2 pig = 1 metal when using the building (+energy)
2.4 pig iron is 1 metal when using the trade assistant

Assistant costs urplasma but is instant ..

So there are pros and cons

Example

Will you get lower yield in metal if you only build pigiron mines and trade to metal? I dont know how to do the math to calculate it

• Merchant NPC cost 500 urplasma (basic one)
• Trade any resource to another
• Rate: Pig iron[6]:Metal[2,5]:Kryptonite[3]:Spice[1]
• You can exchange resources as much as you want with the rate above at any of your own planets
• With trader a lot of players ignoring

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I am a returning player from the old english uni. And back then we didn`t had the merchant option. So i`m used to have a higher blastfurnace than the pigiron mine because metal was needed to bulid ships. Pigiron was not that useful as a fleeter. But what…

More attackzones are requested since baout 20years here on forum... and we added several of them... also just some years ago.
The Problem is that you have to add and add and add new ones .. thats why the sirius solution is great, but also brings other…

KARMAS-FRIEND I've thought about that too. It seems very unfair to new players and very discouraging when you're just starting out, because you have no way to compete against top players. You're barely beginning, but that's normal, since they've been…

For me, I only see advantages.

If accounts (bots) or (banned) become grayed out, it frees up space on the map! It adds a bit of spice to the game for everyone because they're present on every continent.

As for camps and amber castles, this involves several…

i will look into this next week..

just to say this:
- amber as also settlements will be deleted, its not planned that you can take over these
- banned accounts: here we have to difference between "bots" and "bugs" ... i will look into these castes and will…

If you're talking about troop speed, it might be due to the alliance specialization. With the attacker specialization, your attacking troops gain extra speed.