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Originally posted by jpinard:
I usually set my own planet type to ice, and always seem to be at a huge disadvantage against the other races.
How many people, especially those that complain the game is too easy, set their planet types to ice?
It's only a short-term disadvantage. In the long run it's an advantage because sooner or later you'll be able to conquer a rock colonizing race and get that colonization tech. This will almost always be MANY turns before any of the AI races can do the same. AI vs. AI wars are very slow. Now you've got TWO colonization types and you're well ahead of the AI races unless they've found a colonization tech in ruins or (unlikely) conquered another race themselves.