All i do is build a lot of construtors and make a terror star with a very high culture value and move it near the intended star and if there a skull just wait and then voila! its your :D . Dosent work if you have lo influence though. In my current game (Normal, Gigantinc)i am getting star after star becuase i colonlized a few 14 planet inside the others zone and eventually they switch over. Only have had one war against a minor which resulted in 314million Troops lost for a planet of around um
IrishPony
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Yeah in my game (First with Normal Ai) the nminors have alot of trade goods and what not. I too hate milatary expansion i just build social improvments and make alot of trade and do a alot of destablization. Blade! we should start a Paradox Empire once i get my computer back online :(
Hey Blade! IrishPony here just sayin hey and also as an EU player i find this although abstract very enjoyable and fufilling. i also dislike the intial rush if you get unlucky you could get surronded and have a very little cahce of expanision. But sometime you get get lucky (last game i had a few clusters that i discoevered late in the game untouched by others). Usally if i get a bad start i will just restart and try again. [Message Edited]