Hey everyone!
This week, our developers take a look at player controlled resources, and what they're used for.

What game components/structures will require player controlled resources besides the mechas needed to transport those resources?
 
Rare resources are needed for many things – crafting advanced level of gears, building vehicles,  upgrades for structures in player controlled territories etc. They are essential for developing your base on higher levels. Once you conquer a territory,  it's up to you how to build your base. But within that space, there are certain choices and tradeoffs you'll have to make to be as effective as possible.  Energy is not limitless, and you will need to manage your base within the available energy supplies at your disposal. This may mean choosing between many small structures that require less energy or several large ones which are much more power hungry. Will you choose between having an economic advantage over your neighbors, or strive for absolute military dominance? Balancing your holdings between mines and turrets may prove to be a tricky proposition indeed, but it is possible with a bit of planning. 

Additionally these resources will further upgrade your base command center. For each building you build, there are various tiers of powers and upgrades available but because of the limited space and resources you can't have all types of structures in one base. We look forward to sharing more details about these tiers later on.

That's it for this week, swing by next week when we'll be talking a little more about terrain, and more than likely a short additional comment about teleporters.
~ m.

That is indeed excellent info!  That does give rest to the question of whether turrets, etc. are limited, and may also give a clue to how mining and repairs, etc. can be interrupted outside of siege timers (by disrupting energy production or forcing reallocations of energy).  I certainly look forward to more information about the upgrades and buildings available. 

Absolutely.  I want to build a star fort.

Very nice!
Thanks, Moll.

Looking good! Can not wait to get my hands on the game and start designing the guild bases

Ironfield

Agreed Kole. Nice looking system! I love how much thinking this game is turning out to require.

Now, I assume the answer to this question is "yes", but I haven't taken the time to look for it, so if it's redundant, sorry.

Will you be able to remove structures in order to make room for newer, bigger structures? Also, do energy levels rise in sync with upgrading the base, or is there a static number of energy that never changes?

Just questions is all

Thanks Moll!!

Kole > Right, I forgot about self-destruct. Good deal

TG, one of the HOC chats mentionms powerplants. I'm expecting there will be buildings which generate power at the expense of taking up space and resources.