Stellaris Trade Tutorial

[@calvinwilson3617]

After toying around with stellaris for maybe 3 weeks now, about 1 minute into this video i realized just how much i knew nothing about trade, thank you for this awesome video

[@ColorsFadeGaming]

Glad I could help!

[@kud5659]

Lol same, I've had it for about a week and a half and have started over 3 times. Each time I realized I missed something and how much better I could have been doing.

[@samtomlin8034]

The tutorials supplied by the game are less than worthless, no mention of trades, waging wars, and the more advanced mechanics of the game. Guides like these are a lifesaver. Think I'll be restructuring my empires around trade from now on! Thankyou

[@colinbickford3470]

Lol same! After a couple of his videos I realized how very little I know about the entire game. Especially colonies and districts and buildings on planets.

[@maxpower2743]

@@colinbickford3470 Just started playing myself. Have any links to any of the videos that helped you understand colonies, districts and buildings on planets? The more I play the more I learn how much I don't know.

[@lenchstudios]

Damn man I bought Stellaris thinking it would be a fun game but it is a freaking addiction, and has so much content it is always still magical, very nice tutorial man, new sub here!

[@ColorsFadeGaming]

Thank you Hector!

[@meoff7602]

You'd have to addicted to play it. Don't get me wrong. I'm watching this. It's just takes will power to get through a whole 16hr plus play time.

[@l1fey123]

I feel my brain nutting from the amount of knowledge I'm absorbing, thank you so much man.

[@ColorsFadeGaming]

Haha! Glad I could help.

[@BlinDefender]

These are the best UP TO DATE tutorials I have found. THANK YOU!!!

[@ColorsFadeGaming]

Thanks for watching!

[@thadp1]

By far the most informative and concise tutorial on this topic! Thank you so much for this, sir.

[@ColorsFadeGaming]

@@thadp1 Thank you for watching!

[@MagiRaz]

Man there are SO MANY systems within systems in stellaris! Thank you for taking the time to bring to light something the game hardly mentions and yet is so incredibly helpful.

[@ColorsFadeGaming]

You're welcome!

[@rickjames3562]

I LOCE THIS MAN. I COULDNT FIGURE OUT WHY I WAS LOSING SO MANY ENERGY CREDITS BUT MY TRADE ROUTE WAS THROUGH MY ALLIED FEDERATIONS TERRITORY AND IT HAD ZERO PROTECTION AND I WAS LOSING HUNDREDS. THANK YOU. IM SUBBING AND IF YOU STREAM I WILL DONATE YOU ARE A GOD

[@lmadsen7118]

Please make more of these tutorials for Stellaris. I would like one about Planets, workers and such

[@ColorsFadeGaming]

Working on it. I want to do a full tutorial on the game. I think new players would find it useful.

[@lmadsen7118]

@@ColorsFadeGaming Great :) thanks

[@Canessa1298]

@@ColorsFadeGaming Very usefull indeed, thanks for the work you are putting on

[@Taluil]

These are great tutorials! I've watched three of yours so far and they've considerably reduced the learning curve of the game for me. Thank you so much for creating these for us noobs!

[@MrImenez]

@@ColorsFadeGaming Yes, your tutorials are great!

[@chrismiko3371]

Been playing stellaris for a long time and there are still a lot of things i dont know about the game, these tutorials are awesome keep up the great work!

[@ColorsFadeGaming]

Thanks Chris! Glad you found it helpful!

[@benjaromis1]

man...the markers in the video...the calm soft talk and explanations....this is a first video direct sub case. Thank you for you help. Starting to play the game first time on my console xboxone now. I have soo much fun

[@ColorsFadeGaming]

Thanks for the sub! And I'm glad you found this helpful!!

[@StudioKlarheit]

Great Tutorial. Calm. Informativ. Helpful. Thanks!

[@LesbianCharizard]

Excelent tutorial Clear and calm voice Very detailled drawings and separated in chapters. Loved it ! Bonustrack, the mods

[@ColorsFadeGaming]

Thanks!

