The problem is I find the opening of the game enormously slow with very little to do. Techs roll in, I've colonised a few planets, met the other races, traded a bit. But things take weeks to build and to research, my ships are automated, and so my question is really - should I just be happy clicking through a lot of end turn buttons? Is that the early game experience?
I've just been playing TA on small as Terrans with 3 foes on the lowest setting, as a sandbox starter to get to learn the way it works. Ok, I am fairly new to the game so if I am all wrong with my strategy here please be gentle!
It seems like there's not much to do in the opening. I have read around and taken advice to avoid developing planets too early since they are a slow growth and heavy cost. That leaves me with low taxes (for pop growth) and low income, my pop seems to be growing ok, I am shuttling colonists to my planets from earth to get planets started up to a few billion where they begin to break even. But the shuttling is almost the only active part I seem to be playing in the game. And tech wise I am bewildered - so many directions seem essential. People seem to advise going down diplomacy tree early - but how far down? Basic planet improvements seem to cry out to be researched, as do some of the speed improvements (oh, my, the ships start out slow...)
I have read TA101, and similar posts as far as I can, but I'm just wondering if I am missing something basic or if I should just get to clicking "End Turn" a lot more than I expected. Any advice gladly received.
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