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The game will pick up once people start to make contact. But the space between homesystems and the supply changes in the mod will allow you some time to develop your stories without having to worry about the guy next door coming and wiping you out right away. And the high tech costs will hopefully help that as well.

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Alright. Here's the next question. Who's going to make the bumping character development stories every week? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

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I'm glad that the game has gotten off to a slow start. Gives me time to create some characters outside of actual game events.

I hope the game continues at this pace even once we meet other races.

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This game is progressing to fast in some ways. I havent found the time to keep up with the story Posts, i need to post some retrospective ones to catch up http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon9.gif

No ice colonies u say. I must have found the motherload of green huge colonies then (not ice) cause i havent entered system with planets in it that hasnt been good so far

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That's the thing with Ice races in the stock game, they can't progress because there are no planets well suitable for them.

I almost chose rock, but I felt Ice would give me a challenge http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif

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Actually Terran that's not really correct. There are a few less Ice planets in the sector types file, so on average there will be a few less ice planets per quadrant. But the overall difference is slight. But for individual systems there are always variances, and so you have a decent chance of ending up in or close to a system with multiple ice worlds.

Also, this isn't really a factor yet in this game, but the dearth of players that typically choose Ice races for whatever reason can actually be an advantage since there is less competition for suitable planets, and the Ice tech is more highly valued as trade bait.

Geoschmo

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<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">If you saw my home system, you'd be cursing Ice colonization tech Geo. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif (4 breathable rock planets)

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<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">If you could se my home system Geoshmo, then you would probably turn satanist.
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Terran...just think of those as a trump card for later.

I have played games where once empire boundries are set and new colony techs open up, the advantage of them isn't great.