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Another noobish question. Which do you prefer - 2000, 3000, or 5000? Is the game any better/worse/different when the races are all a bit overpowered with 5000 points to allocate? Any advantage to the player or the AI? I've been playing all my games with only 2000 so far. I like to have some obvious disadvantages to my race, and not just be a juggernaut.

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Dobian, I tend to agree with you. In order to give the AI some 'ummpphhh', I will tend to play with starting racial points at 5000, but only take 2000 myself. Can make the game more interesting.

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Dobian, I agree with GT. I play the same as well, 5000 points and 2000 for myself. It does make for a better more challenging game. IMHO

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I'm a wuss, I take 5000

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Try 0 points and must take 2 advanced racial traits ( Organic , Temporal etc... )

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I set my races up for all three, but mostly play with 5000.

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Yeah, me too. Solo games I give the AI's 5K and I use only 2K...and give them the bonuses as well. Sometimes the AI puts up a pretty good fight... http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

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<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Even better, do this, while giving the AI 5000 points, max bonus, max difficulty. I was playing that at home, the conclusion must wait until I return... http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon9.gif

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<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">I love games like that! It makes the game really interesting. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif

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I like variety; the only setting I haven't played in a solo game is 0. I think my PBW games have tended to be 2000 or 3000; I've got a 0 point game that I took over as a replacement.

A couple of the races I made up for solo games would be difficult to do "right" with less than 5000 points.