odd. I have never had a CTD in my life. However I never played a really huge 8 player map or the enter the Klaa Kleen campaign end. However in the mission where u fight the trogarchs I had similar empire sizes and I didn't have any problems once I got the patch.

The AI is REALLY good. In fact, that's the main reason I like the game so much. (Expect the AI to be as good as you are if not better for a long while)

<t> I was just wondering if anyone else had played this campaign.<br/>
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4 real items that I would like to know<br/>
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1. Although I am beating the campaign rather easily, anyone know where a stategy guide for this is? If there isnt one praps I could write one myself when I am done.<br ...

<t> But sending 1000 tiny ships into your "armada of death" isnt the proper way to do a swarming strategy. Especially when I play the hive, I like to get tons of cruiser class ships, and rarely fight the other persons main fleet, instead splitting into 20 or so attack fleets and decimating their ...

oh I have already beaten the campaign. I found out about this forum because my game kept crashing when I tried to load in mission 2 of the second campaign. I already know what happens to the hive. See, you wouldnt do what you did at the end of 6 if you beat the hive right there.

<t> also for some ship design tips, with the terrans, your missiles are way better than your beams, esp the volley line of attack drones for cruisers and bigger. I like to get all volleys for my cruisers and dreadnoughts, and some good plasmalance type missile for the destroyers, I never use beams ...

<r> I have been playing mission 6 (the one where you develop the x space generator to teleport you to another dimension) and I have pushed the hive back to the al asad system, where they have 4 worlds and no shipyards. However the computer is cheating, and it is getting a steady reinforcement trail ...