Two questions

Matrix Games Forums

The Age of Shadows on Distant Worlds starts now!

Paypal System Update

Distant Worlds: Shadows Final Teaser!

Distant Worlds: Legends gets Updated!

Recruiting Testers for Commander: the Great War on Mac!

Armageddon invasion starts in 2014

Command Rommels Panzers in Battle Academy!

Servers Update

The Deal goes Fourth!

Command Ops gets a Massive Update!

Forums Register Login Photo Gallery Member List Search Calendars FAQ

My Profile Inbox Address Book My Subscription My Forums Log Out

Two questions

View related threads: (in this forum | in all forums)

Logged in as: Guest

Users viewing this topic: none

Printable Version

All Forums >> [Current Games From Matrix.] >> [Science Fiction] >> Armada 2526 Series >> Two questions

Page: [1]

Message

<< Older Topic Newer Topic >>

Two questions - 5/16/2011 4:54:48 AM

Hetulik

Posts: 39
Joined: 8/3/2009
Status: offline

Hi All,
Just started playing the game a few days ago and am enjoying it alot.

Two questions:
1) Do you colonize everything? I was just colonizing nice planets (habitable/ideals and rich barren planets and icy/dead planets to improve my range as needed) then started wondering if i should be colonizing everything to prevent other empires from taking the planets? There are alot of bad planets - irradiated, venusian, dead, icy, etc and if i colonized them all that would be alot of planets. Just curious what other players did in terms of what planets they colonized. It's still early in my first real game so perhaps i'll figure some of this out myself soon.

2) Do most people autoresolve the battles or play them out in real time? I tried a few and wasn't too impressed. The turn based aspect of this game is fantastic, but the real time battles seem a bit chaotic and the interface is a little difficult.

Thanks.

Post #: 1

RE: Two questions - 5/16/2011 7:51:49 AM

Anguille

Posts: 531
Joined: 6/28/2006
From: Hyper-cruiser "Phantom"
Status: offline

Hi,

1) As long as i don't meet any foreign nation, i tend to colonize only good planets. Bad planets with rich minerals or specials (like tourism) will be colonized too as they generate a lot of money. It also depends on your victory conditions. If i have a race which needs lots of population for VPs, then yes, i do colonize most. Systems without planets are not very interesting though, so i colonize these only to extend my range.

2) I like to have control, so i do manage most of my battles myself. In combat, i may assign some ships to AI so i focus on specific troops and the foot soldiers.

Cheers

(in reply to Hetulik)

Post #: 2

RE: Two questions - 5/17/2011 3:47:58 PM

Hetulik

Posts: 39
Joined: 8/3/2009
Status: offline

Thanks Anguille!

(in reply to Anguille)

Post #: 3