Prioritize building Trade Depots as early as possible in your new cities. If you didn’t equip the Tectonic Scanner to your ship at the start of the game, then learning some or all of these technologies before expanding into your second city can greatly inform your choice of location. The other three require particular technologies to reveal them on the map (Chemistry for Petroleum, Geophysics for Geothermal, and Engineering for Titanium). Three of the strategic resources are visible from the beginning of the game (Firaxite, Floatstone, and Xenomass).
Early aggression is trickier to pull off here than in previous games. Even the weakest aliens are substantially stronger than you at first, so slow your roll and build up your forces for a bit before you go out busting heads. It certainly gives you an edge in combat in the long run, but you can’t just go around kicking in the doors to alien nests as soon as you get your first marine. On the other hand, don’t overestimate Brasilia’s 10% boost to melee combat. You’ll also want to start with Pioneering to take advantage of the ability as soon as you find trading partners. Trade routes are more important in Beyond Earth than in previous games, and Polystralia’s extra two in the capital can add up to huge gains over the course of the game. The Tectonic Scanner helps you make an informed decision about where to place that second city by revealing all of the hidden strategic resources from the start.ĭon’t underestimate Polystralia. Arriving with the Pioneering technology (which unlocks colonists and trading) lets you claim territory quickly and jump start the productive flow of commerce between your cities. The Kavithan Protectorate’s outposts grow into full-fledged cities at a much higher rate, encouraging early expansion. Bringing a worker along at the start helps you capitalize on that speed from the first turn, which can snowball your capital into a powerhouse. The Pan Asian Cooperative, with its increase in worker speed and faster production of Wonders, is a strong choice for beginners since, no matter your goals and style, you need to improve tiles and probably build a Wonder or two. Look at a few of the effective combinations we’ve found so far. Here you can start finding those sweet synergies so close to the heart of the game. It starts to get interesting with the subsequent decisions about your mission’s other parameters, such as what kind of colonists and equipment to bring. Without any context on which to base your choice, it’s largely a matter of taste, so choose the sponsor whose ability sounds most in line with how you would like to play. Blast-offĬhoosing your sponsor is the first decision you will make in a new game. Check them out and learn from our mistakes. Below you will find a selection of tips and tricks for getting a strong start in Beyond Earth. After a few weeks of building space empires, we’ve learned a thing or two about surviving these alien worlds.
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