I find if I take the LUCK bonus I get 1/10th the random events. Even when colonizing... I've done tests. It on game I got 2 the entire game! And they were the same! Also my overlord ship graphics are missing... But that seems to be all games. Even after a complete reinstal... TFM ~SDC~
I've won the game with terror stars... I was going for the tech win on tiny. So I set up everyone with the same tech so I could finance my production. Then that stupid "So and so have found this thing and will take over the universe..." This always ruins my games... So I built 2 terror stars fully loaded with all mods. Then I drove it in a fleet and parked it next to the system I wanted... (2 sets of systems were next to each other, one space apart.) It was sweet, in one round
I play tiny worlds. So I send scouts to locate all the good planets in my range. Snap them up if I can. Then, as the needs may, I grab class 14 planets. Only if I REALLY need a planet will I grab a class 13. Only once so far have I needed a planet and grabed a class 11. They just cost to much to prepare. Also, the very first things I put on planets is the class improvements. TFM ~SDC~
I often play neutral, but sometimes I have no choice but to build terror stars and wipe out my stronger foes. I think building a terror star should drop your alignment a bit. USING a terror star should drop you to instant evil! Having the tech is one thing, using it, quite another! TFM ~SDC~
On tiny/Challenging I run at 0% most of the time. Right off the hop. Trade is VERY important. I also run at 100% spending. ~SDC~
I've had an interesting situation that I think is a bug... My score of 4400 for a tiny challenging game seems too high. As does the trillions of dollars I was getting a turn from the dread lords... The dreadlords got released from the orb thing and their ships appeared all over. There world appeared over the altarians. Whiping them out without a word or message. In the same turn as the appearance I talked to them and declared peace and gave them Aphodisiacs. (Hey, I fig
There is an event where a minor civ will nuke one of your planets to level 10... Nasty... TFM ~SDC~
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I use the minors for trading. I like them to last as long as posible. I NEVER trade any good or tech that gives diplo. I always hold that as my own. TFM ~SDC~
how this for a name "The Canadain Star Empire" Gets my vote. TFM ~SDC~
Hmmm, you'll have to come up with a really good name to get me to move on over... TFM ~SDC~
Don't try to buy any trade goods from the AI. If I wanted to buy one it was 6 techs or 2 planets! TFM ~SDC~
I see them do this ALL the time. If war is declared on them they storm out to do some damage. That's the best time to take them out. TFM
thongor, don't be a worm. Not everyone likes to play the same way. I prefer to play most of my game in the Trading screen. Making deals when you are in trouble is a huge part of the fun for me. As is trading for other techs and holding back tech I don't want the other guys to have. But if I'm in trouble I have to make a choice and life with the reprocussions. Right now they've killed the fun in the entire trading system. I REALLY hope they fix it V. soon. TFM :notsure:
FreddyBear, They were Friendly, warm and nurtral. It was in the first 30 turns of the game. I'd screwed up and bought 1 ship on credit and it burned me... I was so screwed. But none of them AI's would trade for even 1bc. Ugg... They were not willing to part with ANY cash. Maddening. 1.03 has made the game no fun for me. ~SDC~
I enjoy trading with the AI for cash for my own empire etc... But I just tried to do some trading some cash for some ships since I was hurting for cash. The Bloody AI wouldn't even pay 1bc for my HERO and it had 5 defence and 4 attack! Ugg, I hope they fix that and make the game fun again... Or I guess I'll be on v1.2 for good... TFM ~SDC~
Def Zep, it came up right each and every time for me... Must be your system? TFM ~SDC~
Ahh, I'll have to try that next time. I've been trading with the minors a lot because it's been so convienent. But if that's what makes the difference... I'd like to win a game where all 5 races and I are allied... TFM ~SDC~
Diplo is what allows me to keep ahead of the game. I can spend my cash on whatever is needed at the moment and buy the techs I need. The only downside to buying tech is that it really makes your tech tree confusing, as you have techs you still have to do that give you no gains since you bought the finished result. TFM ~SDC~
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And if you have a transport you can get your people back off of it to before destroying it... TFM ~SDC~
I find that the resorces are VERY important on the Tiny games. Also tiny is no four squares, it's a 4x4 grid. You can't get to the entire world either. you have to work for it. And your right, every system counts! I max out my building and buying on colony ships and constructors. You have to move fast... Sometimes you can miss something by only one movement point... TFM ~SDC~
Sometimes you have to teach them all a lession... For their next lives you know, as worms under your feet! TFM :D ~SDC~
Ya, I know, but SOL isn't in that list. And you can't name the planets... So it's rather pointless really... TFM ~SDC~
I name the first system I take after my wife, Alexandria :D TFM ~SDC~
You mean trading Tech and ships? Or does giving them starbases help? Or do you mean trade as in tradeships? TFM ~SDC~