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Just got this game and really enjoying it so far. One question I have is, are there any additional benefits to having all the planets and cultures connected? Or is it ok to just having a lot of different culture "islands". Should I bother trying to connect everything?
I think you are speaking of influence. Influence (that is also generated by Culture starbases) can be used or has effects in several ways:
- Asteroid mines can only be mined when in your influenced area.
- You can flip enemy planets to your empire when your influence on them is bigger than that of the original owner. For that you must have very influential own planets nearby or build a couple of culture starbases.
- You get notified if foreign ships enter your influenced area.
- There are certain effects (from ideology when I remember correctly) that give you bonuses in your area of influence.
Did I miss something?
Anyway, apart from that there is no benefit as such from connecting your influence areas.
There was talk of tying Tourism income to influence. Dont know if that has been done yet. Would be a good addition.
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