Birth of the Federation: Deadlocked

[Imperial Overlord]

Didn't this game have a severe memory leak problem? Never could find a copy unfortunately. Pity, since it's like MOO but Star Trek, IIRC?

Yes, its like MOO but Star Trek.

[Hitch Hiker]

One thing that annoyed me with random events being turned on there was a high chance one of the first things id run into would be an echo poppa from 'arsenal of freedom' and the fact it can destroy a type X in one shot was rather annoying.
i love the federation, but why did you planets always get ubber annoyed if you built a soveringe class, even if you were at war. Romulans were by far the best though, best campaign ever was with them, ended up with an empire covering klingon, cardassian and ferngi space

[LordShaithis]

Didn't this game have a severe memory leak problem?

The memory leak generally isn't an issue until the later turns of a large-map game. Even then, it's only a real problem when you try to view the entire map simultaneously. And with quick fingers you can save and reload your game in less than ten seconds, temporarily clearing up the problem. Slightly annoying, but hardly a deal-breaker.

I played this game once.

A few turns into the game, the Crystal lifeform thing wiped me out.

Uninstall, return to store.

That's a shame. You should have started a new game with the random events turned off. The events ARE fucking stupid, but without them it becomes one of the best and most underappreciated strategy games around.

One thing that annoyed me with random events being turned on there was a high chance one of the first things id run into would be an echo poppa from 'arsenal of freedom' and the fact it can destroy a type X in one shot was rather annoying.

I'm not sure, but I believe that much like the Edo Guardian, the Echo Poppa is not a random event and will sometimes appear even with random events turned off. Not a big deal though, since it never leaves the star system it starts in. Just avoid it until you have enough ships to swat it.

i love the federation, but why did you planets always get ubber annoyed if you built a soveringe class, even if you were at war.

I never noticed or heard of any morale penalty for ship construction. No, my big problem with the Federation was their utter distaste for ground combat. Made it almost impossible to get the conquest victory.

[Trogdor]

i love the federation, but why did you planets always get ubber annoyed if you built a soveringe class, even if you were at war. Romulans were by far the best though, best campaign ever was with them, ended up with an empire covering klingon, cardassian and ferngi space

Agreed. The Federation and Klingon citizens are impossible to keep satisfied. The Feds always want to be at peace and the Klingons always want to be at war, neither of which was really possible. The Romulans took everything in stride, except stuff like losing systems to the enemy, which nobody can be expected to take well.

[Imperial Overlord]

As long as you're at war with someone, your citizens are pretty happy if you're Klingon. It's not too bad. If you're Romulan, you're golden as long as you're winning.

[LordShaithis]

As long as you wait for the enemy to declare war first, don't invade any systems, and make sure to win, you can blow up starships and raid commerce all you want as the Federation. The people like spaceborne victories, they just hate ground-fighting and hate it when you declare war.