Hi dont worry Im not going to make a post everytime I win a game , just thought I would let you people know that all the tips you have given must be paying off! I have played a good few games with TEC, was getting on reasnable with them and managed to be very lucky and win an mp game. As for sp games against the AI I screwed up with my build order and only came close to winning. I then tried vasari f or the first time yesterday, I must admit their ecconomy maybe seemed a bit slower but I dunno they seem to have robust ships, seem to be a good combat orientated race. I dont feel they are overpowered although I wouldnt say that with any race since I havent played enough MP to know.

I ended up winning 2v2 , my team mate was a comp player and we played 2 ais, I did most of the damage as well. What I think I may have been doing wrong is putting all my eggs in 1 basket and having a massive fleet, this time I think I must have timed my fleet expansion well. I just tried to research some of the higher end cruiser military ships, I think my timing on thsi was good as well but I must admit I was mainly just trying stuff out - reading descriptions and based on this making relevant production. Rather than having 2 massive fleets I had 1 huge fleet and expanded my logistics and had small forces at my main assets(Big enough to make some damage though) This way I could lure the ais defense fleets out then hit them where it hurt with my massive fleet. I REALLY enjoyed vasari but I need to get better with my TEC end game. I liked TEC but I must admit vasari seem to have some really offensive research.

Will probably see what I can do with TEC, I must admit it feels like the TEC mid and end game ships cant tank as well either that or I may be getting a little better Im unsure. Will feel better when I win with TEC though

Was just curious as most on the forums are either advent or TEC , are vasari generally liked by a good portion of players as well?

Just thought I would add, the only concepts I dont understand and therefore dont see the use for yet is some of the phase lane research and stars, does going through stars enable you to jump to another map? Also there is research that enables bigger phase lane jumps , I just cant visualise that the way things are layed out, I thought there are fixed phase lanes , so say Planet A connects to Planet B connects to planet C. I want to get from planet A to C so going there means going through planet B

Thanks for all your tips