LurkerPrime
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Valtýr;234153857 said:hey everyone
i've been playing this game here and there. some questions:
-are there different kinds of war ships? or are you just supposed to edit the ship to add different components yourself?
-whats the best way to get influence? i've read that it helps to have rivalries.
-what's the best way to balance credits? i suddenly found myself with a severe deficit and had to go into debt with neighboring species for credit loans.
There are different sizes of ships, four or five, I think, and a few different designs you can choose for each size. They each have different benefits and negatives, with larger ones being stronger, more expensive, and locked behind advanced research. Their exact abilities rely on their components, which, yeah, you need to manually design (or you can let the game auto-design them based on your available research). Note that their effectiveness relies heavily on the components and size of enemy ships--analyse them if you're struggling in battles with even fleet strength.
For influence: rivalries or advanced government buildings. There's a little marker on research that leads to advanced governance stuff, so watch out for it. You'll never get that much turn-to-turn so don't spend it frivilously.
For credits? Again, research (advanced power supply buildings), or expand your borders to capture particularly energy-rich systems within your territory. Eventually you'll have focused planets for power generation that will be much more efficient. It's also (ofentimes) really easy to trade for energy if you're in a pinch.
Hopefully I'm not overlooking anything big.