Some Observations...(all are welcomed)

[Wade]

----- I'm still early into Space Empires IV but I've observed that I'm low on Minerals and nearly at capacity for Organics and Radioactives.
On my planets (Gas Giants) I've been building like my homeworld was set. That is, a ratio of 5:1:1:5 being Mines:Farms:Extraction Plants:Research Facilities.

Maybe I should tone it down even more. My race creation is set at "superior" for all four of these. I've started creating Miner Light Cruisers for an asteroid ring. Those asteroids can be rich! On my Construction Queue list I have begun to slow down my industry. That was a big part of the problem; and maintenance for ships is expensive! I have Hardy Industrialists and superior ship building.

Also I've been trading to others like: want:5000 minerals/give 3000 organics and 3000 radioactives.

-----I go to sleep thinking about Space Empires and wake up thinking about Space Empires. I have maintenance around the home that I have been putting off.

-----Gaming can lead to procrastination.

-----Some times , when I'm watching TV I flip the remote upside down and view it as a starship.

-----I'm using my two week vacation from work for Space Empires play and talk. At least I save money that way. I'll travel next time...maybe.

[Fyron]

Hi, my name is Fyron and I am a SEaholic...

[Wade]

---Hi. My name is Wade and I, too, am a SEaholic. It began with just taunts and recomendations from my peers on forums. I...I wanted to fit in and experience all that SE offered. Now, if I don't have SE for awhile I begin to get...anxious.
I have even begun to celebrate the glories of SE in order to expose others to it...some of you might have noticed.

I'm concerned, yet, eager to see where this path will lead.
I here that the first step is admitting my SEaholism.

-Wade

[Black_Knyght]

Hi, my name is Black Knyght and I'm a Sexaholic...



What was that?



Oh, S.E.aholics !?!?!?



I'm sorry, I'm in the wrong meeting. Bye now.....

[Atrocities]

I came here to eat bunnies and play SE, and I don't see any bunnies!

[Kamog]

I'm not addicted.... I can stop whenever I want!...if and when I choose to.

[Renegade 13]

5 years of near-continuous play isn't an addiction...is it??

[StarShadow]

Nah, it's dedication, not addiction

@Wade

I really wouldn't recommend a template approach to building up your worlds. I usually dedicate my worlds to just one or two things (depending on the mineral/organic/rad values), resource poor planets usually get dedicated to research, small/tiny resource poor planets usually end up as storage depots (you need lots of storage to make proper use of 'retro-series'). All planets of small or better usually get a shipyard, moons get either a shipyard or training facility.

[capnq]

Wade said:I'm still early into Space Empires IV but I've observed that I'm low on Minerals and nearly at capacity for Organics and Radioactives.
On my planets (Gas Giants) I've been building like my homeworld was set. That is, a ratio of 5:1:1:5 being Mines:Farms:Extaction Plants:Research Facilities.

I generally build more of whatever resource I'm running a deficit in; over time that tends to come out to a ratio of 6-7:1:2 for me (6:2:2 if I have Organic Manipulation, 6:1:3 if I have something that's rad-intensive like Temporal Knowledge). If I'm running a surplus on everything I build more research or intel as needed.

[Wade]

-----It is generally accepted that we have a higher level of intelligence and consciousness than the life forms that we eat; yes, including plants. Thus, it would stand to reason that some where in the universe there are life forms with a higher level of intelligence and consciousness than us that might want to eat us.
Unless...they have evolved or developed a biological or technological means of consuming energy directly.
I believe that this will be the future of ours and of others.

-Wade