SCampb29

I've never had the patience to wait out an Ascension victory. Does the AI defend the ascension starbases?

How come you don't use Information Warfare more? You've plenty of cash, and it's such an effective force-multiplier.

What a great AAR; I look forward to each installment.

My Yor game is finishing up; by maintaining both a military and diplomatic edge, and getting extreme colonization techs first, I covered the map in evil purple goo; then went evil and rush-bought the MCC. It's taken about three months, but the enemy empires have just melted away; I was only at war with the Thalans at the time, and only they and the Torians remain, with their two worlds stuck off in the corner. As a result, instead of well-organized enemy empires to fi

Whatever on the tech tree, I don't have time to try tons of them, but this is a great AAR.

Great AAR; thanks.

Wowza, intense!

My current game; playing Yor (why???), on Masochistic, Gigantic map, all-abundant, loose clusters, rare events. This is my first Masochistic game, so I was pleased to read recently that it's a big step up from Painful. Wonderful. I've been playing immense maps, but it's just too much, too long, and the mopping up takes forever. And it's been ages since I played Yor. I'm using Tolmekian's tech-tree mod. I started out on a decent homeworld, with a 200% pr

What a great AAR!

Aaarghh -- another cliffhanger!

Still enjoying this and looking forward to the next installment.

Why would you switch off ascension victories?

I really got a lot of use out of these when I was starting out; looking forward to seeing all the updates!

I've found an effective way to get back into the colonization game is to buy AI's small and tiny warships and scout ships and upgrade them to colony ships, using a purchased planet in their space. They value these ships little, and I often spend a turn or two researching minor military (usually defensive against enemy weapons) techs just to trade for ships.

Am I hallucinating, or does it look like you're in some difficulty here, trailing in economy and population?

Wonderful stuff -- I look forward to every installment.

Hilarious!

And on a big map I'd reload like a shot the instant I saw it. Move of 5 -- sheesh.

Great stuff!

Or on the larger maps, click 'automate' and forget 'em.

This is priceless, indeed.

Post away -- it'd be fun to see!

Did you do better with this strategy than you would've by NOT making the ships and saving the money (by turning off or diverting production) to buy stuff with? Seems to me that the AI typically undervalues ships; that's why i can buy 'em for a song and convert 'em to colony and constructors cheaper than I can make 'em myself.

Nice writeup -- looking forward to more.

I'd kill to be able to do that, but haven't found a way myself.