AmpsterMan

I need to get myself DA, I just have not the money :P

Sorry for the long post

i have always played on Gigantic maps and i use my own custom civ. They have Bonus in luck so i used this to my advantage. At first i put my spending sliders to the following : Military: 5% Social: 55% Research: 45% (i play 1.1) What this does is that i am mainly gonna be doing is researching and building planetary upgrades VERY fast. In 1.1, however, any unsused social production is translated into military production, meaning if no improvements on the planet, i get a whoppi

i have noticed a turn down in random events too. sometimes i research zeno ethics before i have even had an ethical Random event! I too welcome an option to determine frequency

I usually make a race with high morale stats, or play one with high morale, and keep the ratio of farms to entertainment 1:1 and i build as many of the morale increasing wonders and trade goods i can,and then i try to harvest as many morale increasing resources as i can find. IN this way i can usually have the tax rate at 80 % even with a high population.

Amen to that!

in My case the Arceans are usually the dominating race, and the iconians just don't stop attacking me! but since the arceans are neutral, and i play as neutral civs usually, i just research xeno ethics, give it as a gift to the arceans, build alot of trade with them, and bam! in o time i have them close i make an alliance and i have no trouble with them usually being the strongest ones