Quality Vs Quantity

heya everyone as most of you may know I'm a fleeter. i love building mases of ships and goinging about getting my minnerals from others (i sound so nice eh?) anyway i have come to the point in my technology where i have to chose carefuly but dont realy know what way i should go.

Should I research more into weapons shields and armor?

or do I build my battlecrusers and other ships and leave the tech till after i have a big enough fleet

(note: my armor is already lvl 7 weapons lvl 7 and shields lvl7)

Howdy General!
Well, here's my opinion on your current dilemma.
It may sound silly, but I suggest that you focus on both. By both, I mean that you should focus on Weapons Technology and building Ships. Since you are a Fleeter, sometimes knocking out the enemy as fast you as you can, even though I have no idea how large this fleet of yours may be, seems like a capital idea. I would've said Armor Technology, but it gets to the point where it costs too much.
Bring your Armor Technology up to level 8, at least. Then focus on building Fleets. Then, whatever resources you have left, save'em up until next time so that ya can upgrade Weapons Technology.

Yeps, my plan seems rather strange, I know. I'm the one who made it.
Good luck with the plan, or if you find a better plan, JohnSmith.

When I Played before every fleeter would get theyre techs to all 10 before building a large fleet getting your techs to all 10 would 100 percent across the board which by normal fleeters is average because fleeters randomly get resources not like miners who get a large steady supply. So my suggestion is get them all to 10 and if you ever have enough resources upgrade them because they are just as good if not better then more ships.

PS- the deuterium cost to fleetsave would cost you more in the long run than upgrading your techs

thanks you all for the advice. i will build my tech abit then focus on fleets