cielo ship and civilian infrastructure

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I was in a multiplayer game earler and noticed by the replay that my ally (a TEC player) upgraded his civilian infrastructure pretty quickly after the game began on all his ice/terran worlds to 3.

usually I upgrade the civ. to 1, and leave it alone till I have money to spare.

Is this beneficial for more taxes?  What's recommended?

 

Also, what does the cielo ship do actually?  It "coordinates" attacks, but what is the real application of this ship?

Thanks!

RM

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Reply #1 from Sins Forums Top

Typically you want to get as many levels of civilian infrastructure as necessary to get yourself out of planet underdevelopment.  From there, you purchase the next level only when your current population levels reach the maximum.  So, if a planet has 98/100 population, that's a good time to upgrade.  Unless you need the money to build units right away, it's usually a great investment.

Reply #2 from Sins Forums Top

Cielo is a support ship that has two abilities, one is Embolden that restores shields at 2.5 a second and reduces weapon cooldown.  Its second ability is better in that it causes the enemy to take much more damage when attacked but it costs a lot to activate that one...still, its great.

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Reply #3 from Sins Forums Top

 is sick :/

Reply #4 from Stardock Forums Top

I agree with Darvin.

Best bang for the buck: Getting out of the red (underdevelopement tax rate). It's diminishing return for every level up, but still worth while. Your terran home planet starts at level 3 and 10 credit/sec, and at level 4 fully populated it goes to 12.2 credit/sec. So I hold off for a while on that costly upgrade.

Reply #5 from Sins Forums Top

Depends on the map size.  If it's a bigger map where rushes are impractical, then do it right away, since the investment will pay off before your enemy can actually strike you.  Small maps, definitely delay because your fleet won't be large enough if they hard rush.

Reply #6 from Stardock Forums Top

Sure the investment will pay off eventually (civilian infrastucture level 3 -4). But there are better investments to make first off:

    Ice and Volcanic colonization techs.

    Upgrading civ facilities on newly aquired planets.

    TEC cost decrease for mining structures.

Also military investments can save money, especially against pirates:

   Hangers-fighters can kill planet destroying frigates, while help is on route.

   Repair bay reduces fleet losses and keeps your capital ship hull healthy when they arrive.

   Better regen rates with hull, armor & shields upgrades. It makes it all the more easier to continue to aquire more planets.

A Marza Dreadnaught with the basic regen upgrades is impressive for clearing out the rabble around unsettled planets. Of course you want it "level up" some before taking on a unsettled Terran planet. The repair bay effect is impressive, if the trip to one is too long, it might be the first thing I build at the planet.

Reply #7 from Sins Forums Top

I agree also with Darvin3 and wardad..:)

 

But even on big map you need to save upgrade just before you cap max on population because you need some money to conquer and develop new neutral worlds