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May 14th, 2007, 03:48 PM
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Re: Query for more indeepth explanations....
The first is a common complaint about all the 4X games.
What hurts the most is to start with few planets to reach in the first turns (at least in a 1vs1, with more players diplomacy becomes the most important factor). But this is efficiently countered by a start on 3 good planets.
About the second... It's not the number of planets that is important , but their "quality". Also, HOW you use the planets is very important.
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May 14th, 2007, 04:17 PM
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Re: Query for more indeepth explanations....
If you want to really break it down it comes down to how many facilitie slots you can get, but number of planets is essentially that.
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May 14th, 2007, 04:42 PM
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Re: Query for more indeepth explanations....
Also, how well you can use the space available depends on your racial bonuses. And when you research orbital mining, you become a lot less limited by how many planets you have - except for research and intel.
I even wonder if it's not too powerful : orbital mining in combination with base space yards gives you practically unlimited industrial growth, while costing roughly the same than a new planet type colonisation tech.(for ALL 3 resources!)
It's true that the IRM system where population plays a lot more important role is more balanced, since in Se5 there is no "bureaucracy" to limit the effectiveness of the larger empires...
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May 14th, 2007, 04:52 PM
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Re: Query for more indeepth explanations....
I don't see the diference between SEIV and SEV with having planets close by.
tesco starts hurt, but they don't happen that often, unless you're tesco.
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May 14th, 2007, 05:05 PM
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Re: Query for more indeepth explanations....
Tesco???
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May 14th, 2007, 05:11 PM
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Re: Query for more indeepth explanations....
I don't think he was comparing SEIV and SEV.
What's a Tesco start? Is this related to Space Food Empires? And then wouldn't starting in Tesco would be a good thing? (Unless you start in the TV department of course...  ) |
May 14th, 2007, 06:57 PM
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Re: Query for more indeepth explanations....
A tesco start is i think, when you start a game in a position where you have no planets nearby to colonize and the only way out of that system is blocked by blackhole, for example, in other words a ugly position to start a game.
edit: or you could ask tesco 
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May 14th, 2007, 08:43 PM
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Re: Query for more indeepth explanations....
Don't forget that the next three sectors after the blackhole are nebulae.
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