Hi.
New guy here - been playing for a few weeks now and battling with the learning curve
I have a problem which I can't figure a way around. The situation is I have minerals on Earth along with mass drivers (50k worth) pointing at the moon. Another colony on the moon with another 45k mass drivers pointing at Earth.
Now obviously I don't want these mass drivers shooting mineral back and forth ad infinitum, so I have reserve levels set at 10 million to stop this happening, except on the minerals I do want to move. My problem comes when I have a freighter try to collect minerals from Earth to take to another colony. I can't see a way to get the freighter to ignore the reserve level and just pick up the minerals I want - and so, for the moment, as it's just a one off collection, I've had to turn the mass driver off - adjust the reserve levels, load the freighter, adjust the reserve levels again, and then turn the mass driver back on.
There has got to be an easier way. Please someone tell me
By the way, I like the game - It reminds me of games I used to play when I was younger - particularly Star Fleet Battles - and I think I can see some SFB influences in the game; but also Starfire (Task Force games).
Thanks.