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Reply to Rating vandals! in Dark Avatar GalCiv2 Forums

Well, some people love to rate things a 1 just to be obnoxious.. It's a classic case of "relative scale," and one of the reasons that I shy away from public-rated things (public-rated game reviews, restaurant reviews, etc..). The 1-10 scale just doesn't mean the same thing to everybody. For some people, the 10 is almost unattainable, to be used only on the most godlike things (i.e. never). For some people the 10 just means "this is as good as could be expected." For still others, it mea

Reply to Do we need the "One-Hitpoint Rule"? in Dark Avatar GalCiv2 Forums

I agree, but that slightly misses the point here -- maybe we should have the 1hp rule, maybe we shouldn't, there are pros and cons both ways (There are definitely very reasonable scenarios for each outcome -- maybe a bit of randomness should be entered into the equation? Sometimes a single ship survives?). Either way, the 1hp battleship loophole shouldn't exist.

Reply to Do we need the "One-Hitpoint Rule"? in Dark Avatar GalCiv2 Forums

I think I have to agree with Entropy on this one -- there's definitely something off with this situation. On the surface, it makes sense for a massive battleship to have a tactical advantage over a swarm of smaller ships. This is as it should be, but I think the 1-hp thing takes it too far. To see how bizarre it is, look at the battles more carefully: Large, heavily armed battleship with paper-thin armor, heavily damaged (1HP left) approaches a fleet of moderately armed fighters. As the

Reply to Secret Police & Galactic Resort in Dark Avatar GalCiv2 Forums

I don't believe the numbers work out either way. The formula for morale that is stated on the galciv2 wiki (which may, or may not be accurate) is: fMorale = fCivABilityFactor + fBaseMorale + fImprovementFactor + fPlanetMoraleBonusFactor - fNegativeTreasuryFactor + fPlanetQualityBonus - fTaxModifier The only two factors we really care about in this example are fBaseMorale, and fImprovementFactor. fBaseMorale is just = 100 - (% penalty due to population) fImpro

Reply to Secret Police & Galactic Resort in Dark Avatar GalCiv2 Forums

I agree with the tetleytea that this is, at the very least, unclear. I suspect the "special" morale projects like the Secret Police Center, and the Galactic Resort are intended to add to base morale as opposed to the more general morale, but I haven't seen any clear evidence that they do. If they're not intended to add to base morale, then they are completely outclassed by Zero G or higher morale improvements (given that Zero Gs are +30% to morale, and Virtual Reality Cen

Reply to Pirates overpowered? in Beta Reports GalCiv2 Forums

Just wanted to echo the OP's comments, and add a few others: I agree that the "conquer everybody with fast transports" exploit should be remedied. Whether or not the pirates are too powerful is a separate issue (I've had them in several games, and only had them really destroy the game once. The other few times, I've managed to fight them off, but only with literally years of game time to clear my own sectors). My problem with the event is as follows: I would emphasize what Whe