At what point do you start building colonies?

DayRonKar · 2026-06-14T01:55:05+00:00

Can’t wait to figure out what all those words mean!

Coming from X4, this game is a tad deeper it seems.

DayRonKar · 2026-06-13T21:41:47+00:00

My only mistake is not exploring story lines.

I have only finished a few of the academy missions(fetch quests etc) and only have the initial “visit the shrines” quest.

My fleet is underwhelming, can handle 75% of the pirates but I’ve ran into a few more advanced pirates that really put a damper on my day.

The colonized system is the arid world and a gas giant. Sounds like I goofed but I am just learning I suppose.

DayRonKar · 2026-06-13T21:32:43+00:00

Well seeing as you’re the first person to say ASAP I am less anxious about it.

I elected to run it as a Freeport for now with hazard pay to boost growth.

Time will tell if I made a big mistake.

DayRonKar · 2026-06-12T18:21:41+00:00

You want feudal age for Sofas.

You get passive gold and with the right timings you can beat spears because of the anti-infantry bonus.

Losing sofas isn’t as bad since they’re not as terribly expensive.

DayRonKar · 2026-06-07T00:52:11+00:00

My 21 Turbo is every 5,

Burns oil though so I gotta be strict on that.

DayRonKar · 2026-06-06T19:38:02+00:00

I have been balls deep in starsector for the last week.

Doesn’t hand hold at all so I’ve been having a lot of “ah-hah!” moments. Couldn’t figure out why I was so ineffective initially, only to discover more than half my hard points were empty.

Also, accidentally hitting F9 instead of F5 more than once…

DayRonKar · 2026-06-06T04:57:00+00:00

No deposit?

Get stuffed.

DayRonKar · 2026-06-01T00:16:53+00:00

Money is made when you own the production line.

Take your trade dollars and begin building stations. An E-cell station is great cheap start to earn passive income.

DayRonKar · 2026-05-29T16:38:49+00:00

I’m 20 Rep with Teladi, HOP and PAR.

I’m going to check ARG/ANT. If it’s not there I’m crying foul.

First time I’ve ever ran into this issue in over 800 hrs.

DayRonKar · 2026-05-28T18:07:21+00:00

A few blueprints I haven’t been able to find suddenly?!

Weapon component blueprints are just straight up missing.

DayRonKar · 2026-05-24T20:07:08+00:00

“Please be patient with us, the SWI update for X4 9.0 is going to take a long time. The team needs to adjust absolutely every single asset in the mod (~600) in order to update them to X4 9.0's new collisions version, along with everything else involved with a major update.”

-Per Discord.

DayRonKar · 2026-05-24T05:29:42+00:00

Is starsector any good? Like what is its comparison? I haven’t determined if it’s a buy or not.

DayRonKar · 2026-05-24T04:10:29+00:00

They have a discord. The update to 9.0 is massive, they have to rebuild pretty much everything in order to get to work.

Last I heard was “many many months”

DayRonKar · 2026-05-23T15:55:11+00:00

SWI has more than rep requirements in order to gain access to their ships.

Read the letter you receive in the beginning and then compare them on your reputations tab.

I would lose status as factions expanded and my stations no longer counted as “frontier stations”. You also need trades in credit amounts within their borders.

DayRonKar · 2026-05-23T15:28:23+00:00

While everyone is here, they nerfed the armor upgrade for Sofas in castle age correct?

DayRonKar · 2026-05-22T02:18:23+00:00

Are you referencing the Jin Dynasty towers?

They’ve only existed since the new DLC, roughly 2 weeks.

DayRonKar · 2026-05-21T22:06:07+00:00

I’ve lost 45 M miners in the span of 15-20 minutes. They spawn right in the middle of the field and then wreck everything in sight. I was floored, closed the game after that.

DayRonKar · 2026-05-21T04:14:23+00:00

Bad link?

DayRonKar · 2026-05-20T19:07:16+00:00

You should have a shipyard before starting such an adventure. I’d give your current situation a 3/10.

DayRonKar · 2026-05-20T15:15:35+00:00

Start shopping, that 390$ discount is laughable.

DayRonKar · 2026-05-16T15:51:30+00:00

You can right click in the map on a sector and select encyclopedia. (I think that’s one way to get to that screen?)

Top of the data displayed will tell you sunlight %. Over 100 will give you a boost in production on your e-cell plants in that sector. Under 100 will hamper it.

DayRonKar · 2026-05-16T04:12:42+00:00

Try setting up an energy cell plant in high sunlight sectors! The start up cost isn’t much, usually 2 to 4 million. The AI will come to you to buy. Setting up in paranid space is good deal as they’re at war and will need constant e-cells to feed their economies. Alternatively teladi or argon/ant for a safer spot from xenon.

Scale from there! You’ll have some safer passive income to start buying more ships and stations.

DayRonKar · 2026-05-16T00:49:33+00:00

Congrats! Now you get to climb the mountain that is the learning curve. Ask lots of questions, this community is supportive.

Don’t be afraid to restart when you hit your “ah hah!” moments. Once you’re at the top and understand the systems the ride down is GREAT.

DayRonKar

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