When should I build Moho metal extractors?
Short answer: not until late in the game. The reason is simple. They are great at cranking out metal, but are a pain to build. If you are smart, you put the building time and resources into your Fusion Reactor/Metal Maker combos, which produce not only co pious quantities of metal, but can also give you mucho power. Later in the game, when unit limits are starting become a real consideration, then you should build some Moho Mines, get rid of some Metal Makers and construct more units to pummel the enemy. Our advice is don’t bother unless you are getting hammered in the metal department and are forced to. Units on patrol have some really annoying traits, and one of them is to wander out into the line of fire to get really good metal chunks. That blows large. Generally, if a unit’s patrol route is far enough to the rear not to get hammered trying to scavenge, then it is too far out to get enough metal to make it worth it. Another good side effect, which we will talk about again under Def
