Stoner the 420th

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[quote]How soon do you guys start to to beef up your military, and what do you beef it up with? My toughest problem now is that the AI always perceives me as weak militarily and starts thrashing me. If I can make it to the point where I have Battle Axes, I'm fine, but the AI usually starts making "pay me 1,600bc or else" threats before then.[/quote] I usually concentrate on increasing industrial and economic capacity so when a threat presents itself I can deal with quickly. Getting all

Reply to A chance for someone to look smart (noob question) in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

On the system with the PQ 13 planets what was the original influence of the star? I've noticed some non-yellow and non-purple (love the purple) systems have starting influences of over 100. Finding one saved my baked civ from certain failure when I first stepped up to crippling.