Jeydra

I've been going without building on colonized worlds for a while, although it alone doesn't do much good. Instead I realized in my last game something I can do to solve half my problems: instead of simply reseaching the Shrine of the Mithrilar, I build it on my homeworld, which lets me pump my tax rate by ~50% and although I'm still deficit spending I deficit spend a lot less. This lets me balance my budget with comparatively little tech trading. Now I'll probably mass more leases, just to pu

Some general settings which I play on ... Twilight of the Arnor Map size: medium and smaller - I hate micro, so don't play larger maps. Number of planets / stars / habitable planets etc: occasional. I think it's because it was first set up this way and I never bothered changing. If I increase this I'll probably play a smaller map. Number of anomalies: Abundant Tech rate: depends. My last game was "very slow". As many majors and minor races as possible. I