11-22-2014, 04:56 PM
Ya know my one big issue with Civilization Beyond Earth?
Its hard to tell what it is you've been needing until its too late. Well, what do I mean by that? Say, you want to build a bigger country. To make sure it doesn't all collapse, you focus on health and industry. So, you've got one city and what is essentially a fort. By this point, you're probably treading along fine, but by the time your second city gets established and going, you've already done everything you can in your capital. So, you have to completely redirect the focus of your nation on one thing to fix that because you're stagnating. Since you're having to refocus everything, you have to research more. Since you're spending more time researching, you're really not doing anything but advancing that one city and maybe going for another one. It all sounds fair up to this point. You didn't keep up with your research so you pay the price. Here's the kicker. Since you have 4 or 5 farms in your second city, their population is going up quickly. Because your population is getting higher, they're getting sicker. Since your people are sick, the research isn't going well. Since the research isn't going well, people get sicker. Since you're having to worry about all this at once, and now have to go down a very narrow path to get the one line of tech that helps your people not die miraculously, you're not focusing on your core objective. You might have 3 affinity by turn, say, 120. Your neighbor might have 5 of an affinity and be just fine, all because you have too many farms and not enough scientists.
Its hard to tell what it is you've been needing until its too late. Well, what do I mean by that? Say, you want to build a bigger country. To make sure it doesn't all collapse, you focus on health and industry. So, you've got one city and what is essentially a fort. By this point, you're probably treading along fine, but by the time your second city gets established and going, you've already done everything you can in your capital. So, you have to completely redirect the focus of your nation on one thing to fix that because you're stagnating. Since you're having to refocus everything, you have to research more. Since you're spending more time researching, you're really not doing anything but advancing that one city and maybe going for another one. It all sounds fair up to this point. You didn't keep up with your research so you pay the price. Here's the kicker. Since you have 4 or 5 farms in your second city, their population is going up quickly. Because your population is getting higher, they're getting sicker. Since your people are sick, the research isn't going well. Since the research isn't going well, people get sicker. Since you're having to worry about all this at once, and now have to go down a very narrow path to get the one line of tech that helps your people not die miraculously, you're not focusing on your core objective. You might have 3 affinity by turn, say, 120. Your neighbor might have 5 of an affinity and be just fine, all because you have too many farms and not enough scientists.