03-26-2011, 04:23 PM
Most of this information can be deduced from "How Research Works" in the "Getting Started" section of the moderator's website:
http://fh.binaryelysium.com/How_Research_Works
This is only my first game of Far Horizons, but I'm guessing that there is no upper limit to how much you should spend on research, as long as you have enough resources to do other necessary things, such as building scouts, building planetary defenses, etc. Since Research is most effective at lower tech levels, it would make sense that the best value for your Research dollar is at the beginning of the game, when your tech levels are relatively low.
http://fh.binaryelysium.com/How_Research_Works
This is only my first game of Far Horizons, but I'm guessing that there is no upper limit to how much you should spend on research, as long as you have enough resources to do other necessary things, such as building scouts, building planetary defenses, etc. Since Research is most effective at lower tech levels, it would make sense that the best value for your Research dollar is at the beginning of the game, when your tech levels are relatively low.