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Playing as Aliens
I decided to actually play a game through to Alien victory, playing as Marr.
Settings:
Large
70-90% water
High erosion
Arid
Double Blind (Altough aliens always directed...)
All SMAX factions except sven replaced by Yang.
Self imposed rules:
No capturing bases
No expanding from original continent. (or excessive use of raising terrain)
Friendly play, clean terraforming, no atrocities, nice to human factions in term of gifts.
Anyway I must say the game has been VERY fun so far, I hadn't REALLY got into a game of SMAX in a LONG time, all those lovely new unit pictures. God I love those alien foils. I want one!
Anyway I decided to follow the Fusion/Armour tech tree for a change.
And I had fun, was alone on my island (which included Garland crater), researched docflex early and met the good chairman, traded for Loyalty and switched to Police State.
I got the HGP, ME and switched to FM, soon after built PEG $$$'s rolling in. Let H'mniee have WP. H'mniee crushed poor Domai. I've always wanted a pet Domai so I liberated him, and he started in a giant patch of sea fungus on a little island. Atleast he was safe there. Eventually I sent some sea formers to help him out.
I tried to be nice to the human factions, shared a little of my tech and did some sea terraforming for them. H'mniee kept on making deals with the AI's to to make them vendetta me. But Marr has great patience with the Humans. They are so young and know not what they do.
One thing I did different to usual was research Silksteel quite early. I got the tech up to AMA and Cyberethics in a lucrative deal with Aki. Fusion came not much later and I built some 5-4-4*2 AAA, Marine units. God those units are beautifull. I also sent out Silksteel trawlers, they also very pleasing to the eye. And defend against locusts and sealurks.
Domai's greatest threat was Roze, but they established a lasting pact. I did some terraforming for Roze but she sunk my sea formers after a while.
Liberated D:AP and Orbital from Caretaker CyC Hive Alliance. Researched MMI and Bio-engineering myself. H'mniee was causing my trawlers grief at times so I built some S.gas chaos choppers to clean out hostile missile/jet stockpiles. My Silksteel ships were very nice, I used them to cover my probe teams, and sink transports. I also had (<8>)-1-1*2's scattered around my territory, to snipe any pesky units. I grabbed the two MMI SP's. Invaluable for my covert ops and to keep my peacekeeping airforce in top condition, not to mention my orbital operations. Also snatched up Neural Amp and Longlivity.
On the powergraph I was mostly tied with the Caretakers, the humans between 1/3 and 1/2 my power. No idea where little Cha Dawn buggered off to. Probably got eaten by worms. Hahah.
My island is a sight for sore eyes, covered in rolling forests, with busy supply crawlers working mines. Part of my island is still pristine fungus. My island is surronded by kelp beds and tidal harnasses. Further out my silksteel trawlers gather kelp to feed the hungry masses. The alien units are more curvy than human units. I like them. With silksteel they blend in nicely with green terraforming.
And while I admire my empire, and enjoy meddling in the afairs of human intruders, without ever causing them reason for undue alarm, and toy with my arch-rival H'mniee I dream of the day when the Progenitor starships come and destroy the unexpecting intruders. The intruders which thought the conqurer Marr was going mellow in his old age. And poor loyal Domai, this very minute I am preparing a island he can move too, what a waste it would be to destroy him. Prehaps I can find a place for him in my Godhood.
Anyway, playing Marr was a LOT more fun than I expected, especially the change of graphics. And although I was never in any fear of losing I quite enjoy a peacefull building game, which is hard when you are fighting for your life against Aliens. The alien advantages don't seem overpowering if you don't use them. And twice as fun playing in a way the Marr AI doesn't, going the peacefull builder route - even to the extent of using passive defense in favour of active. And those silksteel foils look REALLY nice
Settings:
Large
70-90% water
High erosion
Arid
Double Blind (Altough aliens always directed...)
All SMAX factions except sven replaced by Yang.
Self imposed rules:
No capturing bases
No expanding from original continent. (or excessive use of raising terrain)
Friendly play, clean terraforming, no atrocities, nice to human factions in term of gifts.
Anyway I must say the game has been VERY fun so far, I hadn't REALLY got into a game of SMAX in a LONG time, all those lovely new unit pictures. God I love those alien foils. I want one!
Anyway I decided to follow the Fusion/Armour tech tree for a change.
And I had fun, was alone on my island (which included Garland crater), researched docflex early and met the good chairman, traded for Loyalty and switched to Police State.
I got the HGP, ME and switched to FM, soon after built PEG $$$'s rolling in. Let H'mniee have WP. H'mniee crushed poor Domai. I've always wanted a pet Domai so I liberated him, and he started in a giant patch of sea fungus on a little island. Atleast he was safe there. Eventually I sent some sea formers to help him out.
I tried to be nice to the human factions, shared a little of my tech and did some sea terraforming for them. H'mniee kept on making deals with the AI's to to make them vendetta me. But Marr has great patience with the Humans. They are so young and know not what they do.
One thing I did different to usual was research Silksteel quite early. I got the tech up to AMA and Cyberethics in a lucrative deal with Aki. Fusion came not much later and I built some 5-4-4*2 AAA, Marine units. God those units are beautifull. I also sent out Silksteel trawlers, they also very pleasing to the eye. And defend against locusts and sealurks.
Domai's greatest threat was Roze, but they established a lasting pact. I did some terraforming for Roze but she sunk my sea formers after a while.
Liberated D:AP and Orbital from Caretaker CyC Hive Alliance. Researched MMI and Bio-engineering myself. H'mniee was causing my trawlers grief at times so I built some S.gas chaos choppers to clean out hostile missile/jet stockpiles. My Silksteel ships were very nice, I used them to cover my probe teams, and sink transports. I also had (<8>)-1-1*2's scattered around my territory, to snipe any pesky units. I grabbed the two MMI SP's. Invaluable for my covert ops and to keep my peacekeeping airforce in top condition, not to mention my orbital operations. Also snatched up Neural Amp and Longlivity.
On the powergraph I was mostly tied with the Caretakers, the humans between 1/3 and 1/2 my power. No idea where little Cha Dawn buggered off to. Probably got eaten by worms. Hahah.
My island is a sight for sore eyes, covered in rolling forests, with busy supply crawlers working mines. Part of my island is still pristine fungus. My island is surronded by kelp beds and tidal harnasses. Further out my silksteel trawlers gather kelp to feed the hungry masses. The alien units are more curvy than human units. I like them. With silksteel they blend in nicely with green terraforming.
And while I admire my empire, and enjoy meddling in the afairs of human intruders, without ever causing them reason for undue alarm, and toy with my arch-rival H'mniee I dream of the day when the Progenitor starships come and destroy the unexpecting intruders. The intruders which thought the conqurer Marr was going mellow in his old age. And poor loyal Domai, this very minute I am preparing a island he can move too, what a waste it would be to destroy him. Prehaps I can find a place for him in my Godhood.
Anyway, playing Marr was a LOT more fun than I expected, especially the change of graphics. And although I was never in any fear of losing I quite enjoy a peacefull building game, which is hard when you are fighting for your life against Aliens. The alien advantages don't seem overpowering if you don't use them. And twice as fun playing in a way the Marr AI doesn't, going the peacefull builder route - even to the extent of using passive defense in favour of active. And those silksteel foils look REALLY nice
). It probably ranks as my second most peacefull game ever, most peacefull being a diplomacy challenge (no military units used). Just a pity the damn racist humans wouldn't ally to me. And they wouldn't let me attend council. Could really have done with a solar shade.
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