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[Stone Mill]

Soulfisher- you are correct... that trade is often how I acquire colony tech from the AI. Remember, a human you are playing against may not be so friendly.
...Actually, now that I think of it, I have a friend who loves to target transports- if he gets lucky, he can get himself some breathers from another environment. If it is a minelayer/sweeper, heck, that is a good chunk of change you save when you deconstruct & analyze.

Gwaihir- glad you found this helpful.

[Stone Mill]

Any other feedback on Intel? Things I should add? Just wondering if this helpful.

[Maxx]

I found it very helpful !!!

[ May 04, 2003, 15:28: Message edited by: Maxx ]

[civ2buf]

Is this just strategies for simultaneous games or do you want things such as tactical mode tips (my favorite part of the game).

Plus if you play hotseat with friends they can help a lot. (Or enjoy facing the AI in battle while grossly outmatched in ships)

[spoon]

Originally posted by Stone Mill:
Any other feedback on Intel? Things I should add? Just wondering if this helpful.

I would add these two to the Honorable Mention list:
Technological Espionage (steals a tech level, 150k cost.) Expensive, but in the late game, if you went heavy intel, you can have enough points to do a few of these per round. Which will help since you likely don't have as much research points as the intel-lite races. Also great for sluffing points into when in order to make sure you are putting less than 5k points into your CI project.

Tech Reports: Helps with the above project by listing a handful of your enemy's tech levels.

[Stone Mill]

Originally posted by civ2buff:
Is this just strategies for simultaneous games or do you want things such as tactical mode tips (my favorite part of the game).

Good question. For the most part, I address tips for strategic mode, since it is used for PBW and multiplayer (the most challenging). There may be tactical tips out there in other sources.

Originally posted by spoon:
I would add these two to the Honorable Mention list:
Technological Espionage (steals a tech level, 150k cost.) Expensive, but in the late game, if you went heavy intel, you can have enough points to do a few of these per round. Which will help since you likely don't have as much research points as the intel-lite races. Also great for sluffing points into when in order to make sure you are putting less than 5k points into your CI project.

Tech Reports: Helps with the above project by listing a handful of your enemy's tech levels.

Excellent suggestions, spoon. I will add them. Thank you.

[ May 06, 2003, 13:35: Message edited by: Stone Mill ]

[Stone Mill]

Next up... Rock, Paper, Scissors – (Which weapons and strategies counter others)

I'm doing the best I can with this one. I'll need help from the resident experts to help ensure it's accurate.

With luck, I'll post it tomorrow...