Playing vs humans

[Baal]

I've never played against humans but, here's things I would do.

-Research what is more important. (i.e: guns instead of engines)

-It's best to keep building ships, even if they are infereior, safety in numbers. Don't wait for a certain tech to start building. Build ships and then create designs for new ships and start building them.

-Mine warp points in early game, and then mine transit paths for ships inside the systems in the late game. Player know that WPs will be mined but will be surprised when they hit a field in the middle of a system.

-Try to capture some AI races of your own before the other humans get to them.