orbital platform cost effectiveness

[TNEVQ]

I must be missing something. I thought for 100bil these things would come loaded with defenses and cool stuff. It seems like a waste of cash to me when you can just add to planet defenses. How are they used to make them worthwhile?

[Baxter]

they cant be spied, and its cheaper to build defenses on them
basically its just a subterfuge thing for the most part

[dip ship unknown]

um beacaius at max plaet size it costs 3x as much for 1 def structure on the planet than it does a platform

also your limmeted on how many def structures a planet can have...not the case with plAtforms

[BMMJ13]

Actually both costs for platforms and natural defenses change over time. They also have different effects against fleets, with each having a benefit. I know larger planets are basically unlimited amount of defenses because of the cost to build that many, and I have yet to hear of a platform being maxed out.

Any decent number of defenses on a planet is going to cost at least 6 tril per 100k (300 bil).

Natural Defense starts higher, but increases slower, while Platforms start lower, yet increase by 3 tril in cost for every 100k you build.

[dip ship unknown]

thanks for the clarification... i thot it was a uniform cost