Great set, Ianus! And much, much more timely than mine!
There were some old MoO players on this forum who considered any use of the Audience button an exploit, and this game is kind of a demonstration of (some of) the reasons, even though we refrained from extreme stuff like spectator wars: All the free stuff you got from threats, the advantage (diplomatically and in slowing the Psilons down) that we gained when Thrawn persuaded Zygot to join our Human war ... and the ten different techs I acquired via trade in my set, including eight on the inherited turn.
Some of them were tough calls to be sure, like giving the Psilons Repulsors just before we planned to invade them, but RC4 was well worth it, especially when - in another tough call - I agreed to help the already-potent Meklar economy by trading it for BC6! Ion Rifle (from the Sakkra, for Range 8) and then Scatter Packs mid-way through my set for II7 to the Meks were also key trades, but even the obsolete-junk swaps I pulled off helped with miniaturization (and maybe helping to ensure the few conquest techs I did get were pretty good ones.)
I'm working until 9 again tonight, so my report may not go up until the game is over, but I will post it eventually!
Sweet! Can't wait to see how you handle the Meks! With the sheer size of our production base though, I know it can be done. Have fun with this one!
(January 26th, 2017, 12:06)Ianus Wrote: Our tech is super advanced (how did you do that Ref?)
There were some old MoO players on this forum who considered any use of the Audience button an exploit, and this game is kind of a demonstration of (some of) the reasons, even though we refrained from extreme stuff like spectator wars: All the free stuff you got from threats, the advantage (diplomatically and in slowing the Psilons down) that we gained when Thrawn persuaded Zygot to join our Human war ... and the ten different techs I acquired via trade in my set, including eight on the inherited turn.
Some of them were tough calls to be sure, like giving the Psilons Repulsors just before we planned to invade them, but RC4 was well worth it, especially when - in another tough call - I agreed to help the already-potent Meklar economy by trading it for BC6! Ion Rifle (from the Sakkra, for Range 8) and then Scatter Packs mid-way through my set for II7 to the Meks were also key trades, but even the obsolete-junk swaps I pulled off helped with miniaturization (and maybe helping to ensure the few conquest techs I did get were pretty good ones.)
I'm working until 9 again tonight, so my report may not go up until the game is over, but I will post it eventually!
(January 26th, 2017, 12:41)TheArchduke Wrote: I am next and up to end this, probably.
Sweet! Can't wait to see how you handle the Meks! With the sheer size of our production base though, I know it can be done. Have fun with this one!