The only 4x game I would still consider playing other than Se4 is Birth of The Federation.
Unfortunatly I have not been able to play it since My house hold had a win 2k upgrade and it no longer works, but rumors are spreading that it will be able to work under Windows XP.
BOFT is still one of my all time favourite games and sits up there with Total Annihilation for longest running computer games to sit on my computer
Ferengie are too powerful but in my opinion, especially if they are lucky enough to meet up with a few allies that they can buy out in the early game
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