I'm in a multiplayer game with another human player and 6 AI players in a medium galaxy. We have both managed to secure all "common" resources like Durantium, Elerium, etc. Each of us (human players) has two or three special resources, e.g. I have the weird pollen thingies, she has Aurorum whatever.
Now, there seem to be a few resources that only a single alien race has, such as hyper silicates, and that race has about two of them and won't give them away for anything, even though I have good relations. Without hyper silicates I can't do the spaceport mission to get Amor spice, so I can't upgrade my entertainment buildings for better morale.
Since there's no manual, I can only assume how the resource system is supposed to work. Three theories appear to be possible:
- The general idea is that everything is available in every galaxy, but that you have to obtain some things via diplomatic trade. In that case, it probably just doesn't work as expected for us. Am I doing something wrong?
- There is some way to obtain missing resources that I haven't discovered yet - is there?
- It is intended that you don't obtain every resource, so each race has some high-end things, but not all of them. This seems a bit unlikely since basic stuff like farms and entertainment are affected, while you don't seem to need special resources e.g. for better financial buildings. Is this what's intended?
Thanks & Greetings
Kibou