Recent content by Jimjemael

Now picturing a xeno-titan pressed into a Lev-Destroyer crew... "For Christ's sake Spleebonks keep your head down they'll see us coming!!!!" "And stop drooling acid all over Ramirez, he retires tomorrow!"

Absolutely (mostly) true, ability is the conjoined twin of opportunity. That said I think FI's ability is quite strong (despite me never having played Beyond Earth myself... obviously). As was mentioned by a few people FI's ability is firstly adaptable. You might not be able to deploy it with...

Just picturing a Xeno-Titan defecting to the enemy... I don't care if there's only a 0.01% chance of this happening just let there be a chance and I will buy every game Firaxis make for the next decade.

To be honest nothing major enough to earn the title "The Great Mistake" would ever be caused by one factor but the name implies a single dangerous event. As has been said it's very likely that Firaxis left it's specifics in the dark to feed the fiction and give themselves some breathing space...

Haha yes! Ever since they mentioned her "haunting our nightmares" in the last stream I've been desperate to see what the fuss is about.

Honestly I'm not sure. I have never played SMAC myself. Just repeating what was said by some over at RockPaperShotgun.

Can't verify this but apparently it's the same woman who voiced Lady Deirdre Skye, the faction leader in Alpha Centauri. Hope that helps.

It makes sense with the canon too I think. Once you're cut off from your roots back on Earth your sponsor's heritage would only go so far in the face of new major influences and challenges that presumably create the separate affinities.

I think I'll play emperor(equivalent) first, as this is what I usually play. I think it would be "smarter" to play a lower difficulty seeing as how this is a new game and I'm probably going to get my but kicked around a bit in my first play through. But honestly you only get one first game...

Hi all. So we know that your affinity is decided by a number of things including which technologies you research, but is it possible to reach varying levels of different affinities at any one time? For example reaching level 3 supremacy (no maintenance on roads/mag-rails) and level 6...

Look, I doubt they will be changing the borders at all. I wouldn't keep up any hope.

I suppose the major difference that's been highlighted is the less opposition based relationship your civ will have with the aliens. For example the fact that leaving the aliens alone may be a lot more useful than eradicating them in particular situations (such as the early game) where...

Honestly I think I would prefer more natural borders but without having played the game it's difficult to know and either way it isn't a major problem. As has been said it's more of an issue when borders overlap with natural lines on the map such as rivers or the coast.

This game is set in the unknowable future. There is absolutely no obligation for any faction to exist in the base game given the intentional lack of information about what occurred on planet Earth between now and the events of Beyond Earth. I am disappointed that there is not YET a...

Personally Denmark's never been a major threat that I can remember and I don't think I've ever seen them launch much of a coastal invasion which is a shame. On the other hand I was convinced Elizabeth was a poor AI leader (usually having no success in my games) until my last one in which...