15-02-2005 08:39									#1
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I'm I supposed to get a free colony pod at the start?

	15-02-2005 09:17									#2
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Yes, but only if you pick the setting "look first", which means you can move the colony pod to a better location if you wish.

HTH

	15-02-2005 10:09									#3
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Transcend difficulty level gives 2 colony pods

	15-02-2005 10:27									#4
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I always choose look first.

Even though I can't recall a time where I ever moved on the first turn. go figure.

	15-02-2005 11:04									#5
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I also almost always wish to establish the first base in the first turn. However, when being lucky to start on a river, one can relocate up to 2 tiles away

	15-02-2005 20:46									#6
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quote: Originally posted by mart7x5 I also almost always wish to establish the first base in the first turn. However, when being lucky to start on a river, one can relocate up to 2 tiles away

I will frequently NOT establish my first base on the first turn. If for example waiting a turn will mean that I can get on a river or If I am playing a One-City challenge and I can see an ocean (I prefer to have a port if I can)--
Even if I am on a rainy rolling tile and can move to that flat arid one . . . To me, amy of these are worth the loss of a single turn's production.

	15-02-2005 20:47									#7
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Oh and d=me . . . . you really need to put more thought into your thread titles

	15-02-2005 20:55									#8
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I completely agree with you Flubber:
- Base has standard nutrient and mineral production, thus flat and arid receives the most bonus here. rainy is just a waste then, unless there are rainy only around - almost never happens...
- River still adds that 1 EC to the base
- port city in multiplayer though - danger of being infiltrated by other human before guarding probe team is in place

	16-02-2005 02:24									#9
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quote: Originally posted by mart7x5 I completely agree with you Flubber: - Base has standard nutrient and mineral production, thus flat and arid receives the most bonus here. rainy is just a waste then, unless there are rainy only around - almost never happens... - River still adds that 1 EC to the base

yes-- those are the reasons for my choice

quote: Originally posted by mart7x5 - port city in multiplayer though - danger of being infiltrated by other human before guarding probe team is in place

Very small danger that a person will get flex and probes before I put a defensive probe in place-- and I said I would move for ocean in a one city challenge-- its because trawlers are so effective for an energy park

	16-02-2005 07:35									#10
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Why do the Ai always get 2 colony pods at the start? Sometimes I also get 2 in librarian difficulty.

	16-02-2005 09:50									#11
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Prima says that the game engine will sometimes recognize a less-than-optimum start site by giving another Colony Pod (or sometimes a Unity Transport Foil) to compensate - even at lesser difficulty levels

	16-02-2005 14:37									#12
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I n my recent games, I received an extra colony pod in my starting base (don't use look first, because I think the AI doesn't) when in a dry, unhospitable environment. A unity foil when in a dry unhospitable environment but start = port. None of the above if the starting position is very green and hospitable, even not when it is a port.
I don't recall, what the engine would do if most tiles are hospitable, but overgrown with fungus; does it count as inhospitable (must have formers to clear, and sometimes it takes a while to be able to build them, especially miriam)?

	17-02-2005 00:31									#13
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I seem to get a Unity Foil if and only if I start on a small island, next to water.

	17-02-2005 03:25									#14
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How come all of the other factions ganged up on me when I'm strong? I hate that. The game becomes impossible to play. Gaians attacked for nothing.

	17-02-2005 04:27									#15
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i) Everyone always hates you when you're riding high in the powercharts. Wouldn't you?
ii) Deirdre doesn't ever need a reason to attack. She's the most capricious little ***** I've ever laid eyes upon.

	17-02-2005 04:34									#16
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You must have been strong on the power chart, but devoid of military force. As the Hive, I'm frequently on top of the charts, but other factions are friendly. As the Uni, everyone hates me as soon as they see me, since my military consists of a few scout patrols and some probe teams, but my tech and population are far beyond those of the other factions.

The solution? Defend yourself adequately. All 6 AIs combined are still usually impotent. Don't trust a non-submissive AI, especially if you have ideological differences. Truces are worth the paper they're written on (and paper has been abolished).

	17-02-2005 10:57									#17
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Try switching sides as a challenge . .. The AI just loves you when you are the weakest

	18-02-2005 01:25									#18
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And if you want to avoid wars- it is possible (unlike games like civ3 where it's nearly impossible- though I have done it once).

You just have to give them what they want. Sometimes I won't give them a tech if I just started a SP from it. But once I get far enough along or finish it, then I'll give them the tech. I almost always give them the gold the demand.

	18-02-2005 02:49									#19
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I'm playing the university and I think my troops are the most eliete. But 5 other factions declared war on me!