starhunter83

starhunter83

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Reply to Galactic Civilization III v2.61 Patch (Released 11/09) in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

Alright, Brad, I've had it. I wanted to keep a low profile on here but I can't take it anymore. I work for a major gaming website, in fact the largest in terms of organic traffic. Because I love 4x games so much and because I know the potential this game had, I actually spent my entire work day today, the ENTIRE day, testing out 2.61. I have confirmed, beyond a doubt, that the AI races build zero farms. You are the one who is mistaken, you are obviously using a build that is dif

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Reply to Galactic Civilization III v2.61 Patch (Released 11/09) in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

Frogboy: First of all, it's not much to ask one or two employees to release balance patches at regular intervals. Many other developers do this. Second, certain problems break the game, such as the AI being unable to build farms. These are major bugs that must be fixed otherwise you are ripping off your customers. Instead of blaming your customers for mixed reviews, maybe ask yourself why the reviews are mixed. GC3 is just not on the same level as GC2, or Civ 5 or Civ 4. A

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Reply to Galactic Civilization III v2.61 Patch (Released 11/09) in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

I just opted in to the 2.61 patch and noticed the AI finally building cities and farms. I've never seen the AI build a farm or city previous to 2.61. I didn't bother playing out a full game but rather colonized 4 planets and set them all to auto govern. The governor built farms and the megalopolis. I tested this before, many times, and the governor never built any farms or cities, so something has apparently changed.

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Reply to Galactic Civilization III v2.61 Patch (Released 11/09) in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

Okay I played about 25 games of 2.6 and never saw even one AI farm. If the AI can't build farms/cities, the game is broken. You say you haven't changed the AI's farm building behaviour in 2.61 so I'm very doubtful this problem has been fixed, but I'll opt in and try out a game and see what the AI does, then report back. I'll post savegame files, too, if need be.

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Reply to City in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

Honestly I don't know how y'all are still playing this game since the AI is incapable of building cities. The game is boring when you have 10x the production and research of the AI because it is unable to grow its population. Edit - I just verified in 2.61 the AI is capable of building farms and cities.

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Reply to Purpose of military starbases in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

I'm not talking about carriers. I'm talking about fighters, at the beginning of the game. When you play on high difficulty, the AI attacks you around turn 50. You need a fleet by then. I don't mean you can start building a fleet on turn 50, I mean you need a fleet already built and ready to fight and a msb or two on your border, or you die.

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Reply to Purpose of military starbases in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

Well, there you have it, that is exactly it. You won't win a game at 'incredible' or even 'genius' level without using a MSB. Anyway, game is broken right now as the AI can't use farms/cities. Seriously, you want to beat the game on the highest difficulty? All you need to do is build msb's for defence, then sit there and build cities to grow your population. Then win because your economy will be 5x the size of everyone else's combined. You could have 2 planets and easily beat a

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Reply to GalCiv III: Beyond version 2.6 in GalCiv III Dev Journals GalCiv3 Forums

Feeling pretty ripped off right now tbh. I paid a lot of money for this broken game. Gave it a thumbs up, too. Of course, that review can be changed... Also, if the devs answer is just "hey, we fixed the problem in our new expansion, pay $49.99 for it and you'll see". That's not good enough. I need to see the game I paid 80 bucks for fixed before I'm spending any more money. GC2 was a fantastic game, which is why I had a lot of trust in this developer. That trust isn't end

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Reply to GalCiv III: Beyond version 2.6 in GalCiv III Dev Journals GalCiv3 Forums

Well the game is just not playable right now if the AI will never build a farm. I know it sounds harsh, and I know they put a lot of work into this game and I appreciate that, but this is not just a small oversight, it's massive. I guess there are a lot of people who don't mind playing "sim city in space", they don't mind playing a game they are guaranteed to win, where there is no challenge at all, but I'm not one of those people. As it stands right now the AI is just unable to play and pres

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Reply to GalCiv III: Beyond version 2.6 in GalCiv III Dev Journals GalCiv3 Forums

I remember the AI in GC2 would grow its population. But then, now growing one's population is a 2 step process for most civs, one needs farms AND cities. I bet this is much more difficult for the AI to handle. I myself made the mistake of building too many factories and labs because I would unlock those buildings long before cities and wanted to avoid having empty tiles. I have since taught myself how to play well in the current version. I beeline the tech that un

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Reply to GalCiv III: Beyond version 2.6 in GalCiv III Dev Journals GalCiv3 Forums

Currently the AI is broken, it cannot play the game. In the current version (2.6), population is everything. Whoever has the highest population wins the game. Cities and morale buildings are all you need to win. The fact that this is out of balance is a problem on its own, but it's not the worst problem. If the AI understood the way the economy works, one could still have a good game. Currently, however, the AI ignores population growth. I am now playing the game o

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Reply to Purpose of military starbases in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

Dunno what difficulty you guys are playing where you can win a peaceful game without military bases. Or any game for that matter. In games where I'm the warmonger, I usually build very few of them, and primarily to speed my ships up. In games where I'm building and defending, however, military star bases are the difference between winning and losing. Military bases allow you to fight off 2 civs at the same time, and still build up your economy. They

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Reply to GalCiv III: Beyond version 2.6 in GalCiv III Dev Journals GalCiv3 Forums

[quote who="Frogboy" reply="232" id="3693457"] Most of the expansion pack stuff will have things I think should have been part of the game from day 1. With GalCiv III v2.5, we tried to brings a lot of Crusade stuff back to the base game and we got absolutely hammered by the Steam reviewers. So I'm not sure how best to handle things with the next expansion because there are certain elements I really think should be part of GalCiv III v3.0 as a free update. &nbs

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Reply to Ludicrous Homeworld Positions in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

Yes, as it stands right now, starting positions are out of whack. I've had games where I claim 15-20 planets without even trying all that hard (on a large map), where no one is near me. Then I've had games where I don't even have anywhere to send my 3rd colony ship because I'm surrounded by other civs and there are no planets left to claim.

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Reply to Purpose of military starbases in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

Military starbases are your key to defender advantage. In Civilization, the defender gets faster healing on their territory, their cities can bombard enemy armies, etc, the defender has an advantage. In Galactic Civ you need a military starbase to achieve this. It's a "home turf" advantage. Early on in the game they boost the effectiveness of your ships by an ENORMOUS amount. This will become less significant with time unless you upgrade your bases. If you're playing a turtle st

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Reply to Galactic Civilizations III v2.6 (Released 10/12) in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

I started off at Genius and have gotten the hang of it, so I upped the difficult to Incredible and that's where the trouble started. Now I've tested about a dozen games at both levels. At Genius, I see the AI has ships that get about 5-6 movement right at the beginning of the game, which should be impossible, but isn't too far ahead of what I could build, so I didn't notice it before. But 11-12 movement? That's just ridiculous. I really don't think a bump up in difficulty should

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