This game is more addictive than civilization, I swear!
i keep trying with different approaches, but I think i missed the part of the tutorial where it tells you how to get more political points because I always just get kicked out.
You get points for having a net increase in contentedness, for achieving environmental milestones (net lowering of emissions, temp, extinction), and from completing projects or research.
In that first cycle (which is only 3 years long) focus on moving away from coal energy and mining. And be sure to pick some cheap policies which get you in a direction you want to go. I love eco-feminism. It costs 5, and next cycle for another 10 you can pick "women scientists" which give you 10 science (worth 30 capital) you can invest to accelerate technologies.
Speaking of, don't accelerate research or projects in the first cycle, you won't be able to complete them however much you sink into them. Better start more things at once and then speed up things 6-7 years away so they complete in the next five.
I also don't bother with free-range shit. Keep the industrial farms, until you get lab meat (you can get it end of 2nd cycle if you time it right) and focus on vegetarian then vegan mandate. The marine preservation policy tree gets you pretty good decreases in meat demand, as well as good environmental stuff.
help! i keep getting merked by reactionaries! :angery:
Gotta keep contentedness high, basically do all the propaganda policies. They have no downsides and just unlock new research options while also boosting contentedness. The ecofeminist one gives you free research points and a "de tox masculinity" option that immediately reduces fuel and meat consumption by 10% each.
Early on, try and lose points as quickly as possible to get the hero bonus. You can also immediately decarbonize everything and put all production into biofuels and blue hydrogen followed by green hydrogen and back it up with nuclear and renewables. Avoid SRM btw, it basically immediately neutralizes warming, but it turns the sky permanently grey and makes everyone depressed as well as ruins any power generation from solar.
Ah, finally. Me and the enviromentalists have saved the world. But the game does this weird thing where its bugged out with BECC or something giving me negative emissions.
negative emissions are intended if you have carbon sequestration happening, I think. but it might be related to the bug I got with extinction pressure - for some reason the "ban outdoor cats" policy caused my extinction pressure to become NaN, which prevented me from winning the game even though it should have been zero.
Early on, try and lose points as quickly as possible to get the hero bonus.
Quick point on that, there actually isn't much point in accelerating projects and research beyond what's needed to complete by the end of the cycle. It costs too much political capital and you won't be getting much out of them until the next planning session. Better to start several technologies and accelerate the ones which are 6-7 years away towards completing next turn.
The first cycle is only 3 years long so you can't expect to complete research or infrastructure, so no capital gains from there. You still need to start them, though. I like to focus on anything that helps me move away from meat - industrial farming is brutal on your emissions, not to mention the poor animals. Best to pick out a few policies (Eco-feminist is really good!) for some easy gains in that first cycle.
Also, first thing you should do is remove all coal and petroleum energy generation and diversify into nuclear and renewables. That immediate drop in emissions and biodiversity pressure will make sure you're in the green.
i'm going out it so hyper perfectionist. i've restarted 10 games and haven't gotten anywhere yet. there are so many variables and stats it's a surprisingly deep game and i'm figuring out how everything effects everything else.
I'm usually the same with games. I blame my cousin for teaching me to save-scum in Civilization (1!) when I was a kid.
i must have done the same sometimes because i have no memories of a civ game (1 through 4) ever going upside down for me. in a way my go-to excuse now is "i have so little time these days and i want the experience of playing without the time consuming challenge.
