[Fyron]

I have a question to ask the lot of you that have played with FQM Deluxe. What do you think of the rate of population growth as compared to normal SE4? With higher pop levels (though roughly equivalent bonuses from pop), you get more growth earlier on. You can build a few pop transports early on and siphon even more people from the HW than you can in the normal game. So, my question is thus: is this a bad thing for gameplay purposes? Does doing this give you significantly more bonuses than in normal SE4, or is it equivalent? About the only viable solution (if this is a problem) is to increase the Reproduction Check Frequency to 2 or 3, so pop growth slows down. Would doing this cause more harm than help?