"The greatest joy for a man is to defeat his enemies, to drive them before him, to take from them all they possess, to see those they love in tears, to ride their horses, and to hold their wives and daughters in his arms."

  - atrributed to Genghis Khan

Or are you one of those sneaky types?

Get there firstest with the mostest.  - a slight misquote of Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest

I would like to see a stradegy guide writter for this game. Probably ocasionally need to update it. This game usually changes minerly with each patch. Probably a once a year rewrite would suffice. Please write one.

Tips are always appreciated  

To problem with a strategy guide for this game, is that the best strategy depends a lot on your race. 

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A Scavenging race like the Snathi should build a privateer ASAP.   A scavenging privateer can "acquire"  colony ships, transports, constructors and small warships with no penalty.

The synthetic races should build population,  when ever possible.  The 100 population cap with no morale penalties is very powerful.  Since 1 pop point cost 3 Durantium,  find it and mine it ASAP.

Another factor making a strategy guide harder to write is that game settings can dramatically change the nature of the game. You have massively different experiences if you play on larger maps with less resources and planets compared to a small map with abundant bits to exploit.