Humanity's Greatest Foe

[Nuerax]

This is the story of Humanity's greatest foe,it is....population

How many times have your empire been decimated by Xeno or Solar War,just because your slaves keep on having sex and causing debts.

[fallen]

Lol

Population is actually the greatest motor of a successful empire!

[resistor]

If you're having trouble with population, I generally recommend first subsidizing a factory (except if Thulun or Cadar), then building hab units for new colonies. Factories should be the highest priority building in my opinion, because otherwise your population will outgrow your means of constructing habs.

[bookworm21]

I definitely second that. Your morale may tank of the population rises, but at least you will be able to catch up again!

[tenbsmith]

ha, ha, the unexpected and mostly uncontrollable population growth of this game is very different from other 4X games, and it can be a challenge to manage.

I've definitely lost games because my population got ahead of my hab units, caused morale to plummet, which led to expenses increasing, which led to negative income and no money in the treasury.

The trick is to keep the hab units ahead of the population growth, and part of that is building factories early so you'll be able to pump out hab units quickly when needed and avoid decreased morale.

One should keep in mind that in a colony with good morale, occupied hab units provide income.

[fallen]

Aug 30, 2016 17:25:56 GMT -5 tenbsmith said:

ha, ha, the unexpected and mostly uncontrollable population growth of this game is very different from other 4X games, and it can be a challenge to manage.

The refugees coming out of the great Exodus are voracious in their demand for housing and desire to take new worlds for their Faction. The race for power is on once again, as soon as the first boots hit planetside.