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First let me say I've read through Val's guide and I still have some questions. Well, I guess should say I wound up skimming because it's such a large guide, but if any question here is answered there, my apologies.
First, I don't fully understand base growth, it's seemingly random for me. If I build my first base and it winds up having 5 or so nuts, it grows just fine in a few turns, and I'll have about a +3 surplus. In a separate game I landed a really nice starting spot, and easily had over 10 nuts. The growth wait was a good bit larger than my 5 nut set up, and I only had a +1 surplus. Is there a reason for this? I don't recall my min or en income for the first set up, but they were pretty average in my second set up.
Sort of related, at the beginning of any game I'll be able to pump out units and techs pretty rapidly, but after a few years, it all slows down drastically. This is probably easily explainable, but I couldn't find anything about it in Vals guide.
Third, and far less important, I just want to know about Spore Launchers. I'll capture one of these things, and they seem completely useless. No matter what unit I attack, be it short or long range, nothing happens at all. Is it incredibly weak, or am I doing something wrong?
And I'll just put up my usual play set up in case it helps. I normally play as Gaians and build two bases and try to build those up nicely before I move on.
First, I don't fully understand base growth, it's seemingly random for me. If I build my first base and it winds up having 5 or so nuts, it grows just fine in a few turns, and I'll have about a +3 surplus. In a separate game I landed a really nice starting spot, and easily had over 10 nuts. The growth wait was a good bit larger than my 5 nut set up, and I only had a +1 surplus. Is there a reason for this? I don't recall my min or en income for the first set up, but they were pretty average in my second set up.
Sort of related, at the beginning of any game I'll be able to pump out units and techs pretty rapidly, but after a few years, it all slows down drastically. This is probably easily explainable, but I couldn't find anything about it in Vals guide.
Third, and far less important, I just want to know about Spore Launchers. I'll capture one of these things, and they seem completely useless. No matter what unit I attack, be it short or long range, nothing happens at all. Is it incredibly weak, or am I doing something wrong?
And I'll just put up my usual play set up in case it helps. I normally play as Gaians and build two bases and try to build those up nicely before I move on.
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