[@jfpOne23]

New Player here and I'm just blown away by this game -- I never should have bought anything else for the last couple of years hahah. Anyway, these tutorials of yours are really helping my understanding of the finer points of the game. Hope you'll keep them up to date.

[@julianabson7870]

Thank you. I am new to Stellaris and hadn't understood trade routes at all. I feel set up to go now!

[@ColorsFadeGaming]

Glad it helped!

[@jochenschmidt1072]

THESE are tutorials, worth their name! Thank you so much, for all your effort. Great work! :)

[@ColorsFadeGaming]

Excellent! Glad you like them!

[@tralfamadorian6]

Thank you, this was the shortest clearest explanation. Awesome job.

[@ColorsFadeGaming]

Glad you found it helpful my man!

[@agent_alpha0212]

I'm french and you are the only person to give so precise and utile information in all the youtubers that I watched

[@ColorsFadeGaming]

Glad to hear!

[@HilarityBribo]

Thanks for explaining this, it's very confusing starting out.

[@reverseflow6903]

I have been a sub of this channel for several weeks now and I can confidently say you make the best Stellaris tutorial videos out there. Clear and easy to follow along with time stamps in the description for easy reference, they are amazing! I know you have a newbie tutorial series already which I have yet to watch, (Its next on the list) but it would be great to see a dedicated series on how to play the game from a more intermidiate to advanced perspective. You cover all the small details I have often wondered about clearly and I really appreciate it! That brings me to my next point. MAKE MORE OF THESE AMAZING GUIDES! They are so helpful with understanding the game and have given me a huge edge on my friends when we play together. I would love to see a guide on ship design, warfare, and tons of other things! A guide to some of the endgame crisis and how to beat them would be amazing too. We got destroyed by the contingency a few games ago and I have a feeling if I had a tutorial of yours to watch on how to beat them I would have survived. I would also love a tutorial on managing empire sprawl and how to improve that besides just building administrative offices and wasting building space. Keep up the great work!

[@reverseflow6903]

I feel like trade is something I have never really taken advantage of before and Im super eager after watching this guide to go and get some trade stations built!

[@ColorsFadeGaming]

I am currently (as I type this) working on a guide for Warfare. After that, I am planning to do one to cover ship design. I thank you for the comment; glad you're watching and glad these videos are helpful!

[@reverseflow6903]

@@ColorsFadeGaming Anytime my man, keep pumping out the great content!

[@jacksongunsmith3249]

I only recently got stellaris(like 4 days ago... dont ask) and ive been struggling collecting enough resources for my upkeep. I tried adjusting my trade like you did and suddenly im collecting +500 energy!!! Honestly thanks for the help bro!!

[@ColorsFadeGaming]

You're very welcome! Glad I could help!

[@cairneoleander1061]

Thank you so much for making tutorials of this fantastically deep game that someone can follow!!!

[@shalomamigos]

I have over 400 hours in this game, and I didn't know trade was this detailed and interesting. I just made sure my routes existed, made a couple small anti-piracy fleets and pretty much ignored trade otherwise. I never built starbases for trade, only for chokepoints and shipyards. As a xenophile, I think this will help me a lot. These are the best tutorials I have come across.

[@ColorsFadeGaming]

Thank you!

[@defconone1498]

I'm brand new to the game and find it very challenging to learn all the "basics" of the game. Your tutorial on trade is bang on! You are to the point, no fluff and clear in your explanations. I will be watching any other tutorial you may have. I've watched other "tutorial" videos and by far, you are the BEST. Thank you so much for helping out this young Governor in its first mission and please make more :) 1,000 Thumbs up and subscribed!

[@ColorsFadeGaming]

Thank you!

[@Galvaxatron]

Excellent tutorial. No dead time, good pacing, good explanations. Short and to the point. Thank you.

[@ColorsFadeGaming]

You're welcome!

[@alexhodges8729]

Great tutorial! Simple to understand and straight to the point. Like some others in the comments I’m still a noob to stellaris and I never understood what other guides ment when they talked about trade or trade roots. Again thanks and great video.

[@TakuCityPop]

Underrated KZbin channel, really good tutorial and teaching.

