"Gamey" tactics like "Rock, none" races

[Graeme Dice]

Originally posted by Phoenix-D:
Compare the 10 points in maitance to 10 points in, say, Minerals. Or in ship yards, or..you get the picture? I've lost many a game because I couldn't get ships out fast enough. My coffers were full, I was getting thousands of extra resources per turn..and it didn't matter.
Phoenix-D[/QB]

My problem has never been a lack of minerals, it has always been a lack of construction capacity to use those minerals fast enough. If you are building max size fleets then you aren't being aggressive enough to keep their and your fleet sizes down.