univeristy SE choices(rambling)

[Kataphraktoi]

playing as university,is a switch at 2113 to democracy worth it? on one hand the 2+ growth would be good,i need some,but the support costs might kill me....

im running in freemarket so police state would be a waste
and i only have 3 bases. would the support of policestate still be worth going to? im starting to lean that way even as i type....

i have IA so asap techs dont matter as much for a few turns.

i know,planned is likely a better choice, but the effic knocked my research when i fiddled with it...and i rather have wealth asap than planned,and go wealth\ freemarket
and i got a 150 ec from pods(2 75's) so choice is mine...dont want to pay for planned switch,and i need the ec per turn anyway

i got bopped with an earthquake pod,so my water inlet is removed, police rate dosnt really matter for exploration now with only landlocked scouts.

as i finish up here,im definitly thinking PS\FM\wealth. the police,iirc,will allow my 2 scouts that can explore to leave my turf,the effic dosnt matter for a few turns, and the support is needed. one of my good CP bases has 3 units,costing a mineral.

i hope to get 5-6 bases and sacrifice to get VW and PTS and then after a few more bases get PEG and go from there to CBA

any opinions on early univ SE choices\combos?
woah that was one long ramble...

[Chaos Theory]

In general, both PS and Demo are poor choices early on.

[Frankychan]

Is anyone at war w/you? Furthermore, what's your unit count?

I think the growth would be good if yer looking to expand early on. Haven't really played Uni w/Police State.

[Sikander]

Leave frontier in place until you've reached your initial thrust resting point. For me this is usually 2x my bureacracy limit. This means that you'll always get those 10 free minerals in your new bases and your mineral counts will be prepared for your new support costs through what should be a pretty extensive supply crawler fleet.

[Mart]

Ethical Calculus, Industrial Automation in 2113?
What kind of game setup do you have?

[Lazerus]

Yes im curious how you're getting so many techs aswell, but thanks for the heads up on your SP choices, i'll gladly deny you one or several unless theres a big bribe

[Blake]

I'm kind of fond of PS+FM in some situations. The support can be a huge benefit and often the --effic doesn't matter that much, especially once some creches are in place.

[Flubber]

Originally posted by mart7x5
Ethical Calculus, Industrial Automation in 2113?
What kind of game setup do you have?

I was thinking the same thing. The ind auto doesn't suprise me so much since even with regular settings a uni player can get there (particularly if they pop an AA or a tech)

But ethical calculus as WELL?? Is it some sort of super-small map?

[Kataphraktoi]

whatever are you talking about lazerus? didnt you see the part about CBA and PEG...? this is a smax game sp. you refering to FC? hiverians really are paranoid....

just tech trading for the techs.

[Lazerus]

hiverians really are paranoid....

hmm BinT keeps telling me im nowhere near as paranoid these days. Perhaps you're just saying those SP's to disguise your real intent

[Kataphraktoi]

now now,how could i possibly have THAT many techs so quick in a PBEM game lazerus?

[Mart]

You play some challenge, where AI had Industrial automation from the start?

[Kataphraktoi]

no i researched it. IA by 2110 or 9 or 11 is pretty standard.

[Mart]

what map size?

[Kataphraktoi]

large i think

why all the questions