Temporal Strategy

[Bone]

excellent thread! i almost always use temporal, mostlty because i am addicted to temporal space yards which can pump out serious numbers of drones (muhahwahaha). i also love temporal shield depleters!!

u guys rock.

[spoon]

Originally posted by PvK:

because I was basing my strategy on a Temporal ability that doesn't work as well as I thought it would

What was that?

[PvK]

I was counting on the Event Predictor "combat" bonus to increase my defense as well as my offense (like experience and cultural "combat" bonuses). I learned the hard way that it only increases offense. Otherwise, my other bonuses would have made my ships nearly unhittable. It's a misleading description, though - it should say it gives a bonus to hit, not a "combat" bonus.

PvK

[Fyron]

Hmm... that certainly sucks. Just tested it out and it is true.

[Atrocities]

Interesting.

[Paul1980au]

The alternative is to begin with organic - get boarding parties then capture the temporal ships as you go - they can prove useful - also get psychic ships with ship capture they also prove useful.

[Kamog]

Haven't used temporal tech very much. I like religious because of the shrines and the talisman, and organic because of their replicate centers and organic armor. My favorite shrine is the Nature shrine. It's nice to build just one of those and have all your planets in the system improve in condition and value each year. Replicate centers really help increase your population. Those organic armor ships are great for ramming. As for crystalline tech, with their armor-piercing crystal shard cannons, it's great against organic races.