I for one dont build anything on newly colonized planets until they can cover the expense of just having them, it helps a lot. Oh and at higher difficultly levels the AI cheats so that might be how they afford so much.
Youve probably already seen it in other threads, but the one of best bits of advice ive seen so far is to not build on newly colonized planets instead wait for them to start making a slight profit then start building.
Well while playing on the biggest maps with tech victory on instead of sitting there hitting the end turn button[e digicons]>_>[/e] take the ships youve been useing to hold off the opponent and go kill some off that way there's plenty of hot military action[e digicons]}:)[/e] in 1/3 the time of sitting in a long drawn out cold war waiting for end game weapons and the inevitable ai drop off you speak of. Start wars early lots of fun in that have everyone fighting every
It is strange very strange indeed one of may strange and unexplained things to do with espionage other may include but are not limited to the korath spying on anything instead of killing it outright or anyone spying on the yor with out being caught before they do anything. Yes very mind boggling indeed.
I believe that Technological Victory was the solution to this problem that way when they reach the end of the tech tree its over. I have to assume you turned it off so my advice is to turn it back on and try not stall the opponent out. Instant fun and challenge yay[e digicons]:D[/e] ! At the point in game where you have all techs and you're going for a military victory the AI is at a disadvantage anyway, because you can design ships specifically to counter the
Yes you can change governors later just go to the planet and in the lower right corner theres a details button itll take you to a screen with a governor button.
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