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k.k.fly
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In any kind of game, name "one" secret project that is most important to you.
Name only one please, the most important one. If you name two or more, you are not answering the question.
To me, Command Nexus!!!
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mrdynamic
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Minnesota
Jul 2001
time: 05:17
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Hunter Seeker Algorithm... My personal favorite, allows you to maintain a tech lead ... and dont have to worry about probe protecting your bases. If I dont build it, my goal is to annex the bases you has it.
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moi
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i like to get weather paradigm early on.
later on, hunter-seeker, cloning vats, and cloundbase academy are good.
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Yxklyx
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Hunter Seeker Algorithm. I've never found a good use for Wealth or Power but Knowledge gives that negative Probe which the HSA combats.
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Flubber
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With a view of the Rockies
Aug 2000
time: 22:17
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quote:
Originally posted by Yxklyx
I've never found a good use for Wealth or Power but Knowledge gives that negative Probe which the HSA combats. |
I'm a little suprised by this. I too seldom use power but I find wealth to be a very useful SE choice. I generally find myself in wealth when I am in a major building stage and often find that I will switch to it for a number of turns to complete facilities. I also think that +1 Econ is underrated as a benefit. The morale minus does not matter at all if you are not building units or fighting.
I can't fault the choice of the HSA but personally if I can only get one SP, I would take the CBA. Apart from its military benefits it makes the space race oh so economical
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Rex Little
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Hunter-Seeker. Weather Paradigm is a close second.
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vitamin j
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I've thought about it a lot, and I think I have to go with Virtual World. Network nodes are must-have improvements for me, (and nevermind the University!). Getting that node/hologram theater in every base is awesome. They normally cost 60 mins to build and 3 energy to maintain. That's a lot of savings. Two less drones and +50% psych output per base. And it comes a lot earlier than the HSA or the CBA, early enough to compensate for pop booms, free market, etc., in time to get you an advantage.
I used to think WP or HGP... But I'll take the VW. The HSA is awesome, but by the time you get to it, you should have solid probe defenses already in place. And if you're dedicated, you can achieve essentially the same results that the HSA gives you... And do you really need an aero complex in every base, anyway? 
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MariOne
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Erewhon in Neverland
May 1999
time: 06:17
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The Matrix comes too late in the game. Typically, when I acquired the ability to build it, I was about to win in few turns.
I'll not answer to the question in that I'll not refer to *any* kind of game.
I won't consider specific factional aspects or advantages, but I'll refer to:
- SMAC games (i.e. leaving alone the 7 new SMAX projects which I have little experience with, although the CBA really has an impressive impact)
- my experience from actually played PBEMs.
Well, each SP has its utility, and those who played against me know that I'm an SPmonger.
Of course WP is very important in the early game, CV can do magic for Hive or Morgan but it comes a bit late (luckily), spcific game settings/context may enhance the utility of certain others...
but *looking back* at my actual multiplayer experience I can say that the project which probably had the most determinant impact on most of my games is the EG. This of course because of my style of play.
I would borrow the words of a better player than me, JAMiAM, who once said that you have to know how to exploit the EG benefits, which would go wasted if you are an "abrasive or ham-fisted diplomat"... 
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Earwicker
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Washington, DC, USA
Mar 1999
time: 00:17
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I'm a big HSA fan because it simplifies things when I finally do take the fight to the (AI) enemy: no more worrying about Domai and his 150 EC buying back the size 7 base I just captured and stocked full of chaos needlejets.
A more interesting question would be this: "If you could have only one SP during the game, which would it be?" To that question my answer would definitely not be HSA, CBA, or Vats. Each of those projects is of the "push over the top" variety in terms of power: the top faction will usually get them and start to run away with the game. But it's the careful use of HGP, VW, ME, or WP that gets you there in the first place.
Having only one makes the answer completely dependent upon faction / style, and to some extent who your neighbors are. For the most part, I'd say either HGP is the key (unless I'm Zakharov, in which case it's VW).
Hmm, I'll have to try that out and see how much tougher the game becomes having only one SP . . . or is there already such a chellenge that I forgot about?
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k.k.fly
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I had summarized these thoughts one by one and here is the result:
4 Hunter Seeker Algorithm
3 Weather paradigm
3 Human Genome Project
2 Cloudbase academy
1 Ascend to Transcendance
1 Command Nexus
1 Virtual World
1 Telepathic Matrix
Strict to my original question, if you had named more than 1 secret project, only the first one is counted. But please don’t feel upset because other people may learn few ideas from them. And of course if you’d refused to answer accordingly to my question, none of those thoughts were counted. Yes, choosing the most important project for ‘any’ game is hard, and most of you had done it and put lots of thoughts. Apparently, Hunter Seeker Algorithm rocks. (even though i disagree)
If you have second thoughts and would like to change your original votes, you could simply edit your message putting “Edit” as post subject, and I will update the votes.
Last edited by k.k.fly on 25-01-2002 at 02:00
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k.k.fly
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4 Hunter Seeker Algorithm
4 Weather paradigm
4 Human Genome Project
2 Cloudbase academy
1 Ascend to Transcendance
1 Command Nexus
1 Virtual World
1 Telepathic Matrix
People who have mentioned EG and reason why omitted from counts.
MariOne: I'll not answer to the question in that I'll not refer to *any* kind of game
RedFred: Just one? Just one? I can't do it. It depends on the game and the faction played
If some of you have second thoughts and would like to change your original votes, you could simply edit your message putting “Edit” as post subject, and I will update the votes.
EDIT: ops sorry. I have correct the HSA, and HGP mistake pointed out by ogie. Thanks.
Last edited by k.k.fly on 25-01-2002 at 06:28
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