I am an experienced strategy gamer. i play on the harder settings of civ 4 and 5, total war games, and galciv 2. for whatever reason im just not getting the magic formula to not suck at this game. if i rush factiories first i start to runout of money...if i rush research then my manufacturing suffers..and i have never been able to rush quality ships. i dont like making junk ships with no defense. It dosnt matter what i do, even if i cheat and give myself 1000000 credits and buy everything i always fall behind, get bored, then quit for a few months.
im now in my longest game i ever have stuck with. 400+ turns on the second largest map and i am trailing the next player up by half. this is frustrating. if anyone wants to load up my save game and tell me where i went wrong id appreciate it. im on track for another 4 or 5 month break at this pace.
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