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[Alinestra Covelia]

SMAX also has facilities which help you take the edge off of missile based combat. If you look at the problems addressed in SNAC add-on (done by SMAC fan ShiNing) you can see that Firaxis pretty much had a stab at solving everything that ShiNing identified as problematic.

Of the add on factions, the only one that I thought was interesting was the Pirates. But the new techs that you could get, and the new facilities made it worthwhile.

Cloudbase Academy in my opinion is a vastly powerful SP. So powerful, in fact, that I have removed it from most of the games that I play.

[Static Universe]

Originally posted by Alinestra Covelia

Cloudbase Academy in my opinion is a vastly powerful SP. So powerful, in fact, that I have removed it from most of the games that I play.

It is a little too powerful, considering how useful Aerospace Complexes are by themselves.

I guess Firaxis felt they needed a "killer" secret project for the SMAX expansion. The other 3 new SPs are good, but certainly you can live without them.

[Kaptain Ken]

Customized factions make the game even more replayable, as you can really design your gaming experience. Cloudbase is too powerful, just let an AI build it or remove it as AC has done. IMHO the expansion was well worth the money and really enhanced my fun with the game.

[spartak]

Yeah, I pretty much play only SMAX so it was worthwhile, although the opening film on SMAC is better...