In my current game I have managed to get three races into the federation, the Peltians, the Evucks and the Andors. The other races are proving difficult and keep trying to assassinate me.
The Burlust are a lost cause as they hate everyone in the galaxy but the other races may join if I can increase their influence. I currently have -25 with the Thoraxians and -23 with the Skylaxians the Acutians died out early on in this game.
The problem I have is for both races no friendly actions are available so I'm not sure how to increase my influence and without increasing my influence other actions aren't available.
The influence increases also seem a bit low +1 increase makes for a really slow increase in influence.
Perhaps the gains should be based on bargaining power use and maybe this could be selected by the player to suit the situation.
After more play I'm really impressed with the way the politics work with each race but feel the Burlust duels are next to impossible at least for me.
The new combat is a real improvement but I'm actually enjoying the solar map and politics side more and it feels at times that the combat gets in the way.
Hope someone can help I want to finish off the federation.
Influence gains right now are all about political actions... the friendly actions just arent up to speed yet, but that's a known issue, getting worked on. Dont forget bribes though.... these can help in a variety of situations, but they wont work on the Andor.
Burlust duels are actually very easy if you get the hang of them.... I actually think they're TOO easy, enough to be exploited for repeated influence gain. If you're properly dodging their bullets, which you should do anyway, you'll be fine... dont stay too close to them. Try to circle around when you can as well. Use Gigacannons if you have them... equip 3 at once for this fight, even. DONT use nukes here. Just dont. It's a bad idea. The minigun on it's own can do alot of damage here. If you have that "secondary weapon" thing, use that too. And remember that they are slow as heck, but you are not.
It really is just all about avoiding their shots though, in that fight. Consider it the one and only important thing when dueling with them.
