Opening moves?

[Kings Bounty Hunter]

I kind of like this game but it's hard work. trading is kind of boring and fights are ok if you have a good ship with good weapons, but they cost lots. The game hinges on only two things, trading and missions it seems.

I'm going to persevere a bit more and any advice would be greatly appreciated.

I understand Galian gear is the best and sometimes i cant join in fights against dominators as the fights are far away, sometimes.

ANyway, what should I do

[jake21]

The first time I played I had to start 5 or 6 times to get a 'good' game going. I found that it was a huge mistake to attack anything early on (esp pirates). The tricky part is that some missions require that you attack something to complete them - i learned to avoid those missions.

On the converse side once you become 'too' powerful the game balance tilts too much to the other side. You can single handedly take on full fleets of dominators - but it takes a while to get to that point.

I think it is a fun game ('cept for the rts which i've no success). I wish they would add more text games - some of those are a *lot* of fun.

Originally Posted by Kings Bounty Hunter

I kind of like this game but it's hard work. trading is kind of boring and fights are ok if you have a good ship with good weapons, but they cost lots. The game hinges on only two things, trading and missions it seems.

I'm going to persevere a bit more and any advice would be greatly appreciated.

I understand Galian gear is the best and sometimes i cant join in fights against dominators as the fights are far away, sometimes.

ANyway, what should I do

[grunt3]

Time Gaalistra is the best buff from the medical station and it really really helps early on. RTS missions are easy once you figure out the strategy for each map, but then they get boring and repetitive. Once a RTS mission is offered save before you complete it. If you don't get a good micromodule or any at all, try it on all the other planets and see if one gives you a good micromodule. For robots make I only make 2 types. Get one with 4 launchers, mortar, dynamo; the other has a mortar, 2 launchers, and 2 repairers. If you are defending a point use the best turret backed up by two mortar/2 launcher/2 repairer robots, which will keep itself healed. Always watch the map and try to manual control in fights.

[jake21]

I'm still confused what is Tim Gaalistra? Is it something you sell? A piece of equipment - if equipment what does it do ?

Originally Posted by grunt3

Time Gaalistra is the best buff from the medical station and it really really helps early on. RTS missions are easy once you figure out the strategy for each map, but then they get boring and repetitive. Once a RTS mission is offered save before you complete it. If you don't get a good micromodule or any at all, try it on all the other planets and see if one gives you a good micromodule. For robots make I only make 2 types. Get one with 4 launchers, mortar, dynamo; the other has a mortar, 2 launchers, and 2 repairers. If you are defending a point use the best turret backed up by two mortar/2 launcher/2 repairer robots, which will keep itself healed. Always watch the map and try to manual control in fights.

[grunt3]

Go to the medical station and they will randomly offer 3 types of stimulants and it will change through the months. One of those stimulants is Time Gaalistra. You can see which stimulant you currently have by pressing S and looking at the bottom right corner. I get the 5 year medical plan from the business center, which halves the prices of all stimulants for the 5 years.

[jake21]

Oh. I've played through twice but each time didn't really explore stimulants. Never saw them as being that useful. Perhaps I was mistaken?

Originally Posted by grunt3

Go to the medical station and they will randomly offer 3 types of stimulants and it will change through the months. One of those stimulants is Time Gaalistra. You can see which stimulant you currently have by pressing S and looking at the bottom right corner. I get the 5 year medical plan from the business center, which halves the prices of all stimulants for the 5 years.