For a change of pace, try a "finite resource" game.

[geoschmo]

Yes, I looked into that. Unfortunatly the race I took over for is not religious or organic. The standard value improvment fac is not that strong.

Plus the former owner had allowed a significant number of planets, and all the homeworlds to reach 0 minerals. Once you reach 0, the value improvment facs do nothing.

But next time I play one of these from the beginning I will have some strategies to try to counter the resource problems.

Geoschmo

[arthurtuxedo]

I just took over a couple empires who's players must have either been the biggest pieces of elephant crap at SEIV or left the AI on with f---ed up settings for like 40 turns. I think I'm in one of those games with you, actually, geoschmo. You wouldn't even believe the horrible designs and resource/ship mis-allocation.

[Puke]

well, one turn will ruin your designs, and it only takes about three turns to totaly *** up your resource / mfg ratios. less if you are ballancing some crucial construction projects against limited resource production or operating at a deficit.

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