Multiple marketing centers & starbases

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Do more adv. marketing centers on a planet = more benefit, or not? I seem to recall reading someplace that certain buildings did not give you any benefit after the first one on a given planet was made. Did they ever fix that?

Also, if a planet falls within the radius of more than 1 starbase, does it get a benefit greater than if it fell within the radius of just one? Should I be honeycombing my star systems with beneficial starbases?
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Reply #1 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Yes, starbase bonuses do stack.

Don't know about marketing centers though.
Reply #2 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Honeycomb, honeycomb, me want honeycomb!

If you need me I'll be off playing with a maxxed military production bonus.
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Reply #3 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Multiple marketing centers do help. As for buildings that have no additional benefit when you build more than one: Starports, Fleet Managers, plus any acheivement.
Reply #4 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Am I mistaken, or are the bonuses from the capitals only additive? I built an econ capital + several markets on a planet my last game, and the results were very disappointing. Same with my tech capital on a planet with 2 300% research squares and 1 100% square.
Reply #5 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
They should double the total technology/manufacturing power on that planet. (Which is what they have done for me.) I haven't had the problems that you stated.
Am I mistaken, or are the bonuses from the capitals only additive? I built an econ capital + several markets on a planet my last game, and the results were very disappointing. Same with my tech capital on a planet with 2 300% research squares and 1 100% square.

They do not gain bonuses from the multiplier squares though, if that is what you are talking about?
Reply #6 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
One thing to note. Is that if you have a bonus, like a Manufacturing Capital. It dose not do you any good to put it on a bonse tile. The Capital dose not do any Manufaturing. It simply dubbles the Manufactureing for the planet. So it is best to put a factory on the Bonuse tile, and build the capitals on non bonus tiles.
Reply #7 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Using multiple starbases on a single planet can be very powerful, but remember that those extra starbases get EXPENSIVE after a while. You have to decide whether it makes more sense to have a few really great planets or to spread your bonuses out more.

That said, a high-PQ planet with a bunch of economic starbases can be insanely productive.
Reply #8 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
No, not the capitals on a bonus tile. What I've seen with the econ and techno capitals is that the bonus only seems to additively stack wtih the marketing/research centers. In other words 2 adv marketing centers + econ capital seems to convey a +15*2+50=80% bonus, instead of a 1.3*1.5 = 95% bonus. That has strategic implications as to how much you specialize a planet.