Query for more indeepth explanations....

[BlueTemplar]

Also, how well you can use the space available depends on your racial bonuses. And when you research orbital mining, you become a lot less limited by how many planets you have - except for research and intel.
I even wonder if it's not too powerful : orbital mining in combination with base space yards gives you practically unlimited industrial growth, while costing roughly the same than a new planet type colonisation tech.(for ALL 3 resources!)

It's true that the IRM system where population plays a lot more important role is more balanced, since in Se5 there is no "bureaucracy" to limit the effectiveness of the larger empires...

[se5a]

I don't see the diference between SEIV and SEV with having planets close by.

tesco starts hurt, but they don't happen that often, unless you're tesco.

[GuyOfDoom]

Tesco???

[BlueTemplar]

I don't think he was comparing SEIV and SEV.

What's a Tesco start? Is this related to Space Food Empires? And then wouldn't starting in Tesco would be a good thing? (Unless you start in the TV department of course... )

[EaX]

A tesco start is i think, when you start a game in a position where you have no planets nearby to colonize and the only way out of that system is blocked by blackhole, for example, in other words a ugly position to start a game.

edit: or you could ask tesco

[narf poit chez BOOM]

Don't forget that the next three sectors after the blackhole are nebulae.

[Fyron]

http://wiki.spaceempires.net/index.php/Slang

[EaX]

and all warp points are unstable and cause damage to your ships