tnewton80

Darvin, I really like your idea about doubling up on the Progen and Halcyon, but I'm probably going to give the Radiance a couple more tries to see if she makes the cut. And that bit about the shape of your empire dictating whether to go trade or culture really made sense. Great stuff! Volt, I am definitely going to work the two fleet strategy into my gameplay as the flighty AI can be a pain in the ass trying to track them down with only one fleet. Thanks for th

Thanks for the great info guys! You're both assets to the community. It seems I wasn't too far off (albiet pure luck) although I definitely tech too much... I have some follow up questions if you don't mind. Never get resource focus; you actually can get more resources by leaving it as a trade port and spending the credits on the black market. I don't know what the developers were thinking, resource focus

Ok so I just go the vanilla SoSE a week or so ago, but lurked here enough while it was shipping that I wasn't all that lost when I started. I've only really been playing with the Advent because I had a much more clear vision of how I wanted to play them militarily.... everything built around lums. I get the Mothership and quick expand, tech to lums and eventually guards with repulse, a little flak to defend the lums, and eventually a halcyon to buff the lums. I also