SteveG700
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I played the Introductory game, and it was all too easy. Plenty of planets to colonize, plenty of resources--or at least not for me. The galaxy was my oyster. Next I started up a default Classic Era game with a random race. ALmost immediately, I'm bumping heads with essentially a mirror version of my own race, who hates me and imposes trade sanctions immediately. And even when they lift the sanctions, the game is suggesting I impose them. Worse still, there are virtually no planets of my type to colonize, and the few that do appear I'm in contention with counterpart for. Okay, bad luck of the draw I figure. Try again. New random race, same results. Stuck facing my own race sitting on top of me. Play for a while, still starved for planets. Re-roll a third time. Same thing. So, I guess this is the intended design. You play the game to get a race with special, asymmetrical abilities, but you wind up crushed up against who has all the same features that yours does. And there's no place to go. So the game is basically hitting me over the head to get into an early war just due to their proximity and lack of colonization options. I've watched Youtube videos and read FAQ's, but I don't see anybody talking about this. Is it normal for a default-setting to keep you limited to one planet for decades? Is it normal to always have a mirror race in your way? And I guess most importantly, is there some way to get a game where all of this doesn't keep happening? Sorry, I know how whiny all of that sounds, but I really have high expectations for this game, and this is petty frustrating to keep experiencing. Thanks.
< Message edited by SteveG700 -- 2/4/2015 3:31:12 AM >
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