I think I'd have to agree with the general consensus here that it may bring negative income at first but the trading and happiness benefits it brings in the long run outweigh the cost plus its also a good diplomacy boost.

 18. I feel so young aha

Only a matter of time before he encounters some insectoid races and war ensues. Great AAR. Keep it coming.

<t> I think Colonies are better in the long run as for one u get taxing income along with the infinite amount of the resourse and space.<br/>
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Someone also made a great point. We have facilities that can be built on colonies. Most of these are only geared to defending a colony or making ...

<t> This would be a great option as there is plenty of times where my allies get in a war and their losing but I don't wanna have to go to war for it exactly and even if I did the empire there at war with is either too far or not worth fighting.<br/>
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Another option that would be great would ...

<t> I'd have to say<br/>
Favorite Type would be Varied for all the reasons above. It feels great forming a "beach head" in a empires cluster and taking their planets 1 by 1.<br/>
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Favorite Race: So far the Humans I always seem to be helping the weaker humanoid empires as they always seem to ...

I'm fairly new and it is definitely worth the xtra money. Buy it and you won't be unhappy with it at all.

<t> I think certain races have better troops than others. I'm pretty sure the naxxilian's troops are better than lets say Human troops. But I think thats the only difference among troops wise. You have to factor in certain researches for the space combat as I forget which race but it has better ...

You make a valid point. But I think pirates should increase by difficulty based on the average military strength of all empires in the game.

<t> Personally I think fighters should be given system wide range :/. Maybe not the earlier versions but the more hightech advanced ones should be able to protect an entire system. Specially ones from bases. Just the other day pirate escort took came into my system but attacked a mining base that ...

after testing I've come to find out I can't load up games during a game. So I have yo ctrl alt delete out of the game and restart it which is sadening

<t> Well basically I tried to load up one of my saved games. But then I got the message that "This is not a Distant Worlds Game Save"<br/>
This is ackward since i saved it the other day. I then go to the auto save and that loads up after a min or so. I play it and then the next day I can't upload ...

I think there should be a tab in the game or maybe something that pops up that tells your a certain station needs a specific resource :/. I think we should also be able to control freigters and maybe priortize them sometimes so that we can get certain resources to areas faster.

<t> So I've been playing the game for about 3 days now. My first game I was quickly overrun by Insectoid races,space creatures, and pirates. I got more used to the game and now I'm Now one of the Uni's super powers. Only contested by 2 other races with some other ones kinda just fighting the ...

indeed. This already seems like something interesting. Can't wait for the next post

I think a spaceport should add to the defense of a colony in some way. They should probaly each some with their own garrison or in some way increase the defensive power of the troops already on the colony.

Shame crashes ruined yer game. Was loving this AAR. Hopefully it'll be fixed in the next patch to reduce the number of crashes. Great AAR though and you should maybe do more in the future.

<t> Yeah RTS's Game like SC are more fast paced and really based on how fast you can out micro and macro your opponent. This game however has a much broader scale of how to defeat your opponents which I love. I'm most likely going to go on a campaign spreading my "Human" influence throughout the ...

<t> Thx Lord and Data. Really appreciate the welcome. Just some more questions though. From what I've read the game is still in Beta? So does that mean more expansions are coming and if so? Will they add specific suggestions from the wish list, completely new things for the expansion and stuff from ...

<t> I plan to buy the expansion as well. Plus it seems its one of those actual "Good" expansions that actually helps increase the playability of the game unlike some that just..."add a few units...add a maybe 1 new race" but charge like 20 dollars :/. 1 thing though is their a mod launcher for ...