Really good.

Only suggestion is that if you add more wonders, make sure the development bonuses taper off as you go up the tech tree since money's plentiful enough at that point anyways.

<t> You need to explore first, yeah.<br/>
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Most important strategic resources to go after early on are Steel, Lead, Carbon Fibre, Polymer, Silicon, Hydrogen, and Caslon, since you need them to grow your colonies and keep your population happy, and you need a lot of Gold, Helium, Tyderios and ...

It's very polarizing diplomatically, but that's it. Way of Ancients and Darkness are very strong.

<r> Here, I have it saved:
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Teekan 65
Atuuk 68 (+5 with Caguar Fur)
Ketarov 72
Ugnari 72
Securan 76
Shandar 81
Wekkarus 84
Mechanoid 85
Ackdarian 88
Gizurean 92 (+5 with Nekros Stone)
Quanemo 95
Zenox 104 (+5 with Osalia ...

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My human empires almost always have a very lucrative Atuuk slave trade. Reminds me of Wookies, everyone wants a Wookie slave so why not an Atuuk slave!
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Yeah, the best ...

Bump

<t> Save game on the ftp: 1.9.5.3 - immortal sand slug.dwg<br/>
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Every few months on Varunat a sand slug spawns on top of the planet, even though it's colonized.<br/>
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I've probably killed this thing a dozen times. This save is pretty early in the game, when it first appeared.<br ...

<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: Tehlongone<br/>
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The strategic advantages are debatable but I usually use "do not accept" which is better in the long term as you can get higher taxes and less rebellions from your own race.<br/>
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Enslave is badly balanced I think the added ...

<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: Darkspire<br/>
When ever an update is applied, the first thing you need to do is go straight into options once DW has loaded and change everything back to your own preferences, easiest way is once you have set them on the first page take a screen shot (Print Scrn ...

<t> The Dhayats are my favorite. I like their engine tech, and all they want to do is enslave every living thing, which is pretty laid back for a bug.<br/>
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They're just kind of tricky at higher difficulties, since their econ is bad and all they want to do is build a million troops. Also they ...

<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: FingNewGuy<br/>
Edit: As to #2- I NEVER rely on the AI to advise me about ship-building (numbers of ships needed) as I Manual my Fleets and all ships except Escorts are in Fleets.
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Yeah, this. There's things I set to auto but I never trust ...

<r> lol I'm not reading the second page of this, but OP if you really want to understand research check the wiki.<br/>
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Also, this is old and displays things differently than the wiki page, but the math is the same and it might be easier to understand:<br/>
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<t> I haven't played since early on in Shadows (too buggy for me), but aside from the obvious there's quite a few quality of life improvements, and the performance is noticeably better. If you haven't played in a while you might be surprised.<br/>
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Also I'm really liking how much harder it is ...

<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: Trifler<br/>
Torpedoes vs. Missiles - I agree completely that the torpedoes should not "catch up" in range as you progress down the tech tree. I think the relationship between torpedoes and missiles at the beginning of the tech tree should be maintained throughout ...

<t> Does anyone really use rail guns? Missiles are way more effective offensively early on, and the uses for rails outside of that are too limited to justify going down a dead end in research. Only real use is making pirates more threatening.<br/>
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Now that universe is out I'm tempted to just ...

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Regarding that spreadsheet, Unclean, what do you mean with "damage vs armor"? Is that simply post-reactive damage or did you go probabilistic and actually crack how many shots it takes on average on a given range to kill armor plates? <br ...

<r> Check this out: <LINK link="http://www.matrixgames.com/forums/tm.asp?m=2686169"><s>[link=http://www.matrixgames.com/forums/tm.asp?m=2686169]</s>http://www.matrixgames.com/forums/tm.asp?m=2686169<e>[/link]</e></LINK><br/>
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Get the attachment and you can see DPS/size, energy use/size ...

Hey, I figured out weapon DPS in this thread. It has DPS per size and all that.

Anyways nice thread, this is good info to have.

<t> Bump, this is still around. With enough money to upgrade and a valid design to upgrade to the fleet retrofit option is still inconsistent.<br/>
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From what I can tell some fleet ships get a refuel order instead of retrofit for some reason, even though the upgrade button lights up for the ...

<t> I don't think armor was ever designed as an effective alternative to shields. Basically, if you want a tough ship forget armor, shields are straight up more cost and resource efficient.<br/>
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What armor IS good for is making your ships difficult for long range missiles and fighters to ...