Cultivating your strategy
Hello fellow Emporers,Praetors and Omnicrons!
I have only been playing SEIV (non-gold) for a few short weeks but have been enjoying every minute of it. I have close to three thousand questions I still need answered but by discovering the simulator I hope to answer them myself.
Strategy! By the seven moons of atralius it's a difficult thing to develop and cultivate!
Devising a strategy seems to be a product of your surroundings, and isn't so effective when driven strictly by technology.
I have tried just running with a singular strategy in mind and have biased my tactical decisions to suit my strategy. This hasn't worked well for me once yet!
A few things I feel are important in the beginning of the game;
1.) Recon! Having a broad perspective of your surrounding systems and where (and how far) enemy/friendly races are is vital!
2.) Expansionism and military support go hand in hand, I can't seem to operate one without the other. So much boils down to an effective balance between managing your economy and having a long enough arm (militarily) to protect your fledgling
colonies.
3.) Racial techs don't win the game, I was really under the impression that the racial techs were show-stoppers. But like all things they all seem to have very effective counters.
4.) Automating orders (repeat) and making use of the sentry function are vital to creating a "fire & forget" defense.
I would like to see some of _your_ opinions on my newbie rant! I have so much to learn still before I become a challenging player, I need a guiding light!
~ Echo
[ January 02, 2003, 18:56: Message edited by: Echo Mirage ]