Maximize Your Ore

BUILING ORDER IS IMPORTANT: The order in which you build your structures is extremely important. If during the game you find yourself waiting for an ore truck to pull in and dump its gatherings then you have messed up! If you build your structures correctly you should never have to wait on ore. Next time build more Ore Refineries in the beginning and/or more ore trucks.

GET THE GOOD STUFF: You may have noticed two types of ore (if you haven't send me some email.. I can always use a good laugh). One type is ore, the other is gems. Gems are more valuable than the standard ore so make sure you get that stuff first. It is not worth sending your tank completely accross the map to get it, but obviously if there is an area of ore with gems in it, tell your tanks to get the gems first.

ORE REFINERY PLACEMENT: Always place your ore refineries as close to the ore as possible. This way the trucks have less a distrance to travel. When the ore in that area becomes scarce, make an mcv, truck it over to another corner of the map, and build some refineries there. The faster you get ore, the faster you can build your stuff.

MINIMIZE YOUR OPPONENT'S ORE: Something that always annoys other players is when you go around hunting their ore trucks and there is good reason for this. It severely cripples them. Without ore they are as good as dead. If you are not one for cruel and unusual punishment, there is a more passive-aggresive way to accomplish the same thing. Build so many ore refineries and trucks that strip the map of all its ore without your enemy getting his/her fair share.