Firstly, colonizing higher tiers of planet ends up being less rewarding than going for the lower tier from the get go, because Terraformation is costly and timely, despite requiring higher level techs and costing more resources.Now, you could retort this isn't so bad and that it's fine to have the T0 planets be the end-game goal of Terraformation, but the problem with this is that it conflicts with 2 philosophies of the game: Number of population slots depending on planet type and size
That comes from a simple thing : A vast majority of System improvements and Governor skills take effect on the number of population, and because Tier 0 planets have the most population slots (cf 1st figure) they end up being superior in all FIDSI and Happiness production. Today I wanted to make a lenghty post regarding the balance of the different planets, including their yields and their modifiers.įirst of all, if you're a regular player, you probably noticed how most planets are inferior regarding their yields in late game to Tier 0 planets, aka Atoll, Ocean, Terran and Forest.
