Ok guys, I'm getting the hang of this game now. I've started building Influence Starbases. Needless to say, those mining bases where back in my hands in no time. The only thing I still have problems with are the 3 sliders which determine how many percent of the population you put to military/social/research. I don't understand why this is a global setting, after which you have a cumbersome setting per planet to fine-tune things (in a very limited way). I think this is not at all transpa
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Ok guys, thanks for the info. I checked the population, and my 3 planets combined are 5b, while the yellow's closest planet is 11b. My planets are 3, 5, and 5 grid squares away, while the yellow's planet is 18 grid squares away. So, I guess it means distance doesn't play as much of a role as I expected it would. I'll decommission the mines, and will rebuild them later when my influence has improved (I presume that if I attack a mining base that counts as a declaration of w
Hi Loupdinour, thank you for replying. No, I have been playing this in 2 sessions. The first session was turn 0 to turn 40-ish, and the second session was until here (turn 51). The red skull and bones icon just showed up the previous turn (I think), and now I stopped playing awaiting some help on what I'm doing wrong. Is the best way to prevent the AI from taking over to decommision the mining bases and recapturing them? But, won't that lead me to the same problem as before?<br
Hi all, I'm new to this game. I started a tiny galaxy with the AI at the lowest setting to learn how this game works. I don't think I understand how influence works. If you look at the screenshot, I am playing as blue. As you'll see I have 3 planets in this area, yet the area seems to belong to the yellow AI. The yellow AI's closest planet is very far away (comparitively). Why doesn't the area belong to me? Also, worse, 2 of my mining bases are on the verge of defecting.