I thought I would solicit opinions, advice, tips and tricks on the asteroid mines. So far they haven't been a major part of my game because:
1. You have to build more space miners and I am generally busier building constructors and war ships.
2. They take so long to turn an asteroid into a mine (is there a way to speed this up? Is it always five rounds?)
3. Bunches of them defect to me throughout the game anyway. Yet, I never remember to go back and optimize where the asteroids should be beaming their benefit.
4. I can't tell what stage of advancement the mine is at by looking at it. This kind of stinks. Wouldn't it be better if the four tiny pieces which represent an asteroid filled in one at a time as they upgraded instead of completely filling in on the first upgrade?
Here is what I have learned by myself. If you are going to build a miner, wait to do it until you have enough minaturization to do it on a tiny hull so the miner is cheapest. Also, don't completely wipe an enemy out until his asteroid mines have flipped to you, otherwise all the mines go "poof" and disapear and I haven't the inclination to rebuild them.
So what am I missing?
