Wondering if there are any defined optimum ratios of workers to Army.

Also how do workers come into play with your colony upgrades?

ie.. does it pay to have a level 5 farm if there are only 150 workers to manage it? I'm wondering if there is a minimum # of workers needed per level upgrade of facility services.

Workers are 1 power per 25 but they also give you a significant boost in res production.

Units are 1 power per 10 soldiers (10 inf, 5 veh, 3 tank)

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hat is actually a very good question. There have been many discussions about the optimal army, but none about the ratio of workers/army. But I think that its because people don't have a clear stance on it. I hate it when my pop goes bellow 500, but if I need the units, it will happen.
And no, there is a minimum amount of workers needed to make any structures. But it might not pay you as well.

Thanks for the replies.

I think that in order to maintain the best economy, then the workers need a high level of priority. If you have a 100 units but 0 workers in your colony what happens? All production must cease I imagine and you starve or burn out to where you can't replace units lost or continue upgrades.

I like the 500 minimum rule of thumb. Of course right now I would be happy to get 300.

When Michael created the game with 500 as an avrage. So its a number I like sticking by.
Which is why when I play without an alliance having crystals and resource outposts I use all my boosts from voting tokens on workers

You want to have as many workers as possible for as long as possible. Eventually when your army gets so big, you may find you are losing workers on a daily basis every time you recruit more units. What is sometimes a good thing to do when you reach this stage is to hand over your resources to your alliance members who have more workers and/or a smaller army. That way your income wont drop by losing so many workers every day, but will still be put to good use.