I bought a copy of Moo2 on CD ROM at a Half Price Books store in Houston for $5. Two local Half Price stores had stacks of Moo2. Maybe they have Moo2 everywhere. Half price books is a major chain that has a huge number of locations in Texas, the midwest, and the upper plains.
So I never played Moo until a few weeks ago, but I have a favorite race: The Sleestak, inspired by Land of the Lost.
Sakkra picture
Unification
Subterranean (I loves me some population bonuses)
Research +1 (even the degenerate Sleestak of LotL had the Library of Skulls, and the brilliant Enik might have been a different morph of the same species. The idea that a species would have multiple morphs ties in with Unification.
Repulsive (They trap children with nets and try to eat them)
Smallest minus to ground combat (They move slow)
Smallest minus to Ship Defense.
I imagine my Sleestak as a race with excellent hearing and sensitive eyes. A Sleestak planet has huge structures underground while still having major structures above ground. The Sleestak completely transform a planet with their huge populations and always push up the tech tree to Terraforming at the expense of military tech unless they are forced into an early war. A tight cluster of highly developed systems seems to be far superior to a sprawling empire.
The population bonus seems vital. A planet can be a research colony and still have decent production. This becomes a huge advantage in mid-game. And big populations help if you get Heightened Intelligence.
I have a couple of questions:
If I choose Warlord through Evolutionary Mutation would I be better off by selling all my Space Academies? Or are the effects of Warlord and Academies cumulative?
I've read some Moo2 guides and they seem to recommend Tolerant or Aquatic if you're going for population bonus. Sub seems more universal than Aqua. I know that Aquatic means that you don't need to do as much terraforming to get its bonuses, but what about the planets that terraform into Desert or Arid rather than Tundra or Swamp? Sub is working well for me, why the bias toward Aqua?
I am also playing a race called the Prawns, after District 9. They are the same as my Sleestak, but they have a +2 reproduction bonus and aren't subterranean.
So I never played Moo until a few weeks ago, but I have a favorite race: The Sleestak, inspired by Land of the Lost.
Sakkra picture
Unification
Subterranean (I loves me some population bonuses)
Research +1 (even the degenerate Sleestak of LotL had the Library of Skulls, and the brilliant Enik might have been a different morph of the same species. The idea that a species would have multiple morphs ties in with Unification.
Repulsive (They trap children with nets and try to eat them)
Smallest minus to ground combat (They move slow)
Smallest minus to Ship Defense.
I imagine my Sleestak as a race with excellent hearing and sensitive eyes. A Sleestak planet has huge structures underground while still having major structures above ground. The Sleestak completely transform a planet with their huge populations and always push up the tech tree to Terraforming at the expense of military tech unless they are forced into an early war. A tight cluster of highly developed systems seems to be far superior to a sprawling empire.
The population bonus seems vital. A planet can be a research colony and still have decent production. This becomes a huge advantage in mid-game. And big populations help if you get Heightened Intelligence.
I have a couple of questions:
If I choose Warlord through Evolutionary Mutation would I be better off by selling all my Space Academies? Or are the effects of Warlord and Academies cumulative?
I've read some Moo2 guides and they seem to recommend Tolerant or Aquatic if you're going for population bonus. Sub seems more universal than Aqua. I know that Aquatic means that you don't need to do as much terraforming to get its bonuses, but what about the planets that terraform into Desert or Arid rather than Tundra or Swamp? Sub is working well for me, why the bias toward Aqua?
I am also playing a race called the Prawns, after District 9. They are the same as my Sleestak, but they have a +2 reproduction bonus and aren't subterranean.
