I'm at 1:235:12 in Uni 1. Just tried to probe you, but you have Newbie protection. I'll send some resources your way when my fleets get back from their raids.

I don't quite get the energy #'s. Is it a bad thing if the first # is red? I'm not doing any harm, right? Its just telling me I don't have enough energy to go 100 for any given field?

yes it's bad. you need to keep your power levels up or it will slow/stop your production.

start fleetsaving and spend your resources if you keep your resources low it isn't worth the time to raid you.

so as long as the sum energy # is in the green I'm ok? like at 2 right now w/ my resources divied out.

right

your good if your mines are 3-4 level behind your solar power...

like:

metal-12
crystal-12
deut-10
solar-15

you should have enough power...

i messd up a bit early on and had to build fusion to quickly fix a MAJOR power shortage... now it's there if i need it in a pinch, but avoid it if possible... it costs deut

The weekend is over a whole buttload of planets just went (i)

but most look like the owners set up the acocutn and bailed... only ike 4-5k of each resource...

i have foudn a coupel biggies... but i'm pillaging to try and get the 16k crystal needed to complete my level 3 impulse engine research... at that point i will just have to save up the resources for a colony ship...

hey rinky.. what do one of those bad boys cost anyway?

true but if you break up your fleet, you can max each SC at each location...

I am currently milking a good sized metal deposited planet in universe 1. We should start a second alliance of XOC in one it has a decent amount of free resources for the taking.

A colony ship costs:

Metal:10.000 Crystal:20.000 Deuterium:10.000

And when it gets to the planet you send it to it's gone. The ship itself becomes the colony on the planet so you don't get to use it again.

I've got 4 panets in Uni1. Working on a 5th soon right next to my planet in Gal 8. The other 4 are spread out in different Galaxys 1, 4 and 5. Once you get a fleet of ships together, it's a good idea to 'Fleet Save' which means while you are away from the computer, send them somewhere until around the time you get back. Then nobody can wipe out your fleet while you are away.

I have probes, cargo & fighters now. Gonna work on finding me someone to take resources from

I set up A Forum on my server for us to use... so we can have multiple threads and stickies...

once you register, PM me("451") and i will give you access to the hidden forum.

thats about what i expected...

getting that much crystal is gonna be tough... that's the resource i seem to always run short on.

Alright, i think im missing something in this game. I should have the technology and resources to build ships or defense, but it doesnt say build next to them. What am I doing wrong?

Oh and my stats are:
Metal mine-7
Crystal mine-6
Deuterium synth-6
Solar plant-8
Robotic fac-2
shipyard-2
research lab-2

I can't get it to login I registered but damnit.

I will keep trying.

they dont build liek that.

you type the number you want in the box to the right of the ship information and click "send" that starts the ship building cue.

make sure you select the right universe when logging in

I am it keeps telling me either two reasons my ip has changed or I have logged in multiple times to the same account. Dunno going to let it set and see.

ha, wow i should have figured that one out. So now I have a missle launcher, does it just sit there until Im attacked again? How often are they destroyed?

message the admins.... there is an IP ban, they can fix it... i saw this mentioend in the forums

yeah defenses do their own thing...

as for how often they are destroyed... depends on the attack... check the official ogame forums theyhave all the mathmatical formulas

With regards to how long your missle launcher will last. An attacking fleet can only wipe out 30% of your defence in 1 wave. Not sure how the game figures that out if you only have 1 of something and lost 30% of it! lol. The other 70% of your defences are considered 'Repaired'.

Here's a good tip too.

I launched my fleet earlier, a whole 2 light fighters and 2 small cargo ships to a planet that had 1 small fligher and 1 missile launcher. Running a speedsim I was 98% sure to win. 5 mins before the fleet arrived at the guys planet I sent out another probe to see what was going on. The guy had built 2 small lasers while my fleet were on route. So I recalled them in the fleet screen. His 2 small lasers, 1 light fighter and 1 missle launcher would have taken me for sure.

If you can, always send a probe a few minutes before your fleet arrive, just to make sure nothing has changed in the hour or 2 that your fleet are traveling to the destination.

Im still learning the ropes, but I applied to the XOC alliance

hour or 2 ?!?!?!?!?

try 4-6.

i wish it only too an hour