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Reply to Why Can't I Lose? in Galactic Civilizations II Stardock Forums

The AI can win through influence. Have the Torians had 82% of the galaxy for 10 turns?

Reply to Rings and moons in Galactic Civilizations II Stardock Forums

Rings give a research bonus, and moons give a production bonus.

Reply to 1.0X Preview in GalCiv II News Stardock Forums

I can't believe I'm saying this, but don't be too hard on marketing. They do have a certain amount of justification for their advice. There's a status quo in gaming that a lot of people want to protect, and Stardock isn't really supporting that. They're a small company, they're very involved with their players (the only other game-maker I can think of that's as personally involved with his players is Steve Fawkner), and they have their own digital dist

Reply to Starbase Stacking in Galactic Civilizations II Stardock Forums

Yep.

Reply to Aliances in Galactic Civilizations II Stardock Forums

It goes Neutral->Warm->Friendly->Close. You can only try to form an alliance when Close, though they may not accept it (at least not without some palm grease).

Reply to Permanent War - how ? in Galactic Civilizations II Stardock Forums

I think he was talking about the 'Drengin Human Wars' scenario -- you can play that on any map you want, but you can only play the Terrans.

Reply to Planetary extras in Galactic Civilizations II Stardock Forums

My understanding is that rings and moons are just visual, but I could be wrong. I have to disagree with any correlation between planet size and quality. Look at Jupiter. It's huge and useless.

Reply to Can't stand "buy it now" mechanics in Galactic Civilizations II Stardock Forums

Because maximum production and sowing insurrection aren't always enough. Sometimes you need to give somebody a good intergalactic slap, and you don't want to wait for it. Sure, you want to do all those things, you mentioned, but no matter how much money you have, you're going to eventually max out those avenues, and the bad guys are still going to be coming after you.

Reply to Key to good start? in Galactic Civilizations II Stardock Forums

I prefer to wait a while before taking advantage of the minor races. Here's how I do it: Wait until a minor race is in a losing war with one of the other majors. By this time, I should have a few trade goods and a decent tech stockpile. I trade my trade goods and whatever tech for as much of their tech/money/influence as I can get, and as valuable as trade goods are, I usually get a pretty good haul out of it. Then I either turn around and t

Reply to Unfairness in Custom Race Creation? in Galactic Civilizations II Stardock Forums

The "Strong/Weak" information doesn't necessarily reflect natural abilities. Instead, it's more of an overall indicator of that races personality and priorities. For example, the Terrans like diplomatic techs and structures, and will often concentrate on them, which is why those jerks keep beating me to diplomatic translators.

Reply to What if you basically suck? in Galactic Civilizations II Stardock Forums

Well, assuming you make some points from your games, any empire you join will have more points than they would have without you. Any worthwhile empire should have a pretty good range of skill levels, so I wouldn't feel bad. And, with practice, you'll get better.

Reply to When does the metaverse count your game in Metaverse Stardock Forums

At the end of each Metaverse game, you're prompted to choose whether you want to submit it or not.

Reply to Protective Fields don't work? in Galactic Civilizations II Stardock Forums

Check out this thread for discussion of this: Link

Reply to Why my "teammates" try to conquer me ? in Galactic Civilizations II Stardock Forums

Same thing happened to me. I just finished the first mission on Normal. I took one of the central planets (the better one), and the Altarians took the other. From then on, aside from one oddly placed military starbase, the Altarians completely ignored the Drengin and just built influence starbases around my home planet. It didn't seem to make a lot of difference, though, so I didn't worry about it. Looked a bit odd, though.

Reply to BUG: Military Startbase does not provide defence bonus to the ships. in Bug Reports Stardock Forums

To echo Ragor's post, military starbase assist modules have worked fine for me. And it did make a difference -- I was nigh untouchable.

Login before starting a game to post score? in Metaverse GalCiv2 Forums

Can you only post games on the metaverse if you start the game through the metaverse manager screen? I started a game without logging in first, and I'm not getting any options to post it.

Reply to Gamer looking for a great empire to join. in Game Talk Stardock Forums

The Overmind: Link The galaxy shall serve the Overmind.

Reply to So, where are you from? in Galactic Civilizations II Stardock Forums

Fly-over country, USA

Reply to Come And Join THE OVERMIND Empire in Galactic Civilizations II Stardock Forums

who loves to play a little on the Dark Side Only a little?

Reply to It's for laptop users in GalCiv Journals Stardock Forums

Sitting out on the deck... with a *beverage* ... now THAT is a convincing argument, eh? Makes me think I'd really rather have a deck than a laptop...

Reply to It's for laptop users in GalCiv Journals Stardock Forums

I've got GalCiv 1 on my laptop right now. While I do most of my gaming on a desktop, I sometimes prefer to play sitting on my couch. And, of course, it's nice to be able to play when I'm not at home.

Reply to Uhm, kinda big bug in the version 1.0.005 in Bug Reports Stardock Forums

I'm guessing the Stardock guys are going to be a bit busy for the next few days...

Reply to Gamer looking for a great empire to join. in Game Talk Stardock Forums

Musing: I wonder if it is possilbe to alter the Yor dialog so that all other life forms are referred to as meatbags? Or 'sausage links'.

Reply to So what are YOU doing to pass the time till release? in Off-Topic Stardock Forums

Makin' ice cream.

Reply to Gamer looking for a great empire to join. in Game Talk Stardock Forums

I am worrying a lot more about the Overmind. Seems like I gotta go design a few more Battlestar concepts. They look like they would even ally with cybernectic lifeforms... *shudders* Ally? The Overmind does not ally. Cybernetic lifeforms, however, will be allowed to serve in ... some capacity.