Lost_with_the_Light

Ive been playing on an immense map as the krynn for awhile now, and getting near 500 turns i have by far the biggest treasury. The only problem is that i just dont have any idea how to efficiently put it to good use. Ive already got my industry as 100 and ive put around 300 bc in espionage, but after that im just not sure what to do. And ive only had the game for a few weeks, so there are still a few aspects im still getting used to. Any help would be great :)

Im pretty new and in the few games that ive played ive kinda found out that my playstyle seems to shift towards colonizing a cluster of planets and just doing tons and tons of research while still filling in planet tiles. Though even after doing this it seems like my stats (from the stats and graphs screen) are inredibly low. And though i usually end up in last place, is there any good strategy that still lets me lean towards research alot, but still not end up in last place and have a realy

i just bought the ultimate bundle from impulse, and right after the games pop onto my games tab, a note appears over the 2 expansions saying "the serial number you have entered in not recognized by impulse. Only serial numbers provided by Stardock will be accepted. Please check your product, emil address, and serial number, then try again." i could realy use some help, im probly missing somthing stupid but i always get nervous when somthing starts to go wrong right after i b

For the past few days ive kept coming back to impule on the brink of buying the ultimate bundle pack, but always end up not doing it. mainly because i just dont want to spend 60 bucks on a game im only going to play for a few hors when i could buy gears of war 2 or somthing of that sort. I just had a few questions about the game that i couldnt realy get alot of information from via google. 1. how is the replayability? i am kinda interested in the immense sized maps, but if there only

i was playing the demo the other day for dark avatar and honestly, i was kinda impressed since for the most part i play xbox and an occaisional pc strategy game. And this game is starting to rise on my list of games to get, but 60 dollars is alot to pay for the game and its expansions. And though some strategy games are pretty good (Sins of a solar empire is one that kinda stuck out), they tend to get repetitive or they rely on combat too much (which is perfectly fine in an fps of something o