New Eden vs Global Trust

[daterxies]

i just played about 4 hours of New Eden, all was fine and then something happened after i started building lab housing and my money just started to sink, so takign it as a learning experiance.

What is the differance between New Eden and Global Trust? (In continueous game) Aside from the obvious that new eden is for eco balance and global trust doesnt care about eco balance, is it just that?

thanks.

[Sleepy Marcus]

Buildings, needed goods also different.
Ultimately, you can use both factions at the same time.
So just pick what you feel comfortable and enjoy the game!

[[SG] Zeeber]

The main difference is the beginning.

The Eco faction is concerned with eco balance, so having a high eco balance will generate more tax revenue from your citizens. They usually also have more "clean energy" and production chains, which help keep eco balance in check.

The tycoons, however, don't care about eco balance so much, so they use "dirty" power production and manufacturing. The benefit is their production is generally more efficient than the ecos, at the cost of eco balance.

And as Hannibal said above, later on in a game it wont' matter because you get access to all 3 factions. So it really depends on how you like to start. I personally like the New Eden faction more than Global Trust, but your mileage may vary.

[DaWarMachine]

Aside from Eco balance, they differ in production efficiency and space effectiveness (Eco uses more space and is less efficient; Tycoon uses less space and is more efficient), but at the cost of environmental pollution. In the end, though, you'll probably end up mixing the two factions (using ozone generators to enhance ecobalance on Tycoon islands and efficient production of energy on Eco islands). Hybridness is really awesome :).

[daterxies]

can you eventually do a "hybrid" of both in a continueous game or is that just the campaign?

Thanks !

[Sleepy Marcus]

Continueous game can use both factions, if you have enough land to develope them. :P

[Syndicake ☠]

The main difference is that the global trust is extremely dependent on coal until they get nuclear power plants.

At which point they become extremely dependent on uranium.