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[Kataphraktoi]

Originally posted by d=me

You mean I'm not building enough?

See senethro's post for the answer to that.

I thought that I was the strongest faction in that upload.

I dont mean the AI is blowing past you. I mean you are not doing so hot compared to other save games. Take a look at this game, another i played, and note carefully the mission year time comparison. And i myself am behind in that game. So you see there is plenty of room for improvement here.

[d=me]

Originally posted by Kataphraktoi


See senethro's post for the answer to that.



I dont mean the AI is blowing past you. I mean you are not doing so hot compared to other save games. Take a look at this game, another i played, and note carefully the mission year time comparison. And i myself am behind in that game. So you see there is plenty of room for improvement here.

I need 20 bases right? It's hard to get the bases big since I laid forests and boreholes everywhere.

And the tech question again, at this stage there isn't an infrastructure tech like IA that is crucial to beeline for right? Doesn't matter as much to research for now right?

[Kataphraktoi]

While no tech is quite as important as IA,that dosnt mean there are no MUST HAVE techs. These techs are very important beelines

MMI
Fusion Power
Planetary Econ
Biomachinery

Or if you want a long range target, head for Advanced Spaceflight

Keep researching like mad

[Kataphraktoi]

Originally posted by d=me
I need 20 bases right? It's hard to get the bases big since I laid forests and boreholes everywhere.

And the tech question again, at this stage there isn't an infrastructure tech like IA that is crucial to beeline for right? Doesn't matter as much to research for now right?

20 bases are a good start,but you could stop with 10. or you could make 100. all depends.

i highly recommend you load that 2110-2143 sav i just posted and look it over carefully.

[d=me]

Originally posted by Kataphraktoi
i highly recommend you load that 2110-2143 sav i just posted and look it over carefully.

You left the bases empty? What about the mind worms or an aggressive faction taking advantage of this? And worms can suddenly pop out and go into one of those bases.

And Velociryx said that if the techs don't turn into tangible things they can't help you in a war.

And you seem to have ignored most of the SPs for base building. Are SPs not important?

And why are you building the transport foils when they are not carrying anything? Are you using them to explore? I usually wait for my pact brothers to upload the map for free and didn't really explore.

While no tech is quite as important as IA,that dosnt mean there are no MUST HAVE techs. These techs are very important beelines

MMI
Fusion Power
Planetary Econ
Biomachinery

Or if you want a long range target, head for Advanced Spaceflight

Keep researching like mad

Instead of asking everytime I progress a little, how do you determine which tech is a must have? Like these techs are all level 7 or below.

[Flubber]

Originally posted by d=me




Instead of asking everytime I progress a little, how do you determine which tech is a must have? Like these techs are all level 7 or below.

FORGET ABOUT THE "LEVEL" OF A TECH-- IT DOES NOT MATTER AT ALL.

Seriously-- look at a tech for what it actually allows you to do and the otehr techs it leads to


There is no one golden tech path-- you can play how you want-- but as the university you can get IA so quickly and it is so powerful that it is almsot always the right choice. BUT you could have gone for nonlinear match and doc mob and try to rover rush your neighbors.

Assuming you go IA I have already listed the 3 most common nect choices as being the short flex beeline, getting weapons or going restrictions lifting. After that the usual goals are Doc air, MMI and then fusion-- After that it usually don't matter since most ganmes are won around the time fusion appears. It effectively doubles the strength of your units so if you have it and no one else does, you can conquer a good portion of the map in short order

[binTravkin]

Seriously, one should make a thread where he plays smac and step by step explains what to do when, preferably rich with screenies and attached saves.

[#endgame]

Originally posted by binTravkin
Seriously, one should make a thread where he plays smac and step by step explains what to do when, preferably rich with screenies and attached saves.

QFT

[Senethro]

I did make a succession game suggestion earlier in the thread. And me and Cata have discussed some possible variants with the intent to educate.

Are we interested?

[Lazerus]

Zangief !!! Street Fighter is great

*goes to get SNES out of attic*

[Kataphraktoi]

You left the bases empty? What about the mind worms or an aggressive faction taking advantage of this? And worms can suddenly pop out and go into one of those bases.

And Velociryx said that if the techs don't turn into tangible things they can't help you in a war.

And you seem to have ignored most of the SPs for base building. Are SPs not important?

And why are you building the transport foils when they are not carrying anything? Are you using them to explore? I usually wait for my pact brothers to upload the map for free and didn't really explore.

Hmm the PTS and Empath Guild are pretty important. PTS is a base helping SP.

Popping pods gives major bonuses, and using transports is a great way to load up on them. especialy alien artifacts

[Kataphraktoi]

You left the bases empty? What about the mind worms or an aggressive faction taking advantage of this? And worms can suddenly pop out and go into one of those bases.

Then i will lose a base. Clear, yes? As for an agressive faction-the AI is just to dumb to get there and attack.

I havnt lost an ungarrisoned base yet

[BlackCat]

Originally posted by Kataphraktoi
I havnt lost an ungarrisoned base yet

Others have - post #9

http://apolyton.net/forums//showthread.php?s=&postid=4230976#post4230976

[Kataphraktoi]

Well i cant speak for the mindnumbing incompetence badluck mistakes of other players

[d=me]

How come in that game everyone started to build the accent to trancendence when no one has the tech yet?