[@ColorsFadeGaming]

Thank you for the great comment!

[@Dark15801]

I've learnt everything i know in Stellaris by trial and error. This is among the very few times i actually tried figuring stuff out by video. this really helps me out, ty!

[@KeithSublett]

Thanks!

[@docweir3546]

Just started my great Stellaris Journey and these are the best Tuts out there. You must have played the game for a long time.

[@ColorsFadeGaming]

Thanks!

[@Drackormort]

Dude, that was clean and well explained, i wish other stellaris tutorials was like this one.

[@krevin543]

These tutorials have been awesome ColorsFade! I have learned so much about economics, ships and warfare, trade, and colony builds. My play through will be much more enjoyable now.

[@jeremybettinson]

Definitely a worthy tutorial. I like the visuals along with it. I like that you stay on subject, definitely keep visuals simple but more of them. Like you showed us what each system is generating in trades, illustrated in green 3:22, but you did not give an example of what a planet looks like that does not have a commercial zone. I presume that illustration would say something like 12 in red. Awesome tho, tysm!

[@ColorsFadeGaming]

Thanks man. Glad you found it helpful!

[@ColorsFadeGaming]

And I'm glad you liked the graphics. I felt like they were necessary. I just tried to put together the kind of tutorial I wish I had access to when I was learning the game.

[@glennstewart9907]

Dude, that was a really clear and well-ordered introduction to trade mechanics. I've been looking around this week for one and now I'm like, "Finally!" You got a new subscriber.

[@ColorsFadeGaming]

I really appreciate that comment. I love it when my videos are helpful to people! Thanks for the sub Glenn!

[@MRDRK1]

YAHOO! Another great tutorial! (Seriously, finding your vids has helped me so much.) Thank you very much!

[@ColorsFadeGaming]

You're welcome!

[@PyroMancer2k]

Great Tutorial. Could use some improvements on optimization though. It's better to have dedicated stations because it boost the range. So instead of the split on ports/hangers you should just use one centrally located Trade port because even at your current level 4 ports means placed on a sector capital it gets all the trade in that sector since they have the same range. This is really great for you Capital World as Piracy doesn't apply until it leaves the station so your Capital with 6 Ports late game can pull in all the trade 6 jumps away without increasing piracy. Defending against Piracy is the other huge advantage with specializing Starbases because it increase the protection range. And Mid-Late Game stations with range of 4-6 protection can easily over lap each other so you end up with 3-4 stations covering the same area to reduce piracy. Another not is pirates don't spawn in systems with an upgrade starbase. So the last 2-3 jumps along the trade route where piracy is the highest it is great to have 6 Hangered bases as not only does it prevent pirates from spawning on those systems but also extends 2-3 Starbases worth of protection down the various incoming lanes. If you want to nearly completely remove Piracy late game though a super easy, and cheesy, trick is to build gates. Build a Gate on your Homeworld and then a gate on every Sector Capital with the Max 6 Ports and it will cover your whole empire easily while all the trade routes will go through the gate meaning no jumps and thus no piracy.

[@VampiroGaming]

Yet another great tutorial! I surely hope there is more to come!

[@ColorsFadeGaming]

Working on a couple more. One for War, and one for Ship building.

[@VampiroGaming]

@@ColorsFadeGaming Fantastic news :)

[@StarBoundFables]

I totally learned a lot with this tutorial you made, thank you! 🙏🏽 Your descriptions were very clear & the little additions you colourfully added to show protection (p) & trade (t) reach was super helpful! Cheers 😄🌌🖖🏽

[@rogue7744]

What a life saver! ty for making these. I appreciate the explanations and examples. Trade was one of those things I just really didnt understand much tbh, this cleared things up for me and made the game that much more enjoyable. I really appreciate the time and effort on these tutorials and hope to see more in the future. I would love one on ship/platform design creation and thinking, as this concept is hard to figure out how to max your navy. I guess just trial and error, or knowledge of the surrounding empires would help out.

[@ColorsFadeGaming]

I'm so glad you found this useful. I am working on a ship-design/defensive platform design tutorial. But these things take time. Thanks for watching!

