Lone Island turn tracking thread

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Faction 1=SPARTANS
Faction 2=PEACE
Faction 3=CYBORG
Faction 4=HIVE
Faction 5=FUNGBOY
Faction 6=CARETAKE
Faction 7=USURPER

Small map, everything on average, no Do or Die, everything else the same...

[JustinSane]

Sounds good. Game on

[JustinSane]

Turn mailed. Spartans? That's a nasty bit of cleverness. They shred native life like lettuce.. ah well

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All the pleasure is mine...

I only got one AA, one rover and one mind worm...

I completely meesed up my research in the first turns, since I didn't play for 6 months, I didn't knew what I was going to do...
Then I accepted near useless techs from yang, that slowed my research even more, I only had Planetary Networks two turns ago!
I didn't go to sea, even knowing that It's benefial for gaians...
I allied with Yang while he was far weaker than Lal and near you...

I waited to have the Command Nexus to start building Military Units, so I only had like 4 scouts one worm and 2 laser rovers near the end...
I lost 30 ec's upgrading a useless rover (not the right one, which was in fact a unity rover)...
I lost a base + a colony pod because i forgot that a colony pod doesn't count as a defender so you lose him if you lose your last defender... wonder if it's the same for terraformers.
I expanded too fast without building enough roads (for the last base)
I didn't built enough Sensors near Lal who caucht me per surprise 2 times...
I gave a useful base to Yang to hel his lost Colony Pod to found one, shouldnt have done that
And more more other things...

Gains are the worst faction IMHO for maps this small... Their worms aren't powerful enough (compared to PC's) and they can't really attack because of their -1 Morale...

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[JustinSane]

The other problem the Gaians have vs. PC on the map is that +2 planet gives you twice the chance of native life form capture. I did not catch many worms that time (ended with 4 but I started with 2 of them), but ordinarily you'd probably get 5 or 6 by that point. I think Morgan would be even worse though.

[JustinSane]

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In fact, If I took the spartans it's because I'm playing them in another PBEM, and I want to test what can be done with them, and what can't...

And yes, they are pretty good against natives, but still they can't capture worms... so you will have the numbers on your side!
Spartans: 2 morale = +12.5% attack +25% defense
- 1 Industry +1 Police
Planet Cult: +2 Planet = +20% attack and lots of worms
-1 Industry +Police Worms -1 Economy
If I remember correctly

So I think on a small map they will be evenly matched...

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Yes, unless bying another faction with his 100 ec's, I don't see what Morgan could do on a tiny map...

[JustinSane]

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[JustinSane]

2105 Sent
well, I've already made my first mistake. Sent a colony pod to the wrong square. Lose a turn or suboptimal base placement? Decisions, Decisions..

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You never know what you will get in one of those pods...
I had i thought a bad placement, till I popped a monolith!