Still with you here Mark and despite having won my first couple of games am learning a lot so thank you again. I am going to up the difficulty from "Normal" next game (which will be once the new warfare DLC comes out this month to flesh out combat mechanics). Hopefully the AI build more substantial fleets at higher difficulty. Whilst I get your point about whether the minus modifiers are civ wide or just planet wide and it is a bit opaque it is easy to check post event for future reference by mousing over the affected pops.
Oh yeah. I’ve been having to stop myself from influence rushing in every game. But I have started to run through each civilization, unmodified, to get a feel for how they should be played.
@@redoover No not always but its worth rolling the dice especially early - mid game. Even if it isn't a flag ship an early game escort for colony ships is still handy and there is an upgrade that you can find that will make it able to survey anomalies (admittedly a long shot but still hope lol)
Still with you here Mark and despite having won my first couple of games am learning a lot so thank you again.
I am going to up the difficulty from "Normal" next game (which will be once the new warfare DLC comes out this month to flesh out combat mechanics). Hopefully the AI build more substantial fleets at higher difficulty.
Whilst I get your point about whether the minus modifiers are civ wide or just planet wide and it is a bit opaque it is easy to check post event for future reference by mousing over the affected pops.
I’m also pushing up difficulty on my games.
It's really great getting a free colony because someone just overextended, hehe.
Oh yeah. I’ve been having to stop myself from influence rushing in every game.
But I have started to run through each civilization, unmodified, to get a feel for how they should be played.
I always pick the ship, it can be a flagship.
Really? But not always?
@@redoover No not always but its worth rolling the dice especially early - mid game. Even if it isn't a flag ship an early game escort for colony ships is still handy and there is an upgrade that you can find that will make it able to survey anomalies (admittedly a long shot but still hope lol)