[@tonywilliamson8882]

Have you considered doing a tutorial covering the galactic community / senate? Love your content. Very helpful in my understanding and enjoyment of the game. Thank you Sir

[@ColorsFadeGaming]

I haven't, and the reason for that is because I'm not versed well enough yet to do a tutorial. I'm still learning the nuances of it myself. It's a part of the game I don't engage in much anyway. And every time I post a Let's Play video where I engage with the senate, someone points out something new to me (which is great, but shows how much I still have to learn). I try and only make tutorials of things I feel knowledgeable about. And right now the senate isn't something I am well versed with.

[@Greymaker]

One of the best if not the best explanation of trade for new players.

[@GabrielShitposting]

*The longer your trade route is protected, the stronger your empire's economy will become.* Now I can finally make full use of trade routes, thanks.

[@ColorsFadeGaming]

You're welcome!

[@mostrosticator]

Your videos are awesomely amazing! Because of you the eagerness of Stellaris has been reignited. Also because of you I purchased Synthetic Dawn the humanoid packs. Next month I'll get Necroids and Mega Corp. I had a choice between Mega Corp and Synthetic Dawn....I picked the latter. However I probably should have picked up the Necroids instead of the Humanoid. 🤷‍♂️ I'm on number 6 of your Newbie tutorials.

[@Antigegner]

Another great video. I linked a couple of your videos in the off topic section of the path of exile forum. I'm sure there are some people who would love to see this.

[@ColorsFadeGaming]

Super! Thank you!

[@harlemhellfire9487]

These tutorials have been extremely helpful this makes the game less frustrating and more enjoyable thank you

[@ColorsFadeGaming]

No sweat!

[@GordonJohansen]

What a great training video. There was so much that I didn't know such as what hanger bays actually did. Somehow I had missed that. Thanks again.

[@richardperks7366]

Late game tip. You can use gateways to route trade between major hubs or even directly to your capital without worrying about protecting the intermediate trade routes. A station set up with 6 trade hubs and a gateway will collect trade from every world within 5 systems of any other of your gateways. That way you can convert some of your trade stations to other uses. Same applies to trade protection. A base with 6 hangers and a gateway can provide trade protection to any system within 5 steps of any of your gateways

[@FunnyCF]

your vids really helped me getting started with stellaris and understanding my faults

[@ColorsFadeGaming]

I'm glad to hear they are helping. Thanks for watching!

[@Trickerrrrrr]

Great Tutorial and a very chilling voice. Thanks!

[@ColorsFadeGaming]

Glad you found it helpful!

[@gordenwood7812]

I have been playing for years and had no clue im glad i found your video thank you!

[@svensvensgaard9342]

Great explanation, clear and concise! I appreciated the visuals.

[@Murph_.]

Very helpful. Learned a lot about trade routes. Have you considered tutorials on influence (diplomacy) and research choices? For example, should you always accept research treaties? I find that I'm not getting enough influence because of all the treaties I have with other nations. It's very frustrating when I am looking for war and can't claim the territory I want before the war begins. Influence seems to be huge in exploring/settling new systems and war mongering (my favorite!). As for research, I have no clue where different research choices are going to take me. I haven't found a research tree telling me all the possibilities so I can determine what's best. A perfect example is my first game, I kept ignoring exoskeleton... and I was wondering when I could get robots. Didn't realize they were connected. There is often a specific research item I'm looking for, and I don't know how to get there. A tutorial on these two things, either separately or together would be great! PS - I just want to give you many thanks on the great tutorials and newbie playthroughs you've done. I've gotten SO much out of them.

[@ColorsFadeGaming]

For Research Tree, check here: turanar.github.io/stellaris-tech-tree/vanilla/ As to the Influence question: I don't take every Research Treaty if I am intending to use my Influence for War Claims. But remember, there are other ways to win wars (Vassal, for instance). The lack of a full blown research tree in the game is one of my own gripes; I feel like the game would be far better if we could see all the options and paths. But once you get used to it, it's okay.

[@knowledgelover2736]

best video game tutorial i have ever seen. thanks!

[@ColorsFadeGaming]

Thank you!

