12-27-2021, 09:34 PM
Random thoughts as the Polity player...
I got lost in the data after a few turns. I tried exporting to spreadsheets, but it seemed like commas weren't escaped and I was always fixing the files up by hand and that took too much effort. I think that mastering the maps would have helped, but by the time that became obvious I had to concentrate on some issues at work. Never really had the heart to come back to it after that.
I ended up building a huge fleet that never left the home system.
I never really understood how to manage shuttle routes and keep the supplies flowing. Some of that was from being overwhelmed by the data. Some of that was not knowing how to design ships with the range needed. Much of it was just never being sure what routes had been assigned, which shuttles were assigned, and working out the timing so that two shuttles didn't arrive at the same time and having one exit the system with empty holds.
Some 80% of this would have been avoided if I'd played some practice rounds. I got excited and jumped in too early.
I got lost in the data after a few turns. I tried exporting to spreadsheets, but it seemed like commas weren't escaped and I was always fixing the files up by hand and that took too much effort. I think that mastering the maps would have helped, but by the time that became obvious I had to concentrate on some issues at work. Never really had the heart to come back to it after that.
I ended up building a huge fleet that never left the home system.
I never really understood how to manage shuttle routes and keep the supplies flowing. Some of that was from being overwhelmed by the data. Some of that was not knowing how to design ships with the range needed. Much of it was just never being sure what routes had been assigned, which shuttles were assigned, and working out the timing so that two shuttles didn't arrive at the same time and having one exit the system with empty holds.
Some 80% of this would have been avoided if I'd played some practice rounds. I got excited and jumped in too early.