Good morning to my favorite forum!

Guys, I'm in the middle of wrapping up a long (3+ day) Medium match w/5 AIs of varying difficulty. The Drengin were set to one level above Bright and they were my main opponent for the first couple years. Talk about an uphill battle w/the Drengin = most awesome "war" I've had yet. They went Logistics in a big way early in the game while I snuck Med hull at the same time... next thing I know.. we're in a constant struggle for supremacy over the next couple years. I had weak Missles/decent Defense on Med hulled ships while they were staying with Small hulled ships couple w/advanced weaponry.

It was 'the' best war I've been in yet...
Anyhoot, I basically started this game out with Trading in mind. I would really like to figure out how to become a Trade Zar w/the Yor Collection, but I'm starting to think that the race simply isn't cut out for going ALL Trade (prolly cuz of my Evil alignment?...)


In the early stages of the game, I struck up an Economic/Research Treaty w/the Iconians who were close by... we stayed friends well into the game... but soon after I destroyed the Drengin, the Iconians became angry with me along with the couple other races in the galaxy. I was really surprised, because for close to 3 years, ALL races adored me (I was the most popular), and they had all previously joined in the fight against the Drengin, BUT as soon as I disposed of the Drengin, shortly after, the rest of the galaxy turned on me:

Thus ending ALL of my Trade and ending my E/R Treaties... I was baffled.... I was THE most popular race at the time, yet, (even with the races all being close with me) the other races turned on me in nothing flat.

I would like to be able to create the most badass Trade kingdom ever seen, and be able to maintain it at length... I want to be able to decide when wars start to break out/etc.

FYI: I had about 3/4 of the Diplomatic related techs researched by the time the Drengin finally met their demise by my hand. I figured those techs would be more than enough to sustain a healthy relationship with the races I was already 'SO' cool with.

Is it simply a fact that if one wants to go the Trade route as a major option, then said player needs to be as a Neutral or Good race?


I can't decide if I like Medium or Large maps more.... wow... two totally different experiences. One took me close to a week to finish while the other only took close to 4 days.

This game is fantastic!!!


Chr*s