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PaperclipPerfector  12d ago (text post)   2338 thread views

Friday Fun Thread for December 6, 2024

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Mentioned the other week I did an alpha centauri run one night. The interface is a little dated, but the rest of it holds up great. Finally managed a 70 turn transcend win after plotting it since childhood.

Also once again have the Deus Ex installer for my once a decade replay, but that's too big a time investment unless I get snowed in for a few days this winter.

I'd like to hear how @WhiningCoil 's retro builds are doing.

Which faction? I always played either Zakharov or Yang. But I think I’ll go for Miriam or Santiago next time.

Zak is really the only option when you've gotta go fast (and building facilities too slow!), ironically because the v-tubers project gives him perfect drone control on transcend difficulty, without any base facilities.
Used to play Gaia as a kid, overrating the free worms.

Miriam always seemed super fun, and a great excuse for using probe teams. She's basically the one case where the player can't casually wipe the other factions with impact rovers, and you actually have to play diplomatic+spy games to catch up on tech.

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