Late game economy tips?

from Stardock Forums
I'm playing a game that I thought I was definitely going to win. Without firing a single shot I was leading in just about every category. Now, very late in the game with only two other competitors my economy has collapsed under it's own weight. On a medium map, of the 3000 bc I'm able to generate, about 1700 bc is being used for maintenance. I have double the population of the other two, more culture than them combined, 9 trade routes, and fully upgraded starbases in 8 sectors with dense trade routes. Yet, despite this I'm being out researched and out manufactured and will likely lose this game since I won't be able to withstand a drawn-out war. I'm assuming my maintenance is so high because I have so many social improvements (some planets have everything available built, many are close). Is it just not possible in this game to build all the improvements on every planet?

I was previously staying ahead by selling techs, but once 3 races died off I couldn't sell enough techs to sustain my economy.

395 views 4 replies
Reply #1 from Stardock Forums Top
You have too much infrastructure and/or old ships. Destroy the infrastructure not needed to keep morale up, and sell obsolete naval vessels, or just scrap them.
Better yet, don't build infrastructure in the first place, beyond those relating to morale, ships, and economy. I learned this the hard wya. BTW, are you in a recession? I got my arse kicked by a recession.

Need a production boost? Build starbases with factories!
Reply #2 from Stardock Forums Top
Try giving or selling older ships to the AI in an effort to raise their attitude towards you to the point where you can get one or more to ally with you? :)

~SDC~
Elemental: Reforged
Reply #3 from Stardock Forums Top
ugh, i have no idea how u guys can generate so much cash lol

the only time i was able to make 1000's a turn, was when i got tribute in exchange for nearly all my techs from almost every civ lol

~SDC~
Reply #4 from Stardock Forums Top
i usually do great (well, a few hundred sometimes) until a large war breaks out, even when im not involved. The trade lines go and i start taking hits in the hundreds.

Any tips for increasing a planets revenue without some of the economy upgrades? I usually have all of those and it doesnt help. Seems impossible to have any sort of economy without trade.