As Motti mentioned, the lore of the game to me means alot. Mess with the AI and give them a different flavor and create a race for yourself with some kind of story to it. Perhaps a race devoid of all technological achievement, so they must scavenge for tech. i could see where espionage might actually be meaningful in this kind of game.

Create a custom Krynn race perhaps, heavy on econ and morale.

Gee, i might even be tempted to try a game like this myself!!

We set up some odd galaxy settings and fire away......

Ohh and uhmm..*cough*...err *NAZI*...*cough*.....excuse me...



I got plenty to do around the house today, so i might not get much game in. the Ildrians are down to about 25 planets, and are no threat, though they did start producing transports with 3k troops. Good thing they have little to no, invasion or soldiering tech.
I'm ready to hit the Torians and should take them out within 1 or two turns. Then it will be the Drath and Korx at the same time. My econ is an out of control locomotive now, ~75k per turn and increasing. I did start going though all my planets and buying Stock Exchanges, but meh...i really could not be bothered, so each planet has one Industrial Sector and they build out on their own accord, ever so slowly ofc..

It's early year 4, i have just under 400 planets, and if i really wanted to, i could probably end the game by years end. But i want to see if i can take everyone out with just the capital ships i have atm...
i have in all about 15 large hulls (as the above pics) all over lvl 10, and about 10 huge hulls, spread over to differing designs.

"hyperian thingamajig's" coming to a store new you!!!!

Particlewave you lurker!!!

How are you good sir? Stop in for a chat.

Hope things are well for you!!!

@Neilo, you  are right. I enjoy reading about how your games are going and how I can change and learn in my own games. This last game I just did was special      party at my Empire thread because I didn't lease buy any ships or most buildings under 10,000 credits. When I took out all the races except for Krynn in the first year but it ended (accidentally culture flip) in the second year because I forgot to place a Re-education building on New Iconia II V when I made a peace treaty with Krynn to trade their home planet for (PQ3) New Iconia II V. After that I set up trade and Econ Star bases started making a little money.

We are looking for players to join to become aggressive Admirals to lead your fleets across the Galaxy!

Empress Saint Mina of Ophelia VII of Order of the Bloody Rose of Orders Militant of Adepta Sororitas

Muhahahahahaha... oops, sorry that's Motti's line IIRC. Hello Motti!!

I'm doing well Neilo. I hope things are good with you and that goes for you as well Motti if you are reading this.

Yes, I noticed some activity in the TOE forums as of late and both you and Motti seem to be enjoying a renewed interest in the game (DA).

Good to see some vets from the old empires still playing... puts the rest of us to shame, but what I've really noticed is that you guys are playing not so much for score but for the role playing aspect of the game... I think that's fantastic! Not being a score monger ever, I always played it that way and it seemed to be more natural for me I think, but there are so many ways to play this game, that there are no limits really.

By reading some of the reports from games you guys have played or are playing, it certainly appears that both of you are having one hell of a good time with discovering new and creative ways of approaching the game.

Cheers!

I'm well mate, or, as well as not being a multi-millionaire can be...

Great to see you drop by mate!

particlewave!  It's good to see you again!    

Yeah, we've gone back to the soul of the game instead of working on score.  We've had to cripple ourselves a bit to make it more interesting.  It might take a little more of that to find a good balance.  It sure would be nice to hear some gaming stories form a few more folks too.

@Neilo - I see you'e started a new thread for the gaming discussion.  I'll go check it out.

It's got awfully quite in here all of a sudden! I havent had alot of game time recently, but i swear today i'm going to get in at least a few hours....
I hate being away from a game for too long, you forget what the hell you were doing on the last save.

Hi....I'd love to join this Tyranny of Evil...but the homepage is down and the AltMeta page says you don't exist.....A little help is all I'm asking(Probably in the wrong place) but i do have goodEVIL qualities and can produce a number of Evil based technologies for the Empire to exploit, one such being a Life Force Re-cycler(uses an old, broken improvement locked in the game files) that drains the life from a old civilian, and forces it into a younger one, thus making long lasting citizens of the empire! Alternatively is could be used for making slaves last 2-3x longer.

My custom race, The Akzard, can access evil, neutral AND good techs all at one!(Custom tech tree)

Let me know if i'm accepted into this black cloud of evil people....

Greetings good sir! Yeah, i really should update the OP, we were very inactive for some time.

I'll send you an invite, you are most welcome to join! There are not so many of us active these days, but there are still a few of us old timers hanging about!!

<edit> Galactic, you need to create a Metaverse character for me to invite you. Conversely, you can click here, and click the Join Empire button. You still will have to have a MV character first though mate.
To manage your characters, from the GC2 homepage, click Metaverse - Account (along the top) -Edit Characters. <edit>

yeah, i know, i just remembered that beforeyour edits.

i joined the empire and would like to ask.....what tech focus should i use?

Weapons

Improvements

Defenses

Propulsion

Biology

Etc...?

**Always remember when i give advice it's based on DA, not TA, but there shouldn't much difference.**

Depending on what type of game your going for i would say determines your priority's. For me, not matter the game, it's get the first two research techs and basic miniaturization, which gives you the Tech Cap.
then i move onto the diplomacy techs, and build the diplomatic translators. (you get that with the first diplo tech.

Then i look at the game and keeping in mind what setup i used and what goals i want to achieve in the game, i might then go,
Propulsion and Sensors (to aid your survey ships)
Econ and Entertainment (higher taxes!! Plus getting to Stock Exchanges quick is very helpful since they have an econ and a moral bonus)

then i would look at weapons.

It all depends on your game though, i go for techs i can sell/trade to the AI. Playing All Labs helps you get a huge tech advantage, but your econ will tank, dealing with the AI is crucial. The AI pay very well for the Trade techs for instance.

thats a very rough outline that i use in my current games, which are not for score. When playing just for score, there is a very difined set of techs you MUST research and in a certain way...but i won't get into all that, since i assume your playing for the fun, and playing for score is no fun......beleive me! LOL

when i asked what i should focus on, i meant in producing techs for YOU guys to use, im getting rather good at it(besides balance).

If you give me a tech type to make, like Weapons, then please give me a type of that tech(if there is any), like Beams.

If anyone would like to see it, here is my FlagShip(not default):

Welcome aboard, Galacticruler5000!    

It's been a while since we've seen a new member.  I'll break out the Torian ale if I can find it.  

In totally unrelated and trivia news, my new dash cam came in.  Pretty decent resolution, too.  Here's a short vid I took on my lunch break today...

New toys are always cool for a while.    

Nice Camera, that has brilliant resolution! What size it mate? Iv'e thinking about getting a cam i can mount on my RC cars (they are 1/8th scale) to make some vids of the off roading and track work i do with them. something like that might be perfect!
Oh...by the way...girls girls girls, nice choice! the V8 revving gave it away straight away! love Motley Crue!