Ur metal income should be between 70-100. After getting all mex t2 upgraded and 3 t2 power gens and some energy storage you can RAS upgrade. 3 t1 power gens needed per 2 land factory, worse for air. Less if reclaim trees, more if extra factories building army units. Usually 20 or more t1 power is all that is needed for t2 upgrade. There is a mass fab mod that can automatically turn these on and off when overflowing energy. You can fix this by building t2 mass fabricators randomly about which are very cheap. As tiers get bigger, more energy will be wasted. Dont spam t1 power endlessly, huge waste of energy and metal, go t2 when possible. Your beginning build you have to learn is build only the power that you need and no more. Metal should NEVER be wasted, if your score board says u wasted any more than 5 then you are doing something wrong. Look at it as a delicate dance between the energy and metal bars keeping them balanced and not wasting resources. It gives u a leg up in eco, especially important at the start. Useful for reclaiming forests and sparce rocks laying about.
Especially useful for engineers and reclaiming.Īttack move from factory with no additional waypoints lets engineers reclaim huge areas without moving.
A few tips for newbs is hold ALT for attack move.