Building tactics

[PsilonDependant]

I've always been seeing people play at impossible with max AI NME's and winning.

I'm just curious how people build and/or research quick in the early game to match or even surpass the AI's production.

[vmxa1]

It depends on the race and settings used. What your goals are also. By that I mean do you want to blitz or do you like to stretch the game out to the end of the tech tree.

You will play one way if you are say a UniTol and want to get out quickly or a creative race that wants to sit tight until it get more tech.

[vmxa1]

Here is one possile run:

Settings: Rep -GC -SD Lith Uni RHW LHW Huge PreWarp Mineral Rich 8 players Impossible Antarans ON Tactic Combat.

Worker dispositions are shown as x/y/z, where:
x= number of workers on food production
y= number of workers on industry
z= number of workers on research

R-abc denotes I started a new research project this turn and abc is the name of it.

AF= automated factory
CB= colony base
HW= homeworld
OP= outpost
PP= Pollution Processor
RL= research labs
SA= Space Academy
SB= star base
srt stands for started


T0 all on ind, srt CB, sold barracks
T6 colonized II , srt CB on HW, Housing on II 0/1/0
T12 colonize I, move 1 from II to HW, 0/1/9 on HW, R-EC, Housing on I, 0/1/0.
srt spy (this is a place holder)
T15 R-freighters
T17 R-std cell, switch HW to freighter
T20 R- CS switch to unarmed scout on HW
T22 srt prebuild
T24 srt second scout, sent scout out, Hire Gizmo
T24 scouts out, R-labs (0 RP),
HW 0/14/0 switch to CS (9 turns) I/II housing 0/1/0
T31 2 more pop moved to HW as they did not increase speed of CS, made them Sci 0/14/0
T35 CS out, srt CS (8 turns) 0/15/1
T38 colonize Naos set to housing, scout can move again
T43 CS out, srt CS on HW
T45 colonize Hali, other scout can move
T50 R- hulls (may consider Bio as HW full), switch to lab on all, buy on all,
but HW as it is 2 turns for CS
T51 Hali 0/1/0 housing (poor Huge), Naos 0/1/1 spy Pre for AF, Nazin I 0/1/2
spy Pre for Bio as Size 4, Nazin II 0/4/0 Lab
T52 HW finished CS, sent it out and do Lab 0/3/13 one turn.
Now follow this tech run, turns are dependant upon the planets you are dealt,
but will be close.
Freighters
Std Cells
Colony Ship
Electronic Comp
Research Labs
R Hull
Auto Fact
Bios
Soil
T84 Laser
T93 Super
T95 B Pods
T98 Spaceport
T102 Robos
T103 Space Academy
T106 Duets
T109 Merc
T110 Augie
T116 Irridium
T121 Fusion Rifle
T123 Tach Comm
T132 Zort
T141 Antimatter Drive

[bakalov]

I like to play Creative, Aquatic, Artifacts, Large HW, +1 Research, Low G, - Spying, -Def (or -Att, whatever you want)

You can do fine with this race even w/o colonization, and your homeworld may be the only colony from your race.
Go for and build consequently:
Research Labs
Automatic factories
Hydroponic farms
Soil Enrichment
Cloning center
Supercomputer
Holo simulator
Spaceport
Robo miners
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Then go for Force Fields III
Physics III
Space Academy
Tritanium Armor
Fusion Drives
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Build the following BB:

5 Hv AF Mass drivers
10 PD AF Mass Drivers
Battle pods
Battle Scanner
Inertial Stabilizer
Heavy Armor
Class III shield
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If you do it correctly your ship will be ready at turn ~110.
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Build some transports, and happy hunting ...

[PsilonDependant]

would you scrap the barracks if your government is dictatorship istead of uni? your farming and production take a hit. unless that little bit lost is insignificant?

[vmxa1]

No you can use the morale boost if you are not a uni.