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Originally posted by Jason2:
Always glass planets - always 
It is too much of a pain IMHO to keep other races - often makes it more confusing (although that might just be a comment on my own grey matter abilities...). By the time I'm conquering the whole galaxy I almost always have all 3 techs for colonizing... so I just send ships with transports full of my own race....
Jason2
You may change your oppinion once you've played a game where you can only colonize your race and planet type. I too was one who wiped 'em out and recolonized (or slaved 'em after surrender). Now with the new settings (makes it a LOT different and longer folks) the whole ground combat issue becomes far more important. Check out some of the other threads for more...