[Roanon]

Originally posted by Cyrien:
Towards the end of the game I love taking apart enemy empires with intel. 4 or 6 food contaminations and anarchy Groups a turn can be quite devestating to an enemy.

Only if playing vs. dumb AI or a vastly inferior enemy. As Counterintel requires only one third of the points to defend, you need about 4 times, if not more, the number of intel points than your enemy to do something effective. With 4 times the resources, I can crush an enemy even without intel .

I think Intel only can accelerate the inevitable downfall of an inferior enemy. Doesn't matter if at the end of the game or in the middle Therefore, usually a waste of resources, unless you have too many mineral-poor planets and already maxxed research.