Looking at the new game sub forum and saw this thread.

My 2 cents, CC is right in saying experienced players should go weap/con expensive.

At the very least they should have weap exp, con normal, otherwise they are going to run away with the game, even before the game starts and the game is going to end with the experts fighting with each other.. and the expert who will win is going to be the player who eats up a neighbour in the 1st 25 years.

Also, I would suggest waiting for Entropicurity if no one minds a slightly delayed start or slower gens per week (dynamic gens) till he gets his problem fixed.
Getting a power supply fixed shouldn't take more than a week or 10 days, while this game will last 3-5 months.
As there aren't too many beginner games that start up, the more beginners that get in, the better