are fun and effective.
I'll start with Adaptation. BD get it, with the wonderful planets get an extra building slot perk. This tradition tree is excellent and you don't have to be a pacifist or gestalt to get it. The big downside here is no making or joining federations. I know we are all horribly put off by that loss...
So what about the Despoilation war? Its end reward is 500 energy and 500 minerals. Or at least it was when I beat up an empire almost immediately after getting the alloys to make my first 20 size fleet. However the end reward isn't where the value is. While at war you get the resource output of all systems you have occupied. I set out to beat up my neighbor as soon as possible. I was at war as soon as I had the alloys to field a full 20 size fleet, had picked up blue lasers, kinetic 2 and armor 2 before starting. During this war I was sitting on over 20 income of energy and minerals from their systems with some scattered science. Without paying the upkeep or admin for them. I sat on them for long enough to steal 7 pops from one of their planets before they surrendered.
So far I rate Barbaric Despoilers 10/10. Will steal your stuff again in 10 years or after I'm done beating up our other neighbor.
I'll start with Adaptation. BD get it, with the wonderful planets get an extra building slot perk. This tradition tree is excellent and you don't have to be a pacifist or gestalt to get it. The big downside here is no making or joining federations. I know we are all horribly put off by that loss...
So what about the Despoilation war? Its end reward is 500 energy and 500 minerals. Or at least it was when I beat up an empire almost immediately after getting the alloys to make my first 20 size fleet. However the end reward isn't where the value is. While at war you get the resource output of all systems you have occupied. I set out to beat up my neighbor as soon as possible. I was at war as soon as I had the alloys to field a full 20 size fleet, had picked up blue lasers, kinetic 2 and armor 2 before starting. During this war I was sitting on over 20 income of energy and minerals from their systems with some scattered science. Without paying the upkeep or admin for them. I sat on them for long enough to steal 7 pops from one of their planets before they surrendered.
So far I rate Barbaric Despoilers 10/10. Will steal your stuff again in 10 years or after I'm done beating up our other neighbor.
