Social engineering/policies Or rather the lack of social engineering/policies. The 6 factions are already quite different, however more customization of the society can be added using social engineering/policies/civics. The system in SMAX is brilliant and possible the best in any civ game, and a si...

Morten "Herfelt" Herfelt

How large have you managed to grow a city?

My current record is 55. The city grew from 27 to 55 in a single turn using cloning center and assigning production to growth; a resulting growth of ~2700.

Introduction and first games I've played Alpha Centauri (SMAC/SMAX) an aweful lot, so I can't help relating this game and almost every aspect to SMAX. SMAX is in my opinion the best turn-based stategy game ever made, and I hope that Pandora will be come a worthy successor (a spiritual successor at ...

- since I lost my first scout in my first game, The beginning is hard, you should avoid fights until you improved your unit with Steel armor. End of one hour: One thing upon review is that I have explored very little of the map so far! If this is typical, I am pretty new to Pandora too, but i notic...

What difficulty are you playing on? The diplomacy is lacking. Trading resources, tech, colonies, credits ect. would be a good addition. G7 Volcano is the upgraded version of the Hellfire. G7 gives +75% power as well (and 75% additional cost). I haven't had any problems with Vermillion yet. I've only...