise your speed of transfer will lower instead.

Originally posted by Sabaithal:

Its very difficult to achieve enough resource income to warrant the use of 2 portals, or trading shuttles.

On larger cliffs it should be possible to achieve enough for 2 portals + 2 shuttles and still have enough for several trains, but no reasonable amount of drones will be able to deal with that on constant basis.

[yooonge]

I can just tell you the way I rebalanced my Recourseflow btwn my Station and Cliffs

3 Portals* and 3 Shuttles at my "Main Cliff City" although the Shuttles just trade with the Ice Citadel because of Thunderstorms and thus the inabelity to trade with the Station for 8 (?) Days.

At my Ice Citadel i have 6 Portals and 3 Shuttles.
The Shuttles this Time Trade with the Station during Thunderstorms.
Its kinda hairy sometimes in terms of Luxoury Stuff but im making it through those Days with enough profit.

*The Main Cliff City in wich those 3 Portals are located distributes the Goods it´s buying to the other 2 Cliffs via 2 Bridges each. I just use the other two Cliffs for their Benifits (one farming and the other one for Uranium and other heavy Industry Stuff)

Keep in Mind though that it needs tons of Battaries for the extra Dronehubs and thus an equal amount of Power. Also keep in mind to just buy the amount you need each day for each cliff of each Resource! Because of that I reduced the Population of the Cliffs to about 4,8 k´ish (my main Cliff has like 1,75 k)
It reduces the amount of energy requiered for Public Stuff and takes quit a lot of work off your Drones Hands wich comes in handy rebalancing the Cliffs productivity

[Mahzrael]

I think (but am not 100% sure) that an upgraded trading portal (research upgrade) will take 20 units of any given thing on any given day - producing more than this and the material will just build up. If you happen to be making 30+ net units of 3+ goods , absolutely build a second portal. If you have just one material that is building up really quickly (apples on the 100% fertility island) , it might be better to use a trade shuttle every once in a while to push a big amount somewhere.

[CalamityCannonKiwi]

personally i start with 1 portal per cliff but eventually get 2 per cliff until late game then back to 1 for more room. my citadel has 4 at all times. i have 2 shuttles per place but have them turned off until i need them for whatever reason