why do you say they lost Lee, i dont understand...

You mean luckily for them they got rid of Lee?

so after all this PW ends as a draw ?

Rev no doubt

You see to allready ahve quite a good overview about what the clues are.

I would say that you should try to do jumps if you plan to move above 200% OB, and if you have alot of planets maybe allready at 100%. In the end that is very dependant on your family also tho.

What you do is basicly fund construction to something like 40% (can be calculated more precisely) and then kill most your fleet, and have an opper hypnotize your population (3-4 times)

This will supress your nw by alot, and empire size overbuild should drop drastically, and science jump up to almost 60% construction

You will now be building at probably under half the previous cost, and with your and your familys savings you can double your infra, and balance it as you wish between LQs and TOs

When the pop regrows you most likely will want to get some more into science and put it back on welfare and eco to adjust for your new and higher nw

Well this also means that sometimes it might be better to lose a planet or two than having a large army

I have been testing different races, this round im trying custom with 50% pop growth..

In my opinion its not worth it

It makes it alot easier because you dont have to be so active managing your planets allowing for constant growth, but in the long run i believe either revalon or a custom with more science instead of pop growth would be better. The differences arent so great tho.

Also just to make sure you understood what i ment last post.

Infra jumps are used in IC to take advantage of low nw and high science to build in jumps, this "loophole" gives greatest advantages when used on pop bankers, because they have more nw than any other empire.

Imo any building done by a popper above 100-200% should be done as a jump, else its simply just too expensive..

Economy is the most profitable research, because it increases your gross income directly, without adding any kind of drawbacks.

Welfare increases population, makes your income bigger, but also comes with some drawbacks.  More pop is more food loss, more pop is more nw wich means reduced science and more need for units etc.

Early you might want to start out with economy, because most your planets might not benefit from the welfare science etc, towards end of round you want to have them almost even as they are multiplied with eachother when calculating income, so it gives you the best return for you science investment.

When to research:

What you can do if you wonder is a simple calculation:

How much more income will you get if you spend say 10 mill cash in buildings (LQs/TOs)
How much more income will you get if you fund 10 mill cash into eco science?

When popping id say as a rough estimate, get science when you hit around 100% OB

lol sup the only thing you are to me is a miniature buttplug

You do understand it means basicly nothing

again?

Basicly the posibility of viewing, and only viewing the fam members empire

Science
Planets
Affairs of State

Its basicly a Lee nerf