posted 05-02-99 08:12 AM ET        

Two good exemples of this is The Human Genome Project and The Empath Guild.

The HPG is only moderatly useful on lower levels where drones aren't much of a problem, while I find that it can make a huge difference on trancend level, where drones can be a major pain.

The Empath Guild is nearly the opposite. On lower levels, if you play on a large map, and don't quickly come into contact with the other factions, getting into contact with everyone, and beeing able to trade techs with them, can get you ahead tech-wise fast. On higher levels, where AI-players are more agressive and less prone to trade the value of the EG is correspondingly lower.

Do you agree? What other game settings do you feel change the value of SP's?