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gallagher118
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Exploit or legit strategy ?

March 30, 2006 7:33:48 PM from GalCiv II ForumsGalCiv II Forums
I like to play on larger galaxys with abundant anomolies, and then early in the game get decent engines and then go for sensors, then build a few more survey ships.

This generally allows me to keep spending at 100%, and quick buy many projects due to the money coming from anomolies.
This generally means I get great starts, and a huge tec advantage. I'm at the point I'm considering turning the anomolies off, because I think they make the game too easy. (playing on 4-5 opponents set to gifted)

The other sweet thing is if you go for a long tec, knowing you'll probably get a few 25% discounts

Does anyone else do this ? IMO the AI should probably be following the same strategy when anomolies are set high.
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gallagher118
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Reply #1 March 30, 2006 7:41:17 PM
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Does anyone else do this ? IMO the AI should probably be following the same strategy when anomolies are set high.


It probably should, but it's not a high-priority enhancement. In the meantime, just be aware that you are making the game easier than it otherwise would be by setting high anomalies. Whatever makes for a fun game is fine by me, of course.
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Reply #2 March 30, 2006 7:48:32 PM
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man, just play a higher difficulty
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Reply #3 March 30, 2006 8:58:43 PM
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In my small map games I usually set anomalies to rare because grabbing anomalies is the one thing that I cannot do better than the AI. I feel like I have to have my flagship exploring and the AI will take every anomaly within 20 30 turns.

The bonuses gained are too great to allow them to scoop up abundants.
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Reply #4 March 30, 2006 9:55:02 PM
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I used to love anomalies...but everytime I almost got to one my neighbour would snatch it away right in front of me. No I turn them to rare so the AI doesn't get too much of an advantage. Anomalies can be pretty broken, if you get to them first.
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Reply #5 March 30, 2006 10:41:19 PM
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it's in the quasy exploits catagory of: Abusing defecieies in the AI. If you have fun, whatever, if you are bored with the game being 'too easy' try playing with low anomolies or higher difficulty.
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Reply #6 April 11, 2006 11:29:55 PM
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Build your own survey ship with 4 or 5 engines so it has a high move count. Set a couple of those loose early on and you will snag most of the anomolies.
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