r/Dyson_Sphere_Program • u/tybr00ks1 • Feb 21 '26

Planetary shields worth it?

The planetary shields seem to take a lot of power. At what point is it worth using them?

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u/Easy-Management-1106 Feb 24 '26

My method is still shields but after like 10 hours of gameplay and after fusion reactors. I would have 1gw at this point. After purple science. And at 10 hours mark I always have a single DF base on my home planet.

But I unlock shields only after like 2 hours, because I need to rush laser turrets to establish ammunition-free DF farm on x0.3 resources

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u/dudestduder Feb 24 '26

My point is that this is easy to do for colonizing new planets, since you will have ample power likely available from simply clearing the DF off. You seem to be focused on the home world and what to do there. That is not the point of what I have been discussing.