So no beacons, but I ended up giving the Shak some mining bases to end the war. Almost immediately after that the big reveal happened and I was able to win.

Hmm, pretty sure there are no active beacons up anymore, but I'll check when I get back home.

<t> Hi all,<br/>
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So I recently started a non-custom game of Return of the Shakturi and I'm not sure if it is possible for me to win. In the non-custom settings, it appears that racial victory conditions are disabled as you are expected to win through story events. However, the Shakturi ...

This is great! Thanks for the info.

Thanks for the insight all. Unfortunately in the second case, I lost my army to myself and it was a planet of my fellow Ugnarians....so I would have felt a little guilty liquidating them.

<t> Hi all,<br/>
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Just lost my two largest troop armies to rebellions.<br/>
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Army 1: I conquered a bug planet and shortly after the residents rebel taking my entire army with them.<br/>
Army 2: Enemy conquered one of my planets and I drop troops to retake it. During the fight the ...

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With the recent updates, what are folks thoughts on ion weapons? Useful enough to equip on your general fleets?

Thanks!

ORIGINAL: Razbun

would adding bays and factories to the construction ship speed things up?

I'm curious about this as well.

<t> So I ran into an issue where I got a colony ship with a much stronger troop type and settled a planet with them. Unfortunately my native race quickly out-grew the stronger race and now I can no longer recruit the better troops. Is there a way to control which population grows so I can keep a ...

Do the troops get that bonus on defense or just offense? Do you prioritize building any of the defensive structures?

Thanks!

<t> Thanks ReadeB,<br/>
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I usually don't have much problem with my fleets getting damaged as they outgun my competition by a considerable amount (though I'm only on normal difficulty) and they're all sporting repair bots. Additionally, I try to get a gas mining base up ASAP after I take over ...

Still pretty new to the game, but I'm going to give both this month and the last month a go. Don't have much hope for last month's as I'm not quite that pro yet.

<t> Hi all,<br/>
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First time posting here and first I just wanted to thank the regular posters here as you all have provided tons of awesome information that have turned an intimidating game into one of my favorites over the past couple of months.<br/>
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I am now seeking more wisdom ...