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Reply to New diplo time-out periods and "I'm scared of them" messages from AIs in Dark Avatar GalCiv2 Forums

If a civilization trades with other civilization (being yours or the AI), that civilization cannot trade or talk with the second one for some time. That time seems to be reduced if the civilization has the Super Diplomat ability. At least it's marked in the window message when i try to talk with them again after trading and closing (or changing to other civ screen) the window. Meanwhile, that civilization can still talk with the other civilizations. About the first point... I suppose th

Reply to Sins of a Solar Empire... in GalCiv II News GalCiv2 Forums

I lost interest in RTS games long time ago but this one seems quite interesting.

Reply to Galactic Civilizations II: Dark Avatar schedule announced in GalCiv II News GalCiv2 Forums

(Un)fortunately for me, i have been (and will be for a time) too busy to play, so i don't mind the delay. Specially when i read the wonderful reasons for it. I don't like that the beta starts in november as i'll be busy trying to pass my exams... but i'll jump into it asap. I like the planned features that we know so far (all of them) and eager to know what else Stardock is keeping secret. Wo

Reply to Dark Avatar Update in GalCiv Journals GalCiv2 Forums

If i hadn't preordered Dark Avatar weeks ago, i would preorder it now without hesitation. The logo thing is very nice (in GalCiv III we will get also to put the name of the ship, right?) and the Epic Generator looks very promising. About spies, it's not a part that interests me most but i'm not the on

Reply to Galactic Guide Book usage in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

No. (i dont find any real reason to build it)

Reply to The Zrim???!!!! in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

I think the Zrim are meant to be silicon based lifeforms. The Yor will be happy then, always complaining about carbon based lifeforms...

Reply to Dark Avatar: Which features do you want the most? in GalCiv II News GalCiv2 Forums

That poll lacks some more options... like "I don't know which one is more interesting." or "Others". I cannot choose just now because it's too soon to be sure of what can be really more interesting for me as player. -Special world environments: that's very nice and a great addition. -Asteroid fields that can be mined, armed: not sure, i have read about it and seen a screenshot but... doesn't seem of the most interesting things to me (yet). -New ship parts, hulls, better graphics

Reply to Hate the activation process in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

Sorry I also meant to add that yes I would prefer having a legit copy in the dvd drive and using that to verify that I AM NOT A THIEF Some people will find any reason to complain... First, to enter your CD serial isn't as bad as CD check copy protection or anything similaar. And you only have to type it whenever you update the game (latest pa

Reply to The Zrim???!!!! in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

Er... you don't even know the Zrim (sounds like some kind of drink to me...), maybe they are cool. I suppose that Stardock will get rid of two civilizations because it would be a problem to have more civilizations than we have now... and to eliminate two civilizations that either don't work so well or that are not unique enough (aka there is already another civilization that plays similar). Also, it's part

Reply to What weapons do you use? in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

I'll use anyone i consider good in each game. Most of the time is between Beam and Missile but in my last game i went for Mass Drivers just because. I usually research an early weapon theory (Laser usually) just to build some basic defense. Then wait to see what others start using and/or research in their attack&defense, and from that information start research what i need. I use huge ships a lot to end the games. Nothing like big ships that give me lots of space for lots of engines (th

Reply to The dead Altarians in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

I would say that the civilizations likely to be destroyed as Great Civilization and be left as a Minor Civilization (for GalCivIII) are the Torians and a non-Terran-nor-Altarian-nor-Yor-nor-Drengin civilization. Altarians get a new leader because surely Netro Mancer had "an accident" during Dread Lords. Terrans should be getting a new leader too.

Reply to Ship Naming Strategy: What do you do? in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

Whoa! You all are complicated. I call them depeding of what i can imagine in that moment (although i have some favourites): -Tigran... Colonizer (when i need a moddified version of the basic one), Defender, Tigereye (big scout ship with looooong sensor range and very fast), Constructor (when i need to bother about faster constructors), Hunter, Fang, Stinger, Deathbringer, Lightsaber, Supertrooper (in

Reply to Can you make your own gameplay example? in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

Haha, I was thinking to do that with my last Metaverse game because it really deserves it (even if my scores in general aren't very good). It would be nice to read some gameplay examples even if they don't add anything new to my playing strategy (doubtful).

Goverments & Political Parties in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

I have only had the game for a few time, so i still fall in the newbie zone. But as anyone here i'm entitled to an opinion and this time i would like to express the one related to Goverments & Political Parties . This game is very good and i know that i'll be playing it for years (even without Dark Avatar... but i preordered it becuase it seems gold!). But there are a few things that i don't like and/or cannot understand. I know about all the problem of a complex game versus a sim

Reply to potential problem with new planet system in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

I don't know what's the problem with the AI having planets in your systems. I usually left many planets (the worst ones, mind you) for the AIs and let my superior influence do the rest. That being said, i don't dislike the idea of the first post. But i suppose that it's a matter of simplicity (streamlining?) versus complexity. In the end, Stardock 's decission. In any case, what i wonder

Reply to Minimap bug - Cultural border in Bug Reports GalCiv2 Forums

Err... Try using the middle button over the minimap? (if your mouse has one) It "fixes" enemy ghost ships, cultural areas cut in half...

Reply to The Dread Lords, the Arnor, the humans and the Altarians in GalCiv Journals GalCiv2 Forums

Very nice. When do we get the movie(s)?

Reply to Free techs? in Bug Reports GalCiv2 Forums

Interesting. Thank you.

Free techs? in Bug Reports GalCiv2 Forums

I'm not sure if it's a bug of some kind of feature of which i'm not aware of. I bought the game past week (got bored of waiting for store retail in Spain... lazy Friendware) and i'm still with my first games. Yesterday i decided to try the Metaverse and created a game in a large galaxy, with five opponents set in Normal (manually), all the default options and me playing a custom civilization. During all the first part of the game i ignored all the weapon and defense branche

Reply to So what game do you want Stardock to work on next? in GalCiv II News GalCiv2 Forums

So we will be getting a Fantastic Civilizations , huh? Appart from Society, a good RPG would be most welcomed. But a real RPG and not a FPS in disguise...

Reply to Other than more GalCiv games, what kind of game would you like to see Stardock make next? in Off-Topic GalCiv2 Forums

I got Aveyond from TotalGaming and I love it. Something like that but revamped the way only Stardockians can lol. I saw that game there but being made (apparently) with RPGMaker XP , it made me to hesitate... Maybe i'll try it in the future. I voted for a turn based fantasy game. I haven't found any as good as Master of Magic yet (no