Need help with higher lvls

April 19, 2006 6:44 PM from

I have been playing the game and do fairly well once I get established and rolling. I have a custom race of squirrels with very high deplomacy and influence (after all who could turn down a cute little squirrel) and I even used the Pacifist gov't to put influence through the roof.

The problem I am having is that early in every game 1 or more races declares war on me. This last game even races that I had traded techs with and had a friendly relationship declared war on me and had started demanding money and tech for nothing from me.

Is this because my influence is so high that its pissing off other races so that they attack me before I am able to defend myself adequately? If I changed the influence boost to economics would that reduce the chance of other races declaring war on me early in the game?

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Reply #1 April 19, 2006 7:27 PM from

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Influence is a factor, but military is the be all end all. With a military, they'll never touch you. Without, you could be Nelson Mandela for all they care, they'll kill you anyway.

Reply #2 April 19, 2006 7:49 PM from

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As Marcathonas said, Military is the final factor on whether they will attack you or not.

I haven't timed this or really looked at it, but after the start and research, there is a time frame about quarter of the way into the game in which you have to build up the military.

Keep your eye on your diplomacy and the military graph.
You can see when the other races start the arms race.
At this time, you need to have a strong infrastructure that can can respond.

I generally dont build military ships until the arms race starts and generally lag behind, but my infrastructure is strong enough to allow fast research and revenue to build up ships to respond to most threats.

Even if you dont build any ships to give you a military rating beyond 0, if you have a strong infrastructure and keep up with military techs (both defensive and offensive), you can respond well to any who foolishly attacks.

Specialize, specialize, specialize.
Money, Money, money

The two mantras of the game.

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