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Old January 4th, 2005, 03:01 AM

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Oh, and what someone said above -- there is a lot less depth than you think. Sure there is a lot of technology to research. But if you want to win, there are certain things you never research and certain things you always research. For example, never ever research missiles unless you are confident your empire can produce enough ships to overwhelm your opponent's PD. It is usually always a good idea to get DUC up to III at least, and maybe V, and PD up to III. It is always a good idea to research certain theoretical sciences early.

Construction => Fighters, Mines, Troops
Physics => Shields
Physics II => PPB's (skips shields, an easy weapon to be effective)
Chemistry => Armors
Military Science => Combat Sensors, Torpedoes
Military Science II => Fleet Training, Hyper-Optic sensors

Mines help you out a lot early on, but only very early on. Avoid researching useless stuff like Tachyon sensors. Don't keep a lot of ships that do nothing lying around, the maintainence will kill you. Lastly good luck.

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Old January 4th, 2005, 03:02 AM

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Oh and the depth comment applies to the Stock Version only. When you get bored of Stock, either join KOTH (competitive ladder where you lose to even small mistakes because the players are that good) or/and get a mod. Good mod is Adamant Mod, it is so variable that you could never get tired of the endless combinations.

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Old January 4th, 2005, 05:33 AM

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Thanks man and do not worry i already figured thte point thing out forself and it was really close to the link you gave me and i do research the things you told me already. But thank you though, you helped me out alot but what really sucks i can not get the real sp4 gold until the backorder comes which is the 15th and than it will ship. Thay is really stupid but i will live. Guirls are the best so do not loose them:-)
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