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Re: Getting really frustrated with some things Tue, 06 December 2016 11:32 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
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 I'm posting this for any future frustrated new player who stumbles across this thread.

First, about playing the AI:

Playing Stars against the AI can be fun in the same way that playing Solitaire can be fun.
Playing Stars against humans is fun in a completely different (and more challenging) way.

Playing against the AI is a good way to practice the mechanics of the game (how things work, what to click on, etc).
Playing against the AI is NOT a good way to *learn* the tactics and strategies that will work against humans.

For example, suppose your goal is to play an effective Super Stealth race in an 8-player game against humans.
First, you read the forum and the wiki so that you understand the mechanics of cloaking and what the SS special toys are.
Then perhaps you play against the AI for a while.
By playing the AI, you get some feedback on your race design. (How many green planets you have, how fast your pop grows, how effectively you can move pop from your HW to new colonies in the early game, etc.)
By playing the AI, you get a feeling for the pace of tech development and when you can expect to be able to field ships of certain types.
By playing the AI, you DO NOT get a better understanding of how to handle early conflict, skirmishes, and full-on wars in a game against humans, because how the AI does those things is entirely different from how humans will do them.


Second, about learning how to play in general:

Stars is not that complex of a game, mechanically speaking. You manage population and three minerals. And sometimes fuel. You perform research, design and build ships, and give the ships orders to go places and do things.

However, there are some intricate details to be learned before you can play well.
Fortunately, pretty much everything you need to know is in the wiki and/or on the forum.
It takes some time to learn those things, to read through the details so that you can apply the concepts ably.

If you do not spend that time, you will be frustrated when things in the game don't work like you expect them to.

If you do spend that time, you will be rewarded.
Stars is among the deepest turn-based strategy games ever made.
A good game of multiplayer stars takes months (or years) to complete, during which time it occupies your mind during a good portion of your waking hours.
If you are the type of person who enjoys such things (which you probably are, because you are reading this right now), that experience is a pleasant one, and not found as abundantly or as essentially in any other game that I know of.

Best of luck. May your planets be large and green, and may your enemies always have the wrong battle orders.

--skoormit

What we need's a few good taters.

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