Well there were no influence resources to be had on this map, so they must have bought influence from someone else. I forgot to mention this: the turn where the Arcean's influence jumped, there was a little video segment that said that the Arcean's culture was becoming (I'm paraphrasing here) the latest fad and all the other civilizations were copying them. Does this help answer my puzzle?
No. The only bonus on their planet was a 100% research bonus. Do you think this might be a bug or is there some super-project the Arceans could have completed?
I'm playing the asteroid map (DA) against the Drengins Arceans and Yor. I'm kickin butt (beginner level because I'm pretty new to this game). I have 6 planets to the Arcean's 1 planet and my influence is really pushing in on him. Suddenly I hit end turn and his influence nearly doubles! It envelopes one of my planets and 2 of my morale mines. I planted a spy on their home planet to see what they might have built to do this but saw nothing out of the ordinary. Does anybody know what might h
Aside from practice, of course. I am seeing some of the ships others have created and I'm having a hard time making something really cool with the 3 categories of extras that the shipbuilder gives me. I mean, can you really design a replica of The Enterprise or an imperial battlecruiser with the parts provided in the game (DA) or is there a separate download the gives me the tools to do this?
