The Art Of Maintening Peace And Balance?

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Ok fourth game everything seems fine im 1st in population 2nd in millitary might tough i just keeping massing Scouts (no maintenance) Defenders and some Battle Cruisers 3rd in Cultural Power and 1st in Trade Influence. Ok im just trying to maintain peace right now and achieve Cultural Victory by massing a ton of star base at the end of the game but the Monkeys (cant remember their name) are gaining more and more power they killed 1 major race and 3 minor and have 49% of the InterGalactic's Vote Power im just wondering what i could do to win my very first game without using millitary power (im kind of sick of killing people and the other civs admire me for my peacefull deeds, except sometime i beg them money to build cultural buildings).
I am also planning to colonize 4 other stars systems and colonizing 10 other planets right now and maybe culturally invade 2 of em.
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Reply #1 from Stardock Forums Top
Just build starbases with all culture modules in every sector with your planet in it. And more than one starbase with all culture modules in sectors with one of your planets and an enemy planet in the next secotr. That should help in taking planets quickly. Also play on smaller maps with stupider AI's and rare planets. That is a good map to start with to learn the basics of the game.
Reply #2 from Stardock Forums Top
Well im slow and i dont know if its worth massin now because in my last game i couldnt maintain peace and i got all my starbase destroyed. Does the Ai ever attack you if your military rank is in the average and you dont have any alliance with anyone?
Galactic Civilizations IV
Reply #3 from Stardock Forums Top
yes it will attack u if ur military rating is the avg lol, u need to be higher than they are to really scare them off

no alliance is even better for them, they will walk all over u and not have to worry about anyone else coming in right away

i also suggest simply building up those SBs right now, if u wait long enough a war will happen, make sure to trade with others and keep building some military ships allong with those constructors
Reply #4 from Stardock Forums Top
bah i have 49% of trade in the galaxy is they happen to ever attack me whats going to happen??? btw the monkeys are doing war against everyone except me so an alliance would make me go to war.
Reply #5 from Stardock Forums Top
They're far less likely to attack you, and if anyone does, your trading partners will probably help you out to protect their investment. :)

~SDC~
Reply #6 from Stardock Forums Top
bah a stoopid event made me declare war against the Dregins, i was trying to take over one of their planet but i realized they had 200% more hp on their ship, WTF? im 2nd in millitary 2 nd in pop 1st in cultural so i am gonna try to get the most money i can and win it culturally
Reply #7 from Stardock Forums Top
what event?
the one with the diplomatic incident? should have done a little espionage on them ;)
Reply #8 from Stardock Forums Top
I never have random events force me into war with anyone. Brad's examples of play taught me the value of "spy early, spy often." :D

~SDC~
Reply #9 from Stardock Forums Top
no that thing concerning your most powrfull corporation, you know then some crazy workers kill the monkey leader with a shovel then they get mad and throws banana space tornado at us
Reply #10 from Stardock Forums Top
Random events can still make you go to wa when you are at high intelligence levels, is there no chance of them at all when you have advanced?
Reply #11 from Stardock Forums Top
I do not know. The only random events I know of that force war tend to say "if only we'd spied on them more..."

~SDC~