My reading of the bonuses from the facility in-game is that the combat bonus is only for defense armies on that planet. Does anyone build defense armies?
Virtual Combat Arena
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I believe the damage modifier applies to any army trained on that planet. They pair well with the military academy.
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In theory, you find some species that has the (Extremely) Strong trait, build Military Academy and Virtual Combat Arena on the planet and then build all your Assault Armies there.
In practice, armies are pointless, because 95% of a planetary invasion's outcome is determined by bombing a planet into -100% fortification.
And the other 5% are reaching Gene Warriors / Psi Troopers, who can (in stacks of 20) just waltz through every enemy planet regardless of fortification (especially since the AI never uses anything but stock defense/assault troops).
In practice, armies are pointless, because 95% of a planetary invasion's outcome is determined by bombing a planet into -100% fortification.
And the other 5% are reaching Gene Warriors / Psi Troopers, who can (in stacks of 20) just waltz through every enemy planet regardless of fortification (especially since the AI never uses anything but stock defense/assault troops).
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Not entirely. Awakened Empires use other army types for defence too. The Xenophiles I took over yesterday usd Xenomorph-armies to defend their planets.
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Never used any of the army buildings. Never saw the need. Even against a Fallen Empires, I can usually conquer any of their planets without bothering to bombard. Normal armies are dirt cheap and by the time you have psi troops, it only takes a couple of years to have a few dozen of them. Maybe give them a general if I have surplus influence and free leader slots.
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