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Tips for New Players
Shrugging Khan:
Just switch on everything and learn to do it the hard way, with AI level 8 but Zero AIP over time.
A steep learning curve is more satisfying to master than a shallow one, and being able to see all the features interact with no pressure of time is better than looking a bits and pieces in a hurry.
keith.lamothe:
True, some of the most excited "first posts" I've seen are from folks who just picked up the game, turned everything on, and spent their first few games figuring out how to survive exos and 2x advanced hybrids.
chemical_art:
That feel when your first game ever and it was on 7/7 "simple" and think "laser gatlings and cockroaches are numerous and tough! They must be special "AI ONLY units"
No defensive planets. No strategy. Just some "grand strategy" tactics of theater of war, objectives, and overall inefficency in exchange for broad security.
I remember losing a dozen planets in exchange for having a chock point twelve worlds back as a fallback defensive world before the homeworld. I played much more cautiously and casually then. Now I play on the edge so much. Maybe I should return to the strategies of old. At least I would finish games them.
Ha. I had no idea. I feel some sort of pride that my first game ever was 7/7 AND I finished it in victory. Now I don't even finish my games before I get bored.
Teeani:
--- Quote from: Shrugging Khan on February 02, 2012, 10:43:30 am ---Just switch on everything and learn to do it the hard way, with AI level 8 but Zero AIP over time.
A steep learning curve is more satisfying to master than a shallow one, and being able to see all the features interact with no pressure of time is better than looking a bits and pieces in a hurry.
--- End quote ---
Best advice ever! I always find the same: throw me in and let me learn without rushing me and I'll enjoy it, no matter how complex. Set me a time limit, but make it easier, and I'll panic ahaha!
Mánagarmr:
--- Quote from: Teeani on November 22, 2012, 02:49:31 am ---
--- Quote from: Shrugging Khan on February 02, 2012, 10:43:30 am ---Just switch on everything and learn to do it the hard way, with AI level 8 but Zero AIP over time.
A steep learning curve is more satisfying to master than a shallow one, and being able to see all the features interact with no pressure of time is better than looking a bits and pieces in a hurry.
--- End quote ---
Best advice ever! I always find the same: throw me in and let me learn without rushing me and I'll enjoy it, no matter how complex. Set me a time limit, but make it easier, and I'll panic ahaha!
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This is what I did too. Everything on and died horribly. :) Took me a while to learn.
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