labatts blue

labatts blue

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I learned a lesson last night. I was playing a game where everyone just got their home system. I had a 300% farming bonus on my home planet and put a farm on it. Near the end of the game I suddenly started running a deficit that I couldn't get rid of. I tried a couple of things to no avail and finally tried decommisioning my farm. After the population went back to 10B on the next turn I reset my tax rate and everything was ok. How do you tell if you've got more than the optimal population?

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I went back to v1.2 because of this change. With v1.2 I can usually finish a game on Medium or Large galaxy size in an evening (I don't enjoy finishing a game the next day) and have a chance of winning even if I get a poor starting position. Neither is true in v1.3.

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Holy Moly. It is almost impossible to ally with anyone in the new beta. Instead of allying when "Friendly" the othere race now has to be "Close". I know there were complaints that it was too easy to achieve an Ally victory in the past. Seems almost impossible now.

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