Cheers people, after starting anew last night I managed to get a good draw on the map, with lovely choke points. i then took ti slow but steady to get essentials in place before expanding out and creating a reasonable sized fleet to crush all before me including the pesky pirates. just left with 6 Enemy AI planets to now destroy!
lol love it, a few hours into a small random map and i'm only just getting started! A lare map and i'd need a week off work I reckon [e digicons]:jafo:[/e]
lol it's fine I didn't miss the humour there, I did try to read the manual but thought it easier to jump straight in!
More than one AI and Pirates, not just yet thanks, still learning to cope on small map with just Rats and one AI! I very nearly binned the game after the first several abortive games but it is bloody addictive, i've not been sat up so late over a game since I first played Civ2 or Age Of Empires or maybe even Elite some 20 years ago! Thanks for the advice, I have Read TFM and being a real man promptly ignored it as I do all manuals until I was convinced the game was broken or just
Ok, please bear with me as i'm still very much a Noob. I've read and dissected a number of well written articles on here about strategies but eve on Easy with a small map I am struggling to keep my head above water. BTW I'm playing Vasari! From the word go I build a Cap ship factory and churn out a Vasari Egg, then start on extractors for any nearby resources. I then send off the Cap ship with maybe one or two skirmisher frigates as support and capture/colonise the 2 nearest planets.
Easy to play, very steep learning curve to play it well.
Blimey I downgraded to Easy from Medium as I found that too hard! I'm spending 3+ hours just getting a foothold in easy and beating back pesky pirates!
Ok, i've had a quick look through the forums, anyone got a decent beginners strategy guide? I've found it impossible to keep up on Normal and a struggle so far on easy! I'm either overlooking something or this game really does have a huge learning curve...
