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Reply to Is it worth it? (Ship-building debate) in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

Interesting tip on the starbase. Thx. I don't know why you can't fleet ships with a starbase.

Reply to Runaway expansion in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

You don't have to go ultra-expansionist. A smaller, compacter, developed empire can begin attacking before a large, diffuse, undeveloped one can. Roll the dice...

Reply to Help please in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

I find the computer slow at colonising. You have to continually optimise your ship designs. After Xeno Labs, you should sit on the engineer tree till you get impulse drive. Redesign your colony ships with each improvement - they'll be either cheaper or faster. Don't be afraid to upgrade your ships in mid-flight either.

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

I'm torn. I loved playing master of Magic. I even kinda enjoyed fuxx0ring with my autoexec.bat to free up 613Kb to get 'er to run. And I was just about to say that if you could do a fantasty RPG with GalCiv2-class AI, I'd LOVE it. I literally typed that. Then I deleted it. I've said and you've said: with a 4x game the AI is the game. I don't want GalCiv2 with different pictures. Spend the resources on a GC expansion pack instead - I'll get that, and happil

Reply to Id Pay For Multiplayer in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

I wouldn't say that it's unwanted, just that its not a high priority.

Reply to MAKING MINOR CIV'S MORE POWERFUL in Modding GalCiv2 Forums

Or a transport...

Reply to Greetings and well met! in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

V1mTip™: Do not ask about (1) Multiplayer (2) Carriers (3) REALLY don't ask about multiplyer (4) Tactical combat Apart from that you'll be fine ;o)

Reply to How can i see which planets i can colonize? in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

Class 0 planets are shown by a thin white circle filled with black; the thicker the white, the better the planet is. The really good planets are almost solid white. Also, if you click on the star, you'll get info on how many inhabitable planets it has and how many are already colonised (and by whom)

Reply to Noteable or Funny Quotes in Off-Topic GalCiv2 Forums

"The problem with trying to make things idiot-proof is that they keep making better idiots"

Reply to To all the features we lost before... in GalCiv Journals GalCiv2 Forums

Re Asteroids: Have you read Swarm by Bruce Sterling? It's one of the short stories from his Shaper/Mech setting; you can read them all in Schizmatrix Plus - highly recommended!

Reply to Is it worth it? (Ship-building debate) in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

Isn't it better to have a fleet of fast, powerful ships protect a whole sector than have just one ship protect each planet in the sector?

Reply to Who to focus development on? in GalCiv Journals GalCiv2 Forums

That's a very interesting journal. It's good to be brought to see another point of view. Now obviously I have expressed my opinion on AI, so you don't need me to do it again. I'll just confine myself to saying that casual players won't be turned into fans unless they really care about playing the game, and good (and continually improving) AI is surely a major factor in that, at least as much as "candy" is. Don't forget that "5%" (and I bet it's more than 5%) are also the ones that pre

Reply to A little help please in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

You'll be at a serious disadvantage if you restrict yourself to the core ship designs. You don't have to spend hours getting each design to look just so (God knows, I don't), and really, it only takes a few seconds to knock up a new design. I obselete core designs as soon as they appear, including the initial scout / colony / constructor. You can make better ones from the get go, especially if you have racial miniaturisation ability. Thalans 4 lief!

Reply to STICKY: SHOW OFF your cool ship designs in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

The OP's PC would greatly benefit from an AGP 6600GT. Check eBay...

Reply to Easy on the Eyes in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

How about a background that makes it look as if it's in a giant orbiting contruction yard like in star trek

Reply to AI Factions Stagnating in Mid-Game in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

I only play gigantic, and I very frequently come across very underdeveloped planets.

Reply to Don't expect the AI to get any better. in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

That's why I suggested changing the *weighting* Before: Humans attack Snaathi, Drengin don't care Now: Humans attack Snaathi, Lord Kona is infuriated because he was at Tyrant School with their leader. Humans are ordered to make peace or ELSE!

Reply to Graphic Card in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

It ran OK - not brilliant - on my Dx8.1 GF4400Ti

Reply to Multiplayer! in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

Yes, but in that case you're asking Stardock to flip off the requests of many actual existing paying customers in order to satisfy the requests of possible perhaps maybe customers and a few who actually are. Look, I'd quite like to have say a simple hotseat MP option - I quite often play the game when I go round to my brothers - we consult & confer, but it might be interesting to play against rather than with him (he's more aggressive, I'm better at development). But not at the

Reply to Don't expect the AI to get any better. in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

Re: Unpredictable AI That's a GREAT idea! That would go a long way to solving the problem of being able to "game" the algorithms. Simply by assigning a small chance of the AI placing much more weight to an event than it normally would, you can really indiviualise each game and prevent that predictability that eventually kills the game.

Reply to Summer of Galactic Civilizations II in GalCiv II News GalCiv2 Forums

Damb, that was fast!

Reply to Don't expect the AI to get any better. in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

OK, fair enough. BTW, carried on playing my first 1.2 game. I was somewhat surprised to find that the Torians actually had better weapon tech than me. Luckily, they went for beam, same as the Arceans I was preparing to crush. "Small" hulls with 22 moves, Mass Driver 86, Shield 50 should give those greenies a shock ;o)

Reply to So - what exactly is the way you're supposed to approach this game? in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

It's amazing how much that big pile of "too much" money disappears when you have to upgrade a couple of dozen ships ;o)

Reply to So - what exactly is the way you're supposed to approach this game? in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

Usually the first thing I do is buy a reseach building and design & start building a new colony ship; set research 50% military 50% and start researching Xeno Lab.

Reply to Don't expect the AI to get any better. in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

Kosty, I resent that. I haven't submitted any metaverse games because the metaverse doesn't interest me. I don't see why that disqualifies me from commenting on the AI. I like to play the game on equal terms. If I wanted to play against a cheating game which gives the AI an unfair headstart, I'd play Civ3.... and be bored again.