harmonic42
Chieftain
- Joined
- Oct 7, 2010
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- 23
If you had to pick 5 and only 5 secret projects you cannot live without, list them here and why. Ascent to Transcendance not included since that ends the game.
#1 - Weather Paradigm. Obvious choice. The sheer amount of stuff you can do with formers is amazing, and the more, the better. Hello extreme early game borehole supply crawlers. Overall not as powerful as the Cloning Vats, but is available at the start of the game, and thus, gets more mileage.
#2 - Cloning Vats. A close second. Seriously, if ever there was a "game changer" wonder in any sid meier game, the Cloning Vats are it. Instant boom in all cities all the time, and allows for guilt-free power and thought control. So not only do you have insanely cheap levels of population, but you can usually get enough +MORALE from social engineering so that every unit you make, every step you take, every move you make, is elite status.
...I'll be watching you.
#3 - Hunter-Seeker Algorithm SMAC version. Total immunity to probe teams. I'll take it.
#4 - Virtual World. More a convenience project than anything, but TERRIBLY CONVENIENT. Just pop a Network Node everywhere and watch the drones melt away.
#5 - Space Elevator. Besides the passive bonuses, orbital insertions are something I cannot live without in late game.
#1 - Weather Paradigm. Obvious choice. The sheer amount of stuff you can do with formers is amazing, and the more, the better. Hello extreme early game borehole supply crawlers. Overall not as powerful as the Cloning Vats, but is available at the start of the game, and thus, gets more mileage.
#2 - Cloning Vats. A close second. Seriously, if ever there was a "game changer" wonder in any sid meier game, the Cloning Vats are it. Instant boom in all cities all the time, and allows for guilt-free power and thought control. So not only do you have insanely cheap levels of population, but you can usually get enough +MORALE from social engineering so that every unit you make, every step you take, every move you make, is elite status.
...I'll be watching you.
#3 - Hunter-Seeker Algorithm SMAC version. Total immunity to probe teams. I'll take it.
#4 - Virtual World. More a convenience project than anything, but TERRIBLY CONVENIENT. Just pop a Network Node everywhere and watch the drones melt away.
#5 - Space Elevator. Besides the passive bonuses, orbital insertions are something I cannot live without in late game.