General Strategies

[WhiteLion]

I didn't notice any difference in speed or warp time between harvesters and small harvesters so I create small harvesters until I skill up to regular ones, and then i slowly replace the small ones I've made.

If the only difference is cargo space, it's clear you should only make harvesters. Also the amount of cargo they hold is so much more than a small harvester that I think it's a moot point to even bother with small harvesters after a while.

[Enforc3r]

I use to do that too. But I find waiting for planets to produce more ore is just downtime period when I could use the Small harvester object count as
a remote Harvester and collect from another planet that has ore ready for collection.

I will do some testing next world to see what is the best way though. I think it all depends on how much time you spend managing anyway.

[ChickenHawk07]

Agreed. I think just keeping it my way allows for a little less micromanaging. I know one thing for sure, if your Planets keep getting taken, it is a little easier to remember which single planet was the "Hub" and resume harvesting operations.