[@neilh184]

Commenting on an old video, so I understand if my question gets lost. I'm learning a lot about trade routes, but my games are still pretty fresh. Why are you doubling trade protection? Will one hangar bay's worth of protection not be enough as my trade value goes up? Do Hangar bays upgrade, and does that not increase their trade protection? TYIA, new subscriber! EDIT: I wrote this comment/question at about 10:30. You answered my question by 10:40. Lesson learned. lol

[@ColorsFadeGaming]

Yep, hanger bays don't scale, and one of them won't be enough to do the job. Hence the "overlapping" hanger bays from different startbases. Eventually, the trade flow will exceed even what your overlapping starbases can handle, but by then (or shortly thereafter) you should have access to Gateways, and then you can direct trade much more effectively straight to the homeworld.

[@Slice_The_Elder]

I love your style of teaching. Very easy to follow and well explained. Thanks!

[@ColorsFadeGaming]

Thank you so much!!

[@khabirmohamad7222]

Man, thank you so much. THIS IS HOW TUTORIALS SHOULD BE. CLEAR AND CONCISE!!!

[@Kryser1]

You excelent teacher. Thanks for your guides.

[@ColorsFadeGaming]

Thanks for watching! Glad it helped!

[@newpainter4601]

great use of highlighter, I can't thank you enough for showing which icon to click

[@ColorsFadeGaming]

Happy to help!

[@rodneybingham3570]

Thank you! Very helpful and informative video.

[@ColorsFadeGaming]

You're welcome!

[@muhammadluqmanhakimabdulgh8087]

Only those who really want to play this game will go in depth to learn into playing it. This game is not for newbie who is into grand strategy game. Your tutorials are making me playing this game endlessly. What an addictive video game.

[@RobBCactive]

For trade I have switched to a key trade hub, which collects for the whole of the core sector or even to the planets in other sectors. Then you ironically ONLY have piracy where military bases interrupt the distributed trade hub collection. In late game one hangar bay base provides protection via gateway. Earlier defence bases are pushed out to the periphery in other sectors and choje points avoiding the dense trade volume caused by base chains focusing trade into high value routes. Later build gateways to connect provinces with central capital trade collection hubs directly. I repeated a game using the same map, where trade route protection was tricky and discovered the sector hub approach economises on bases and minimises trade disruption by hostiles.

[@lluweet8575]

Thanks mate! Clear and concise

[@ColorsFadeGaming]

You're welcome!

[@vent6116]

Oh my God, this helps out so much. Now, I can properly maintain good trade and economy while plotting to conquer the universe.

[@PSpaan]

wow i didn't even know this mechanic. Thnx very much.

[@ColorsFadeGaming]

Glad it helped you man!

[@LordCasezors117]

Thank you for this video and the hard work you put in brother.

[@ColorsFadeGaming]

I appreciate that

[@channon3]

Short, simple, effective...thank you very much

[@ColorsFadeGaming]

You're welcome!

[@ramonnnnnnnn]

As a new player, i salute you for your amazing work, thank you!

[@ColorsFadeGaming]

Thank you! And hey, I just put up another tutorial yesterday about Planetary Management as well, so check that out. Thanks for the comment!

[@ramonnnnnnnn]

​@@ColorsFadeGaming I already watched hahahaha. I started as soon as I finished the trade video. Thanks for your amazing work once again!

[@ColorsFadeGaming]

@@ramonnnnnnnn Excellent!

[@SenorEscaso]

My second playthrough is going so much better than my first thanks to your tutorials. lol

[@travelfishsamlive]

Another quality video. Now I feel I can give trade a go, Something I normally avoid like the plague. Thanks

[@TwoCombsHolmes]

awesome thank you so much for this ive never bothered with trade routes but now i definately will , great video.

[@ColorsFadeGaming]

Excellent! Glad you found this useful!

[@johnbellucci7287]

Nail with this video , thank you so much. I had so much pirates cuz i was not using hangar bays, only patrols and it was useless. btw loved your noobie series (second one) watch it all.

[@ColorsFadeGaming]

Thanks!

