Thanks :D

Any chance of a graph for Riftborn as well? I'm always confused between Desert, Ash and Lava for production as well as Arctic, Ice and Barren for science.

ArkanoTGS wrote:

Thanks :D

Any chance of a graph for Riftborn as well? I'm always confused between Desert, Ash and Lava for production as well as Arctic, Ice and Barren for science.

Will work on that and publish once ready.

Nice, I look forward to it!

ArkanoTGS wrote:

Nice, I look forward to it!

Added the new graph.
Choosing best planet for Riftborn is a tradeoff.

From one side you would like to go to Sterile planets to get approval bonuses but that means less population on a planet.

For science I would go for Tundra as it is Cold and will provide science bonuses related to that.

It is not sterile but also not fertile and the population number makes for nice science production.

The thing to remember about Riftborn is that you might not have many pops anyway (as they are harder to produce than for other races). Wide empires with low popualtions on each planet is a typical Riftborn strategy. That means you don't focus on +pop bonus buildings as much as other races, putting your research to other and better uses, and the lower populations on sterile planets less of an issue. 

There is already a chart here in the ITER: ES2 Knowledge Base thread.

You have also missed the fertile terraformation from Boreal to Ocean. FWIW, Boreal is the best science planet since it carries both cold and fertile which receive the most modifiers from science-related improvements. 

Aitarus wrote:

There is already a chart here in the ITER: ES2 Knowledge Base thread.

You have also missed the fertile terraformation from Boreal to Ocean. FWIW, Boreal is the best science planet since it carries both cold and fertile which receive the most modifiers from science-related improvements. 

Thanks for the link. I had in the back of my head that something like that was on the forum but wasn't able to find it using the search option and typing "terraforming".

I missed the Boreal as it turns out the home planet for Sophons cannot be terraformed.

I corrected the graph and find that splitting it between going to fertile and going to sterile makes it more readable.

Anyway always better to have more then none.

Just one question: Does terraforming a planet change its planet size also, or only its planet type?

Velorace wrote:

Just one question: Does terraforming a planet change its planet size also, or only its planet type?

Just the type.
Currently there is no tech that would allow you to change planet size.

But changing the type changes the maximum amount of population that can live on a planet.

Interesting. Maybe changing the planet size would also be a good idea because... it would make terraforming a more viable option?

Because for example, if i spent 2000 industry to terraform a barren planet to a artic planet only to get 2 more pop slots... when i could have a chance to get 6 more pop slots (if i where extremly lucky) would make terraforming a very good option eh? 

when i saw terraforming costed this vast amount of industry i started to wonder why i even would attempt to use it. i can make a carrier ship whit that and gain a massive edge in the fight, Y'know? 

Is it a good idea to make terraforming also change planet sizes? just something i thought here...

I also consider that a bit extra amount of rng for the game in this specific case would be good for it, right?