@Badbeat Yea man.....it's not even about skill. I got my freakin naval yard out faster but my corvettes didn't have sapphires, only pirahnnas so i got owned by this guy that built a naval yard 20 seconds later because his upgrades beat mine.
Right now the winning strategy is to have:
A) exhumers with hangars since these guys stay alive much longer mining and generating tons of ships
B) corvettes with shield, sapphire, and self destruct
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