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Was the expansion order an attempt at a trick, Orfelius?

With retaking mex, it's not actually a priority until you don't have the option to easily expand. Either way you're building mex, but at that point in the game, the territory is also important.

Once all the "gimme" mexes are taken, retaking dead mex becomes a priority.

This is also one of the reasons the raider phase is so distinct: once all the mex are taken killing a mex just means that you've stemmed their income until it's rebuilt. In the raider phase, killing a mex is putting that player a mex behind until the raider phase is over (and all the mex are taken).

Orf you need to get your eco in order dawg. You bring gr8 shame on ur famiry.