I am a big fan of what SD is doing in terms of Stardock Central and game downloads. Not to mention the incredible support SD and Ironclad provide for games and bang for the buck. Big thanks and keep it up guys!
Well, I wasn't a beta player but here is my $.02: 1. Build cap ship factory and build the BB analog 2. Metal/Crystal extractors 3. Sout and Colonize frigate 4. Scout local phase lines and use the BB to beat up on the local riff raff 5. Colonize 6. Upgrade infra to keep mony flowing in 7. Metal/Crystal extractors 8. Repeat Beyond that it depends on the situation and where the choke points are. For example I abandoned my normal expansion for an all out
when you think your wife is an agent for the Advent when you claim her ugly sister is spying for the Vasari when you pass by a car dealership and think "$hit! They are going to spam SUVs!" when you wonder why passing cars aren't taking pot shots at you when you blame your car not starting on Ion cannons when you take back your wife's diamond claming you are short on crystal
Not to mention the fact that I am a big fan of Stardock Central. I am not the most organized with my cd keys and disks so its nice to have a program that allows me to download and install any program I have ever bought that SD published Plus - they're only about 15min away from where I live. Supporting the local economy!
My $.02: Yes and no. And let me clarify that with the following I have the same issues with all space based games (and movies) 1. An unrealistically high number of races seem to be bipedal and humanoid 2. Their cultures seem to be more of extreme extensions of our own culture/history than anything truly 'alien' (and potentially incomprehensible) 3. Most of the aliens encountered seem to be able to produce a tech base on par with everyone else. Everyone can use their
[quote] Ok people stop right now!!! Down grade to XP!!! The programmers at Microsoft fail at life with Vista!!! [/quote] Thank you for your insightful and well supported argument :NOTSURE: FWIW I have had no problems either of my 64 bit vista computers. One is an AMD 5200+ with 2 gb ram and the onboard 690g AMD chipset. The other is an e6400 with 3gb ram and a 2900xt
One of my favorite book series ever. I miss the massive orbital fortresses near the phase lanes however. A gauss cannon just doesn't have the same feel :)
I know trade revenue goes up with additional trade centers and that cultural influence goes up with additional broadcast centers. I am not sure about refineries
The AI does indeed use culture, but typically not until late in the game.
I think they are a good idea, but perhaps a bit unbalanced. One thing I noticed is that if the raiding pirate fleet is not completely destroyed, the remaining ships go back to their home base and sit there. New raiders are spawned, attack, return and sit. At least I think this is what happens. I never lost the bounty war and between me and the AI and the AI never had a chance between me and the pirates. The downsides is that there was a huge pirate fleet at their base as they
I think the game is a bit slow on the single system levels. On multiple systems that slow speed might be necessary for game play ability. I don't know for sure as I have not graduated to that point, but its my guess
