Originally posted by GunsForBucks:

I normally don't build a main base until I get to iron. Just kind of have decent housing with good rest bonus. Make a portal hub when I have enough locations mapped I want to return to.

Definitely following this advice in the future. Spent so many resources during the Bronze age, that after I got Iron Beams, I felt so annoyed. ^_^ IRON BEAMS is where it's at!