In the beginning a player can mainly start building resources. This is ideal for several reasons.
You need resources to build everything and nothing is better than Extractor, Refinery, and Centrifuge.
You need building points to accumulate and increase your overall point to lead you higher in ranks. The points are permanent for buildings.
With self sufficient resource production you can build fleets and defense further down the road.
In any planet I start out I will always concentrate on resource buildings and solar power plant first. As the buildings level up the more resources are produced. Clicking on each building one can see the level up benefits of each production building.
Instance above is listing Silicon. In other buildings its the same so ideally it is good to level up these buildings as fast as possible therefore have more time to produce resources.
Once you hit around level 10 resources buildings tend to take over an hour to build for further level ups. To accelerate this process you will have to level up Gigafactory to accelerate future building construction. I recommend getting it to at least level four for Gigafactory to reducing the construction time of buildings. If going too quickly on construction there is limit to how much land spaces you have. In the case of your main planet most often you get around 130 to 170 spaces. Use them wisely and you can likely limit the land use while producing decent amount of resources.
Once I have my production buildings near level 10 I would focus on storage. I will build them up a level every time my production buildings go up 5 levels per each storage building level. I avoid going over level 3 in Uranium storage as that resource takes the most to create therefore likely won't accumulate as quickly to need building storage for a while.
Once I have my production buildings in double digit level I will also start building shipyard which will give my fleet and defense units. With defense I focus on shields first. This can only be covered when shipyard is up to level six, which will take a decent amount of resources.
As you may have noticed I prioritize on buildings it helps with overall stats and self sufficient in building up points. Players do not lose these points if its in buildings. Think long term of days ahead to plan on how to use the precious resources you have grow into an empire.
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