Newbie questions

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Originally posted by hochmeister:
2. The copmplex one. I found on other threads that counterintel projects are more efficient as you STORE more point. Ok. What I don't understand is how may you combine a counterintel project with other. I mean...may I divide points to counterintel and PPP? Does it store enough points to be effective? Or shouldn't I divide and put counterintel the Last position? If so why sholud i divide piont in counterintel EVER?

I'm very confused

Welcome to the club of "I am confused how intel/counter intel workd in SE IV"!

The counter intel project 2 and 3 are twice respectively three times more effective than counter inter project 1. Therefore use always the highest counter intel projects you can. If one counter intel project is completed, its point are lost! Therefore you better move such an almost finished project to the end of the list (where it gets no more points added) and insert a new one before it. It seems to be important (I never tested this myself) that a least one counter intel projects gets some new points added, otherwise all your counter intel is ineffective.

So the best way to achieve this is usually to put as many offensive intel projects at the beginning of the list as you can finish in one turn while still having enough points left for counter intel to stop your enemies. Then turn the "divide points equally" off.