Orion can't beat this...

[Morkilus]

Anyone SP'er hoping to play in MP games later should at least enable the Conceptual Balance 5.2 mod, this will get you used to the (better) pace of early games and you won't develop strategies that have to change drastically. I also noticed that scales actually matter, so there are more options... I never used scales at all before I started using CB. Keep in mind that the current version has been rebalanced since the original as well, so it's not like the devs are opposed to rebalancing. I had plenty of fun before the mod, but I like it better since troops are easier to build (they're cheaper, and you get more gold). Sure, you can summon your uber Banelords and Queens, but you don't have to race to do it immediately. Mods are good! The system is way simpler than Space Empires, as far as I got in that...