Hi,

I've been playing this game for a few days and am pretty intrigued and wish to stay for the long term. After selling my protection I was quickly conquered, which after reading the forums I learned is pretty standard when starting a bit later. Following advice gathered on these forums I spent my conquered time building up my structures, mainly maxing my resource gathering, and getting the structures needed to build balanced squads (armor/range).

My question now is when should I rebel and what type of reactions should I expect to the rebellion? How many squads should I have stationed at home before starting and how long will I have to play defensively. Furthermore, what are some realistic goals for someone in my situation (build settlements to increase cap? or try and conquer the big boys near me? I'm hoping that eventually I'll be able to explore the offensive part of this game but I currently feel that I will always be a bit behind and always playing catch up.

Any advice would be helpful and greatly appreciated,
Thanks

Grahf
Earth 3

seems like ur doing quite well
but a tip is don't be close to the big boys, if ur right next to them rather relocate a bit away, or else they will for sure attack you.
second tip is get a alliance, and if u got one ask them for help defending you.
third tip is that you get 0 resource income during the rebbelion, so you got to have everything readdy when rebbeling(rebbelion last 24 ticks if ur not beaten)
and starting late in a round without alliance make u fall behind =/
next round to restart is probly Earth 5, i'll probly be leading NEWB there next round to, join us and i'll teach u more
add me on msn if ur interested:
[email protected]

you are doing well for your first (my first time was a disaster made my colony right next to rank 1 alliance hive ) take op around you and raze them for resources then get an alliance and relocate to them and build up an army to conquer any newbs but first just get the basics you will be playing defense for a while
glad to see some newbs stick it out and get better if you need any additional help just ask

I'm in Earth 3 as well in s0ld, anyways to your question
The preceding posts have got most of the major points covered

If you want concrete numbers though, You only need one outpost for a settlement, you just need to protect that.

After you have all the buildings upgraded, start building units.
Always build Range and defense units, a 2:1 ratio is always best with any type of units. 2 range:1defnse.

On average most pro's only build tanks and more recently Vehicles. So I find making Lazer Infantry is always good. If you get annoyed making infantry, making vehicles of all types inst bad either.

Before you rebel, always join an Alliance, so you have some protection.
Make at least 3-5 squads of range:defense

and always have enough oil to relocate if your conquer comes crawling. (not to far, or far to where your new alliance is relocated)