by alepsycho
charlest wrote:
Are your opponents counter attacking you? Rho Indi is good but it's still very difficult to deal with a war on two fronts, especially if opponents upgrade their Dreadnaughts.
You also don't mention their negatives such as needing additional build points (their ships cost more) and only having 2 colony ships. This is a poor combination which makes you need to invest in build resources which either costs you science or money. Having a low science means you're going to struggle to keep up in the technology game which is a huge disadvantage.
Good point you mentioned, the problem in the counter attacking is that the other races manage to have better ship just later in the game, the rho have a better start ship blueprint, giving advantage in the beginning. So latter in the game the Rho really loses some battles but with enough money they can easily restructure their empire Exchanging Money for other resources, their 2 colony ships are a little problem yes, but if you only prefer to settle money planets you can later manage to exchange money for other resources too.
And I mentioned the fact of their ships being a little bit more expensive than other races, but it is not too much, since small ships continue to be cheaper than the dreadnought.
And when I played with the Rho Syndicate to defend the middle hex I just build 4 Star Bases (they have this tecnology available from start), their incredible inititive boost manage to hold the position further on, when I lost the middle sector, it was too late for the other races, the Rho Syndicate was very strong in other parts.