I apologize if its been mentioned, I did read many of the posts though(many good ideas!) Make the planet quality of Earth always 20. This single starting condition has an overwhelming effect on difficulty and I cant see any good reason why it should be randomized(unless it effects the end score, in which case maybe thats why I cant break 4k!).
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The number 2 player(RayChua) has scores over 10k using the 1.035 version. I seriously doubt he got that by playing a game quickly. I cant seem to break 4k. Wonder how he did it, which is why im browsing the website, looking for how the game is scored to see what element im missing. My latest game I went straight for a very fast tech win on massocistic(highest level). I had to go fast as the computer was teching at an insane rate. It took me 3 hours to
Using version 1.03 The racial bonus's for social and military production increase their respective production but use up tax revenue to support this increase. This seems to not be a bonus as I can simply increase the expenditure rate and manipute the ratios to get the same effect without the bonuses. When a planet is not producing a social or military project, ie producing the option nothing, the credits that would normally go towards that project sho