Malorise

Incredibly helpful posts, Thank you! Another question, how do I get cool metaverse badges to pop up in the forums as I earn them?

I recently started playing metaverse and after beating one game on normal I found that I DID in fact want a higher score. So being new to metaverse I'm assuming a higher difficulty will lead to this but I could use a few tips. I prefer the Altair tech tree if good and Drengin or Korath if I go evil. I go with pretty balanced stats across the board and use super diplomat(usually) to rape the ai of all their good techs. Also I tend to go with larger maps if not immense.