Beginners' economy problems

i'm getting broke!

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:( sup fellows.

I have recently bought the game and having problems with the economy at the early stages of the game. I wish to create an evil empire which is based soley on it's own economy (no trading!) but it seems impossible. I tried building billions of banks, taking race bonuses for population growth, building farms and researching entertainment shit, nothing works. Plus, i just don't understand why the enemy always colonize more planets than i do, no matter how fast i spam my colonizing ships, the enemy always colonize a doubled number of planets than i do. Does anyone have any tips?

Btw i play on painful (not a complete beginner after all, won some games, but then again i have to trade and i don't want to).

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Reply #1 from GalCiv2 Forums Top

I never trade.

The key element seems to be not to build on most or nearly all colonized planets until the populations grow enough to make them relatively financially independent.  Depending on racial bonuses, that number seems to vary from maybe 700M to 1200M.   I tend to use 1000M as my default to begin building. 

If I snag a high Q planet early, or one with some great tiles or great bonuses, then I do develop it some early and accept the hit.

Generally, I designate one planet to build scouts and then constructors then colonizers, while using the home world to constantly send out colonizers.  It helps to be one of the races that starts with ion engines.

Reply #2 from GalCiv2 Forums Top

Thank you i'll try what you suggested.

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