I'm still playing my first game since getting the complete game .I began the game poorly located,but such is life.Ive been at war with what was the number 1 race at the time [they are number two now]since the very beginning.I made some very big mistakes early on.To start with I relied to much on trade I had partnerships with both the Ukra-Tal and the Eee,when the Ukra Tal declared war on me reasons unknown I suddenly had a huge deficite situation. Took several turns to correct and left me seriously weakened.Most of my fleet being mothballed and no production to speak of.Next mistake came in not using intel effectivly and on one occasion not making sure I had a project going.My original deficite was in minerals and after that I concentrated on producing them to the exclusion to all else....big mistake as I would learn later.After fixing my mineral problems I began building a huge fleet to visit the Ukra-Tal so we could discuss our mutual diffrences face to face.With my fleet built and ready to wring peace out of the Ukra-tal I thought I was ready to go check out their real estate,thats when I forgot to keep an eye on my counter inteligence the Ukra-Tal stole most of my resources,may they all burn in my sacred fires!!!!Had to scrap some ships mothballed the rest.At that point they exproprated some of my real estate!This made the financial sittuation even worse.Thought I was just about done at that point,but my people don't give up easily.I almost bankrupted myself mining the only warp point that they could come at me through.I have two mine layers that do nothing but replace the mines that the Ukra tal keep sweeping by running their ships into them
.They have managed to break through the mine field several times,This was when I discovered that they had researched cloaking tec.Their cloaked ships compleatly ignored the fleet I had sitting on the warp point just incase they made it through the mine field.I didn't even know they were in system till they began destroying colonies.All I could do was watch them destroy one planet after another till the whole system was gone.By the time my fleet caught up with them it was too late for anything but revenge.I have now colonized the same system three times.Mean while on the Drushocka border....they began as the num one race and are now num two , the manual said they weren't the sharpest pencils in the galactic holder and thank the great bird of the galaxie they are not. They also have only one worm hole that they can reach me through,and I have lost track of how many unarmed unescorted colonie ships I have sent to oblivion.
Lessons so far.
1 economics are soooo important.
2 Check everything every turn.
3 The Drushocka are just plain stupid.
4 Mines are wonderfull things.
My goal with this game wasn't really to win [but it would be nice] but was rather to learn.Began with low tec to see what everything did and what's most important to research....juries still out on that one but sensors have moved up the list....I just reached the point where I can detect cloaked ships . The biggest lesson so far has been the importance of economic diversity.My minerals are great now but I'm at the point in the game now that radioactives are needed and I don't have any.....more mothballing ...sigh In fighting the Ukra-Tal I know that my ship designs are better than theirs I just can't afford to build any.But again my people have not given up....well except the traitors who rebelled and went over to the Ukra-Tal.Note to self build more troops on all home worlds. I may be in 5th place but I'm having a great time.
So much to learn!
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