well it does give the player a bit more of an advantage at the initial colony rush.

Gimme the $, I never have enough...

I don't want even more advantages. Currenty, I have to turn so many options off because of lack of challenge, I would like the option to start with, say, 1000 bc.

The starting money should be based on the difficulty level you are playing...less money at higher difficulty levels, more on the easier levels.

Actually I think the players who have trouble getting an economy going will have even more trouble with more cash -- they'll just use the funds to buy stuff quickly and create a bigger hole even faster.

UGhhh...
Why do you worry about the other ppl that dont know how to play?????
If YOUR a good player, you'll use it wisely, and instead of making high maintanance building and ships, buy markets instead, duhh.


Monc34

If YOUR a good player,

What do you mean "IF"?, lol

the computors also start with 7500... so i dont see what the problem is.

The problem is the AI will probably use it to rush buy. Meanwhile, the player who knows what he's doing will sacrifice the immediate results a little and use the cash to build instead of buy. 2500 will buy the AI another couple of colony ships. It gets the player either two or three fully developed planets (with basic buildings anyway) or another *20* colony ships (most likely a combination).

Improving the AI's decision making regarding buying would make a dramatic difference to its standard of play IMO. Probably doesn't really make much difference on the top levels though where it has so much economy bonus that it really doesn't matter much whether it buys or builds.