Northraven

Okay thanks for all the fetailed advice so far. Just finished a marathon all-day game as the Drath and using everyone's advice I was able to win a Diplomatic victory...not bad considering I got stuck in a corner of the galaxy surrounded by uninhabited worlds. Just a few more questions if I may, I tried playing the game using Spheresus' settings (Gigantic with rare inhabitable worlds, common planets and stars, loose clusters) and I did indeed like the type of game this resulted in. M

OK, I'm completely new to the Galciv series but not to strategy games in general. I've played a few games with the AI set to Normal and I did alright there, but at that level the AI is pretty apathetic when it comes to actually building ships and attacking you. I decided to move the AI up to Bright and see if at that level it would start surprising me, I also switched over to playing the Yor at this point, albiet I had customized them to start with a 30% economic bonus. The game was set up in

OK, I'm completely new to the Galciv series but not to strategy games in general. I've played a few games with the AI set to Normal and I did alright there, but at that level the AI is pretty apathetic when it comes to actually building ships and attacking you. I decided to move the AI up to Bright and see if at that level it would start surprising me, I also switched over to playing the Yor at this point, albiet I had customized them to start with a 30% economic bonus. The game was set up in a