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[Demonic Spoon]

Oh man zarth?! You're here at bay12 as well? Awesomeness!

Also, the wiki since I didn't see any links to it in the thread.

[Sartain]

The game is pretty fun, but parts of the community that will remain unnamed are some real drama queens.
I had forgotten how grossly inflated egos and how huge senses of entitlement some roleplayers online have

[Zangi]

The game is pretty fun, but parts of the community that will remain unnamed are some real drama queens.
I had forgotten how grossly inflated egos and how huge senses of entitlement some roleplayers online have

Treat them as political landmines, both OOC and IC.  Limit interaction with them in OOC, while still talking to the rest.  Blow them upCripple their means of military retaliation when given the chance IC.

[LordZarth]

Oh man zarth?! You're here at bay12 as well? Awesomeness!

Also, the wiki since I didn't see any links to it in the thread.

Pretty much only on this thread.

[MrWiggles]

Awesome sauce, I just a 25k finical subsidiary.

With this awesome amount in the bank, I've decided to fund research and get some covert opts agents training passively as counter espionage agents. With the Elite education that I am providing one of the younglings, that 3k down the hole.

It'll still leave me with plenty as I get the various Trade Hubs I need get up. I might invest in a Public Work, as soon as my trade profits are doing okay.

[Demonic Spoon]

I'd advise against public works early on as they don't give you much benefit. Influence only decreases costs to a maximum of 10% IIRC and you need a lot of influence for even that. Spend the money on technology instead, if you fall behind the tech average you start losing a lots of profits, if you however manage to get ahead of the tech average your profits will rise quite nicely. Educating your dynasty members is important as good retainers are expensive. Luck.

[LordZarth]

I'd advise against public works early on as they don't give you much benefit. Influence only decreases costs to a maximum of 10% IIRC and you need a lot of influence for even that. Spend the money on technology instead, if you fall behind the tech average you start losing a lots of profits, if you however manage to get ahead of the tech average your profits will rise quite nicely. Educating your dynasty members is important as good retainers are expensive. Luck.

I'll echo Xanatos. Don't build Public Works, period, when you're expanding. Sure, influence is a good thing, but you should spend your hard-earned cash on economic facilities, which will give you influence /and/ make you more money.

Technology is also quite important, as Xanatos said. If you're in Baade, Capricorn, or Eridanus, even with the highest research budget you'll be falling way behind without the Technology sphere, I think. If you're in the sphere, then Research Facilities can fix that and bring you above the average, even, but those don't make money. If you want to pursue that path I'd advise asking around in those galaxies for words of advice about minimizing the cost of a large research program. For any new player, especially if you're not running the sphere, technology concessions from houses who do have said Research Facilities will be invaluable.

Draco and Gemini have out-of-character rules regarding technology. Building Research Facilities in those galaxies is absolutely prohibited, as many feel that's a broken aspect of the game. So the only way to increase your tech in either is with your research budget. This means houses operating in the sphere will be able to have higher budgets and increase their tech above the average, and those without will not. On the other hand, because of the Research Facility ban the tech gaps are still very small, and the penalties for someone who's behind (and the bonuses if one's ahead) are much smaller than in the other galaxies. Still, it's imperative to always have one's research budget as high as it possibly goes.

[Sartain]

Is it possible to steal tech, through covert ops for example, or is it only through buildings and concessions?

[MrWiggles]

I had a goal of becoming the most influential house on my home planet, but seems to be nay impossible. The public works idea, was in relation to the that, along with seeing about planetary governorship. I dont want my second sphere to be a cash sink.

The tech average for Baade is 30.4, and I'm at 30.3. Though I don't know how much of a gap this is. But I dont think its to far behind.

[x2yzh9]

What should I choose my sphere as, as a new player?

[LordZarth]

Sartain: Yes, I didn't think to mention that. One can steal tech using covert ops, if the target has a higher score, although that's not an easy way of gaining any reliable sum of technology even with experienced agents. Also, destroying someone's headquarters, or destroying their Research Facilities, again if they have a higher tech score, will net you some technological gain. With the latter, one can also perhaps arrange with another house to build Research Facilities for the express purpose of destruction for the tech gain. However, whereas most Technology sphere houses are happy to grant Research Concessions to new houses regularly, as I gather, a "Tech Transfer" -- the above method -- is not a habitual occurrence.

MrWiggles: That's a minuscule gap, because new houses start at the average. It's a testament to how easy it is to fall behind, especially in B, C, or E, if you're not very careful, though, that you're already behind by .1.

[MrWiggles]

What should I choose my sphere as, as a new player?

The wiki and new player tips suggest Agriculture, unless your home world is airless. I think Geology is the second suggested choice.

I went with Mercantile.

You should probably stay away from the money sink spheres.

[LordZarth]

What should I choose my sphere as, as a new player?

Depends, although general advice is widely available. Here has some advice: http://inwiki.wikispot.org/Newbie_Guide

If you're currently engaged in making a house, though, perhaps I can get you more specific advice. What galaxy and planet are you slated to pop up on?

[Sartain]

What should I choose my sphere as, as a new player?

If you're in Gemini, you should probably avoid Psionics. Both because the market seems pretty saturated and because I'm doing it and plan on working to keep my market as free of competition as I can without getting into trouble   

[mainiac]

Back when I took the game for a spin when this thread first started, I was in Draco galaxy and the tech system was seriously FUBAR.  There was this elaborate system regulating technologies and subsidizing new players and whatnot.  When I resigned from the game I commented that the goal of their system was apparently to allow everybody to be above average in tech.