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Right now is a great time to be a plundering maru .. low food prices ftw ... keep a U.Spaz as ur HW .. this way u can make artis while in DP :D

I have always played as Plunder/Agri. In fact, the best and most effective Maru empire I ever had, ran 50/50 Housing/Agriculture Infrastructure. And two Fertiles as Base Cols. =D

I was always a fan of researching 20-30 agri, then getting 2-3 ferts, then putting all other research in housing, that way you make more than enough food to support each plunder, and youll have plenty to sell for extra cash (provided food prices are normal)
then you can devote the rest of your time to fighting and plundering

3 U Fertile & 1 U Spaziel =p And dig alot of gordos =p and you will be all powerful

4 planets so that you can sneak under newbie protection when you are on holidays =p

edlobadboy the only 2 ways to make $$ as a maru that are worth mentioning are plundering (in which case you should only research only housing and attack alot), or making food (in which case you should only research agri and either find a bunch of fertiles, or one spazial and one fertile and gordo the hell out of it).

gorodos LOL how

well food is the other major production nothing else i would say plundering

plunder yes try getting 100 lvls researched if u plan on playing long than start to plunder u get alot of money and than u can stay in newbieprotection and be able to make o\money

food and gordo`s