[@doesnormalityexist]

This was a really nice tutorial, especially since I just got the game a couple days ago and didn't even know how trade worked xD Edit: just did trade routes in my game, and I jumped from -4 energy credits to +150

[@ColorsFadeGaming]

Glad I could help!

[@1Maklak]

Clerks are the least productive type of pop (other than unemployed) and you can get at least 2-3 times the energy from Technicians in Generator Districts. I kinda like your half trade hubs, half hangars split, but my personal preference is to fully specialise Starbases. 6 Hangars provide 60 Trade protection up to 6 jumps away, so that can be better than splitting. Starbases with max Hangars are also good for border protection. Starbases with 6 Trade Hubs can collect trade from deep side branches. Starbases with 6 Shipyards can build or repair or upgrade 6 ships at once. Unused slots can be spent on Anchorages and resource silos. Rather than setting Patrol Routes, it may be better to have one fleet of stripped down Corvettes per System, just big enough to have no Piracy.

[@Breakfast_of_Champions]

Good guide bosmang!

[@wesman2232]

I have a question that I kept thinking to myself whenever you said it in the newbie tutorial. Why do you say "in the black" for resources? The color is usually used as an indication that you're doing bad, along with like red. The color is white for normal, and yellow/gold for capped. So where is black coming from? I binge watched the newbie tutorial and now have a better understanding of the game!

[@ColorsFadeGaming]

It's a financial term. When you're running a surplus, you're "in the black", and when you're running a deficit, you're "in the red." This is also why Black Widow, in the Avengers films, talks about having "red in my ledger" - she owes a debt.

[@wesman2232]

@@ColorsFadeGaming thank you, l understand it now! Keep up the good videos :)

[@Putabam]

Very interisting guide! thanks!

[@ColorsFadeGaming]

Thank you! I hope you find it helpful!

[@scottmillor]

Great tutorials. Thanks for the clean and concise videos

[@ColorsFadeGaming]

You're welcome!

[@TortaSteve]

great simple guide, thanks for making it easy to follow

[@ColorsFadeGaming]

Glad you liked it!

[@Mr88Shadows]

Absolutely amazing content you are creating here! Thanks a lot, very well explained. It helps me A LOT!!!

[@r.a.6016]

Awesome video! Thanks for the help! I kinda just spammed Trade Hubs all over my star bases randomly... xD

[@cleantoast3]

Awesome vid, super condensed, just what i needed

[@vlabz]

This is just... perfectly clear ! thanks ! :)

[@ColorsFadeGaming]

Glad it helped!

[@Kristaliorn]

This is a 10/10 guide, Very Many Thanks !

[@ColorsFadeGaming]

Glad you liked it!

[@SuperBigAW]

Fantastic tutorial thanks for the content ColorsFade!

[@ColorsFadeGaming]

You're welcome!

[@Robd515]

That was a great tutorial video, well done. I'm new to the game and have been having a hard time with finding good tutorials. I'm playing on console so I also have that to consider when trying to process information from the computer version. Anyway, I'd suggest a tutorial that's actually a playthrough, not only teaching the mechanics but also suggesting things to do and focus on. Edit: in that last sentence, I mean as a suggested video, but not implying that the current method used in this video is not good. This was a great, well edited and well explained video.

[@ColorsFadeGaming]

Uh, Check my channel Rob... kzbin.info/www/bejne/f4fJm2Cgfqiqick kzbin.info/www/bejne/qZ_GmYyPqsdmfNk

[@Robd515]

ColorsFade Gaming sorry Colorsfade, I wrote that text in a hurry. I also meant to add that I am looking forward to looking through your other videos. Thanks for taking the time for the link above. I appreciate your tutorials, well explained and edited

[@Sabitoe]

Even its from 2019 - i learned a lot from it, well explained, thank u :)

[@cp37373]

Dude, super informative. Great stuff.

[@ColorsFadeGaming]

Thank you!

[@razzaus1570]

This is exactly what i needed. Thank you.

