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Well, I keep starting new games because I am getting a bit bored. Every game starts the same, same discovering anomalies and habitable planets, same rush to colonize, same techs researched (universal translator, diplomatic relations, trade, and then start going down the militarization route), same struggle to balance taxes, approval and spending, same crappy approval level on planet Earth. How powerful the AI factions become seems entirely arbitrary (I use the same intelligence settin

Thanks guys for your advice. I tried this slow approach - not colonizing until my homeworld was 10b population, and hardly building anything on new planets I subsequently colonized. But I found out that the AI was beating me even worse than normal. It had taken all the decent planets, and left me with hardly anything. It took forever for my new planets to develop a positive cash flow so I gave up in the end. My economy was just as weak as before, only I was further behind my r

Can anyone give any good tips on making your economy stronger? I find the AI always has a much stronger economy than me, no matter what I do. Thanks :)

I'm playing GalCiv2 Ultimate Edition. I'm playing an immense galaxy with 6 randomized opponents. Everything was going OK peace-wise until suddenly, one turn, I get diplomatic messages from 3 alien civilizations. Except the messages were *blank*. I was given 2 choices, Speak To and I don't remember what the other choice was. I chose Speak To, but all I got were messages saying due to the recent outbreak of hosilities this race has decided not to speak to you. So I s