| Re: ARM or ORM? |
Wed, 24 March 2004 13:26   |
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There are 2 options as an AR;
a) Take ARM
b) Don't take it
ARM for an AR race works well since the midget miner is available. After that it's mainly later in the game that the ARM becomes most valuable IMO.
Not taking ARM does hurt an AR since mineral production is much closer to other players 'standard' potential and minerals are the best trading power that an AR has other than energy tech.
OBRM is usually taken for races using something around a 1 in 3 or 4 hab range since numerous planets can be found to produce the minerals. An IT should almost always be OBRM to get the extra pop per planet, (driving up the full planet resources), since minerals can be gated from place to place, it's easy enough to balance mineral distribution. The standard mini-miner can be produced by a HP IT race in sufficient quantaties to strip mine nearby planets to supplement where necessary.
The choice for taking OBRM for a non AR or is not as easy as deciding whether or not to take ARM for an AR.
An exception to all this is the PP race - ARM is almost a necessity for anybody playing PP. OBRM is pretty much out of the question.
Ptolemy
[Updated on: Wed, 24 March 2004 13:28]
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