Thanks for the tips, it's appreciated, I'll put them to good use. I'm still learning the different aspects of the game (I've got another game going to test out the fun which is culture spreading :P) and I shall see if this match is salvageable.
I haven't seen an intros board around, (might just be my usual blindness :P.) Anyways, Hi from the UK
I've not got much experience with it, but the way I've been dealing with heavy amounts of bombers is not to have flak ships but rather just destroy whatever is fielding them, then the bombers eventually take care of themselves without using fighters or flak.
Well, the title of the post is a bit of a lie, it isn't a stalemate, I'm on the verge of losing. Basically, I decided to try an eight player map for the first time, with four teams of two. The first part of the game goes smoothly enough, and by the end of the first phase there are only two teams left, each occupying half a system each. I have the majority of the planets on my side. On my side (including me) are two Advent factions, and on the other side are an Advent and a Vasari. My