[@genericusername_v69]

NOTE: Trade Value is converted in a 1:1 ratio from Trade Value(tv) to Energy Credits(ec) when it reaches your homeworld. (Didn't hear that mentioned) So to determine if an area's value outweighs the needed starbase energy upkeep, just see if the trade it would collect is more. Starbases cost 1ec per tier, and trade hubs 1ec per module. So a Tier 4 Citadel with 6 trade hubs costs 10ec to maintain. It only needs to collect 10tv to stay positive! (An outpost is T0, and the 1ec for that is ignored.) Or phrased as, a T1 starport with 1 trade hub costs 2ec, and needs 2tv.

[@RobBCactive]

Actually you can choose to convert trade into ½ energy credits + ¼ consumer goods or unity. This is useful for a unity rush (marketplace of ideas) or to mitigate boosting alloy production with the military economy setting with consumer benefits. You might even turn a profit in the market by selling consumer goods for > 2, making consumer benefits an energy generation strategy, as you gain more than with direct trade to wealth conversion.

[@danielgrosvenor3854]

Yet again, thank you for explaining this stuff! When it does come time to having ships patrolling your more valuable trade routes, is there a recommended distance for each patrol? I imagine that sending one fleet of Corvettes to patrol over ten systems would be a lot less effective than bouncing back and forth between two, for instance. And does having a ship docked at a station count towards piracy suppression at all?

[@ColorsFadeGaming]

Yeah, because the problem with a LONG route for a patrol is that they're gone from a system for a long time, allowing piracy to fester. Now, that's not such a big deal if it's a strong corvette fleet (and yes, Corvettes are the best for piracy suppression), because they'll just mow down the pirates when they pass through, but it does chop off your funding for a bit. I've found that 5-6 systems is usually good, and if I have more piracy than that anyway, then I'm working hard on Gateways to get rid of it.

[@atakaniskender5296]

So I have a good grasp in terms of management now... I need to learn ship designs, battles, occupying mechanics etc. but you don't have a specific tutorial on this context. I guess I have to return newbie series part 6 & 7

[@ColorsFadeGaming]

War seems to be the one video people really want to see, so I'm working on putting one together.

[@meoff7602]

War for me so far.😁😬😳😫😡🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤯

[@JakeA6956]

not really a "newbie" thing but for anyone that doesn't want starbases everywhere later in the game, especially if you play on large maps. Once you have gateway tech you should set up a trade hub station with 6 hubs and on another system a hanger hub with six hangers, then build gateways on both of them and ANY place you want to grab 6 trade and protect 6 trade build gateways on that spot. Plus you can move around your empire quicker and say if you have a gateway on your homeworld with your fleet stationed there piracy drops to non existent in any system with a gateway, once you can get gateways and build them you should do so.

[@meresungai]

Thank you for the great explanation. You earned yourself a sub :D

[@ColorsFadeGaming]

Awesome, thank you!

[@Sadowsky46]

I’m still confused, despite the good explanations: So, do trade always have to end up in your homeworld? And, can one trade „ring“ symbol be harvested by two space stations in range, to deliver twice the amount it shows?

[@ColorsFadeGaming]

Yes, they always end up at your homeworld. And 'No' to the second question.

[@iloveplayingpr]

This was very helpful, thank you!

[@BustaSirio]

Damn, i've been dealing unnecessarily with my energy credits for not knowing this, thanks

[@ColorsFadeGaming]

Trade is powerful :) Enjoy.

[@ShadistikExekutionDramus]

Superb content, thank you!

[@ColorsFadeGaming]

Much appreciated!

[@stianaslaksen5799]

Thank you for this tutorial.

[@ColorsFadeGaming]

You're welcome!

[@richardperks7366]

Re patrol ships - if you get any of the event ships like the raiders or recovered cruisers etc. eventually they become obsolete as your technology level increases. Rather than just scrap them and lose some of the history of your empire - assign them to interior anti-piracy patrols, so they can do something useful.

[@kbalansi6131]

keep making tutorials. i like your style

[@ColorsFadeGaming]

Thanks you! Will try.

[@zaneex4043]

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[@nguyenhoangminhtrung2779]

Love this video so much!

[@ColorsFadeGaming]

Thank you!