Megacorporation OPM plausible?

[captainradish]

I highly enjoy playing very tall empires and it seems like the functionality introduced in Megacorp should work well for my preferred playstyle of a peaceful, small, powerful empire. Does anyone else have experience with a small megacorp civilization? Does it work well for someone who doesn't really want to expand? Does it reward a "tall" playstyle?

EDIT: I suppose I should be asking, rather, how WELL it supports a "tall" playstyle. I don't like expanding very far and typically my territory is far outstripped by the AI (usually at least double if not more).

 

[Derp]

a true OPM? doubtful, aside from some odd cheese strats i've seen

however i do believe it's possible to be fairly powerful while staying under the admin cap

 

[WhiteKyubey]

I highly enjoy playing very tall empires and it seems like the functionality introduced in Megacorp should work well for my preferred playstyle of a peaceful, small, powerful empire. Does anyone else have experience with a small megacorp civilization? Does it work well for someone who doesn't really want to expand? Does it reward a "tall" playstyle?

EDIT: I suppose I should be asking, rather, how WELL it supports a "tall" playstyle. I don't like expanding very far and typically my territory is far outstripped by the AI (usually at least double if not more).

If you got around 8 planets it's totally enough to get all science and unity around 2300-2350, and prepare enough ships to fight FE and crisises. If you want to stay small and get as much power as possible to yourself alone - go to wars with Make Subsidiary, build offices everywhere and make everyone pay you. If you want others not that pathetic - try federation instead.