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After playing SMAC for all these years and viewing the "Hall of Fame" a realization came to me....I have never (not once) beat the game as a Believer....heck, I never even played the Believers before.
Well, after beating the game with Lal (yes, I was trying to beat the game with every faction) I decided I would try my hand at being a Believer (blegh). Since I never played them before, I decided I would put the difficulty at Librarian (I'm not a 'Transcendent' person yet).
When I began, I was pretty pissed off because it was taking forever to get the tech I needed, so I just pumped out colony pods......then, when I got the tech, I switched to Fundy (which made it take even LONGER to get tech).
The first faction I met was, get this, Yang of all people. Immediately he tells me what I was expecting, "Planet is too big for the both of us" and we go into Vendetta. He has missile tech while I'm stuck using lasers. After finally overwhelming Manufacturing Warrens with a 15:1 ratio (yes, I DID use that much) I began my "crusade" and wiped out the Hive
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This spread to the other factions and I beat the game yesterday......so, what's my point? My point is that despite Miriams obviously inferior ideology to my hero, Chairman Yang, Sister Miriam and the Believers are (in their own way) a fun faction to play.....despite the research penalty.
(will I play the Believers again? Probably not for a while....I'm going to have to go back to the Hive and wash that filth off of me).
Well, after beating the game with Lal (yes, I was trying to beat the game with every faction) I decided I would try my hand at being a Believer (blegh). Since I never played them before, I decided I would put the difficulty at Librarian (I'm not a 'Transcendent' person yet).
When I began, I was pretty pissed off because it was taking forever to get the tech I needed, so I just pumped out colony pods......then, when I got the tech, I switched to Fundy (which made it take even LONGER to get tech).
The first faction I met was, get this, Yang of all people. Immediately he tells me what I was expecting, "Planet is too big for the both of us" and we go into Vendetta. He has missile tech while I'm stuck using lasers. After finally overwhelming Manufacturing Warrens with a 15:1 ratio (yes, I DID use that much) I began my "crusade" and wiped out the Hive
.This spread to the other factions and I beat the game yesterday......so, what's my point? My point is that despite Miriams obviously inferior ideology to my hero, Chairman Yang, Sister Miriam and the Believers are (in their own way) a fun faction to play.....despite the research penalty.
(will I play the Believers again? Probably not for a while....I'm going to have to go back to the Hive and wash that filth off of me).
I've never played with them before. I kept switching from Democratic to Fundamental. (I was trying to play how Miriam is "supposed" to be played).
Miriam
arty: I'm working on Clean Reactors myslef. I will probably take out Santiago as soon as I convince her to declare war.
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