10-23-2013, 11:05 PM
Ahoy there Darth,
First, I must comment on your avatar. Achmed the Dead Terrorist in a Darth Vader helmet. Clever! And a good laugh!
Now, on strategy, I agree that production comes first, but I didn't put the same emphasis on LABs. First, you have to make the infrastructure to support the LABs, ships to begin mining colonies, tons (literally) of life support, mines to support the factories (I think quite a few more than you are planning on), plus create a warship to deal with the neighboring M8 artifact. 25 million more population contributing to the infrastructure will make a nice addition. Not to mention the TL goodies that might be hiding there.
I also wouldn't run directly into putting everything on the OBC. Yes, that is an excellent strategy mid-game, but at first, factories, factories, and more factories - and a few mines :-). WW II was won by superior numbers, not superior technology. If it was all about technology, würden wir dieses Gespräch als Deutsch. (btw, my German is lousy!)
It will be interesting to see how this all pans out.
First, I must comment on your avatar. Achmed the Dead Terrorist in a Darth Vader helmet. Clever! And a good laugh!
Now, on strategy, I agree that production comes first, but I didn't put the same emphasis on LABs. First, you have to make the infrastructure to support the LABs, ships to begin mining colonies, tons (literally) of life support, mines to support the factories (I think quite a few more than you are planning on), plus create a warship to deal with the neighboring M8 artifact. 25 million more population contributing to the infrastructure will make a nice addition. Not to mention the TL goodies that might be hiding there.
I also wouldn't run directly into putting everything on the OBC. Yes, that is an excellent strategy mid-game, but at first, factories, factories, and more factories - and a few mines :-). WW II was won by superior numbers, not superior technology. If it was all about technology, würden wir dieses Gespräch als Deutsch. (btw, my German is lousy!)
It will be interesting to see how this all pans out.