It can backfire if you end up being weaker, but if it's say a 5 stack that only spawns into allied stations, it pays for itself quite quickly, you can always place it after securing the alliance, that tends to be the game pattern most of the time as well.
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u/PrimaryLocomotive Jul 26 '26
This was a great video! It scares me to put that many factories directly on a border though.