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Originally posted by Markavians:
ACtaully. . . it doesn't take forever to make these planets! It only takes 30 turns - 3 years!
THREE YEARS.
How old are you? How many people could you house on one of these planets? How many planets could you make in your lifetime, and so how many people could be born in that time? - hmm? hmm?!
I think Sphere Worlds and ring worlds are great fun to build. You need to be organised and put in hard work. When you have, the rewards are great.
Well, its relative....as late in the game as you gain the technology, is it really worth it to build your own planets? At this point, I'd say no. 40 turns and an unbelievable amount of resources for ONE PLANET which you still have to populate & develop before its useful....not worth the time & trouble at that point in the game I'd say...doesn't have anything to do with my age (43, btw).
At this point in the game, if you aren't well on the way to winning, you should at least be nearly equal to your main competition where the resources would be better spent on offensive & defensive materiel. Of course, playing against real folks could be different...but, because the time lines don't change (ie, it still takes pretty long to get that far out on the research tree), I don't think so....
[This message has been edited by Spyder (edited 20 February 2001).]