My planets don't seem to be producing.. Do they need energy and troops to be able to produce?

To produce troops they need an equal amount of vital Everything else will produce on its own every 15 mins. (assuming you have production points allocated accordingly)

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Does the Vital need to be already on the planet or can it just be producing Vital too?

Either.

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What is the disadvantage to having multiple planets in the same system. Unless you are bumping up against the 25 limit and need to get rid of a planet to capture a new one, I can't think of anything obvioius.

Thanks...Zippy The Wonderbat

If you have say 30 1-planet systems versus 10 3-planet systems, you can have twice as many opportunities for nearbys. Also, if you have more systems, you are less likely to be defeated because the defeater needs more coords.

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Three questions..

1) How do I spend credits?
2) How do I join a clan?
3) What do invisible ships do?

1. Cant in New Arena. You go to the upgrades tab and buy something there or go to market and buy something there.
2. Can't in New Arena. Ask a clan leader for a password, go to diplomacy and click join on the correct clan.
3. Nothing worth your gold. Only thing I see as useful is for creating a network to find warp in bz. I have however heard of uses around hws.

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Will my account be deleted if I idle too long?

Not automatically I should think, but you will be defeated.

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