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Re: New Game: The Dark Ages III Tue, 02 March 2004 05:52 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
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Hi!
Ptolemy wrote on Tue, 02 March 2004 10:04

One would think that JOAT would have a better advantage here with starting at tech 3 for everything ...

It has.
1. It can spot and kill all initial scouts other races will be sending, thus securing distant green planets for himself.
2. It can research robo-maxi-miner before it needs to leave it's HW and it starts with Cotton Picker, that can produce about 250kT of each mineral in first 40 turns.
3. It starts with 3 ships that can scan - no investment into scouts for quite a long time.

It has so many advantages that not allowing NAS for them was a great move.
BR, Iztok

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