FilmSage

I too am a newbie at this game, and I just finished my first game. Random SML map w/ no pirates, 13 planets, on Slow Speed, playing as TEC. It took me about 4 hours... the first 3 hours were literally just economic, planet, then military growth. Re: playing defensive I think there is a balance. For instance, I was completely defensive for the first 3 hours, just building up military in case anyone stepped up to attack. There was no aggression on my part, BUT I was always chu

I have not been into RTS or 4x since Warcraft 3 and/or Civ 3, so I'm way out of the loop on things. This game is phenominal. Presently, as I'm learning the game and relearning the genre(s) I need to slow things down. I was wondering what the "Game Speed" slider affects. I switched from normal to slow, and have don't see a change in build and travel speeds (which is fine). Is the change "under the hood"? What is altered? I'm playing SP 1v1, by the way. <b