Re: governments
Feudalism is very nice if you expect lots of salvage. Zikonians often choose this, because they get salvage from the ships they lose while defending with steal ships. This government has no mining bonus, which means a slow start of the round, but instead they get a discount on the ships they build. People who go Feud often don't activate this type of government till around tick 60 when they start building ships.
Dictatorships is the best type of government i.m.o., although people don't like it very much. It has a 11% mining bonus combined with an alertnessbonus of 30% (which equals roughly another 5% in mining bonus). The downside is slow research, which means you will be behind in technology compared to others.
Democracy is the favorite type of government. It gives faster research, which gives you a headstart compared to people with other governments (you can use it for bigger ships, faster eta, and/or core mining technology). The main downside is that after tick 400 or so, you lose this advantage because by then everybody has the most important researches done.
Unification gives the largest mining bonus (15%), which is good for people who like to get a big value by faster initiating roids, building constructions and ships. It is one of the more popular types of government thanks to that mining bonus.
Last edited by Gerbie2; 27 Jun 2009 at 19:25.
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