Finished my first OCC

[Lazerus]

OCC's are quite easy once you've got the hang of them, they all follow the same pattern in the end. Build a few formers, rush a SP, get crawlers out, build some infrastructure, more crawlers to an energy park, shoot a few AI that are coming for you, trade a few techs, more SP's and before you know it its 2300 and you've transcended

Weather paradigm first, then merchant exchange if you can. HGP, VW and all those other usual nice SP's are basically useless for this.

[Ecthy]

Civ2 OCCs are supposed to be easy as well, yet I cannot manage them. It's all a matter of civ2-god-ness

[Straybow]

Hmmm, hadn't even occured to me to try OCC SMAC.

[Vev]

Now that I come to think of it, the crucial era is the first 180 years and that is where you will be struggling against any form of hostiles.