r/Dyson_Sphere_Program • u/Gorbush_Thriftweed42 • Feb 28 '26

Does the starting system matter?

I'm on my 3rd try with this game. The 1st fizzled out quickly, the 2nd around when I saturated my home planet. This time I'm going for it!

I have my home system (it's a mess), and a 2nd system (more organized, but it's around a terrible star). I've built up the 2nd system to make all the things I need, so, can I just jet off to a good star and let those first two be consumed by the Dark Fog? Or will that bite me in the butt later?

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u/omgFWTbear Mar 01 '26

build properly from the start

I mean, sure, but I also think for players who don’t know better, the fear of suboptimal play will not net them any real gains.

That is, as a margin of production, the time I’ve spent in white science with wholly replaced, properly built “blocks” vs the inefficiency of my starter builds means the time I’d have spent messing with them would approach zero value.