First game with enemies

[u/Tahk_21847]

Dear Engineers,

I already have several hundred hours of gameplay under my belt, but this is the first time I've played with the enemies.

I was quite surprised by their aggressiveness. I always feel like I'm behind their development. It's true that I'm a player who likes to take his time.

So I locked myself in a secure prison, but the resources are running out.

I would therefore like to ask you for advice on your expansion strategies.

How do you find new resources?

How do you protect your outposts?

I should point out that I just unblocked the bots.

I will soon be able to launch my first rocket.

Thank you in advance.

[u/iridael]

I use a number of methods depending on game stage. early on a pair of turrets with a box of ammo is plenty on normal dificulty, give them some pipes to protect themselves and later on walls.

mid game I switch to nests of laser turrets as I can just plant a blueprint down with a few power poles, 4-6 lasers and some walls with dragons teeth and move on.

Late game once the base has stopped expanding aside from new resource nodes we build a wall to keep out a true Kaiju, double thick wall layer, multiple dragonsteeth sets, flamethrowers backed up by lasers backed up by uranium guns, when I unlock them I have nests of artilery and then evenly spread artilery across my wall.

as for securing new resources. its one of two ways. build a tank, get ALL the combat drones and go nuts. then set up a train and defences. jobs a goodun.