I have spent an afternoon trying to work out how this game works... I am beginning to get the idea, but I would be very grateful for a sense of how games usually progress, so I can get a sense of the pace of things.
The reason I ask is that on a tiny map, with four other civs, even after a couple of hours no-one had many military ships of note yet. Maybe they were building them up in secret, but I hadn't seen them.
So question 1) Is there a lot of hitting the 'next turn' button early on, to speed things up until things get more complicated?
2) How long does it normally take before you find yourself embroiled in a classic long-term struggle with some other civ? I used to play Civ II a lot, where you found yourself in competition relatively fast. This game seems to take longer to kick in.
One more noob question if I may:
Trade items: I built a trade item on a spot on my planet, thinking mistakenly it was an upgrade to a facility (I thought I was building an influence project... but got diplomatic translators). When I tried to delete the trade item, to put the influence project back, I couldn't. Why not?
Thanks!
