I forgot about other buildings than T stations. I definetly try mind control, it sounds usefull, especialy in high density spawner area!
So my current game:
This time I was faster. Still have more than half of iron deposit. Copper is almost done, but many is hidden under my factories (i know, it doesnt sound much clever, but Im at place between lakes, its easier to defend), and I almost expanded to another BIG copper deposit (it seems like small bug with ore generating, there are two deposits together). I have military 3, solar panels mk2, high capacity batteries. Can build mk I tank, but I wasnt able to do much with it last time, so i didnt built it yet. Train is ready, waiting to finish my first outpost (after clearing that area). Evolution rating is little over 30% and still slightly rising, even with my 3 T station and almost green power generation. I have only 5 MJ in steam generators, and they are turned on only when my batteries are empty, but still it seems i cant handle it.
My last change in strategy are laser turrets. I use 5 of them in front of my turret nests, so all attacks are handled using only power, not ammo. They arent able to handle counterattacks (especially after attacking spawner), but thats why my mk2 turrets are still there. So ammo storage is growing now, and batteries are depleted only when bad weather comes after hard night.
Im still trying to make some laser-turret-only setup that could handle all counter attacks, but still no succes. If there are more than about 7 spawners together, turrets got overhelmed by aliens
And 7 spawners together is quite common...So my next goals:
Conquer copper are and prepare for expanding to iron
Research mind control station
Stop pollution from rising (Im feared from gardens bcs everytime I play I have small stone deposit)
Way i got this far:
Turrets - electric furnaces - solar panels - baterries - turrets mk 2. I stopped building more stem generators at 5MJ with 2nd tier, rather having 1/3 of power demand than so much pollution.
And of course all tips other guys told me
So it seems hard times are waiting for me, but at least i shouldnt get stuck
P.S.: Sorry for (another) long post, maybe somebody find abything usefull
P.P.S.: Abybody using bobs ammo from cordite and gunmetal? I wanted to use it instead of piercing ammo bcs i thought its costs less copper, but when i researched it i realized that i was wrong. So now im not sure if i should spend so much time building this factory chain, it seems quite difficult...
. If spawner comes so close that biters are constantly attacking, I just take my sniper rifle with piercing ammo enhanced with alien toxin and shoot them few times. Than hide under my turrets, and when counterattack is gone, i finish it.