Couple of quick questions about planet quality

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As this is my first post, let me just say thanks to Frogboy and the rest of the team who put GalCiv together.

I have been having great fun so far, and in my second game, against normal opponents on a medium map, I was very pleasantly surprised at the impressive play by the enemy AI. It was a brilliant game and it came down to me and the Arceans splitting the map 50/50 until a big showdown at the end! Excellent!

My question is this:

What exactly does planet quality affect?

It seems to make quite a difference if I can get my hands on a 20+ quality planet, but im still not sure of the specifics. Does it affect growth rate, max population, and industry production? If so is there a rough way of working out how much?

As an offshoot of this, im trying to work out how soon I should do improvements like soil enrichment etc on my planet. If terraforming like this has an effect on the different things stated above, im wondering if it should be the first thing I build.

Anyway thanks for any replies, and congrats on making such a playable and enjoyable game!
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Reply #1 from Stardock Forums Top
Planet quality is very important.

Max population is greatly increased (more than a linear increase) with higher class planets. This in turn leads to higher taxes and lower moral (leading to higher growth rate and allowing higher tax rate).

Production starts being reduced at 4 times the planet quality, so higher quality planets get higher production capabilities.

I always put soil enrichment and habitat development first on my build list. When I research terraforming it gets put high up as well.

Paul.

~SDC~
Reply #2 from Stardock Forums Top
Thanks for the reply.

I had underestimated the importance of planet quality in my first couple of games, but from now on I will make sure soil enrichment etc are right at the top of my build queues! ;)
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