what is the most important secret project for you?

[k.k.fly]

In any kind of game, name "one" secret project that is most important to you.

Name only one please, the most important one. If you name two or more, you are not answering the question.

To me, Command Nexus!!!

[Lefty Scaevola]

Cloudbase academy

[mrdynamic]

Hunter Seeker Algorithm... My personal favorite, allows you to maintain a tech lead ... and dont have to worry about probe protecting your bases. If I dont build it, my goal is to annex the bases you has it.

[moi]

i like to get weather paradigm early on.

later on, hunter-seeker, cloning vats, and cloundbase academy are good.

[johndmuller]

I think it varies with the faction; for example, if you are a faction like Yang, Morgan, Aki and maybe Sven, who need to pop boom via Golden Age, the Human Genome Project is very useful.

[Clear Skies]

In the very earliest game, you can't beat the Weather Paradigm - early condensors and boreholes, plus x2 terraforming, really helps you out in the early game.

After that, the Empath Guild. Get it early enough and you can get about 14 technologies for the price of 3! Especially good for tech trading if the other factions haven't yet made contact...

In the middle game, definitely the Hunter-Seeker Algorithm. A must.

[Kassiopeia]

Ascend to Transcendance. The effect is rather small, you just win the game...

[Clear Skies]

Well, there ARE three other ways to win, whereas there's only ever one Hunter Seeker...

[Yxklyx]

Hunter Seeker Algorithm. I've never found a good use for Wealth or Power but Knowledge gives that negative Probe which the HSA combats.

[Flubber]

Originally posted by Yxklyx
I've never found a good use for Wealth or Power but Knowledge gives that negative Probe which the HSA combats.

I'm a little suprised by this. I too seldom use power but I find wealth to be a very useful SE choice. I generally find myself in wealth when I am in a major building stage and often find that I will switch to it for a number of turns to complete facilities. I also think that +1 Econ is underrated as a benefit. The morale minus does not matter at all if you are not building units or fighting.



I can't fault the choice of the HSA but personally if I can only get one SP, I would take the CBA. Apart from its military benefits it makes the space race oh so economical

[vootguy]

Peacekeepers + Human Genome Project = never having to worry about dronies.

[vootguy]

And of course, the Hunter Seeker Algorithm is incredibly powerful as well... never worrying about lost tech.

[knowhow2]

That's why The HSA should be banned or moved upwards on the tecc tree. Way too powerfull...

[Rex Little]

Hunter-Seeker. Weather Paradigm is a close second.

[vitamin j]

I've thought about it a lot, and I think I have to go with Virtual World. Network nodes are must-have improvements for me, (and nevermind the University!). Getting that node/hologram theater in every base is awesome. They normally cost 60 mins to build and 3 energy to maintain. That's a lot of savings. Two less drones and +50% psych output per base. And it comes a lot earlier than the HSA or the CBA, early enough to compensate for pop booms, free market, etc., in time to get you an advantage.
I used to think WP or HGP... But I'll take the VW. The HSA is awesome, but by the time you get to it, you should have solid probe defenses already in place. And if you're dedicated, you can achieve essentially the same results that the HSA gives you... And do you really need an aero complex in every base, anyway?