Why Terror Stars should be put in!

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Damn! I catch the flu and can't post for a day and Flag Ships catch up...

But think of this StarDock... Terror Stars can be used for marketing! I asked a few of my friends who havn't played GalCiv which one of these things they'd vote for an all of them said Terror Stars, and one of them pointed out that Terror Stars would make him want to buy this game more than Flag Ships would...
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Reply #1 from Stardock Forums Top
Terror Stars were so cool in the OS/2 game. The game needs them but even if they do not make it when the game goes gold I think they will be coming.

Flag Ships I do npt think should be special bring up the properties of any ship and change the attributes to the flag ship of a battlegroup. Flag ships are needed but they do not blow up stars.
Reply #2 from Stardock Forums Top
Wyrenn

Marketting will be helped - 'Build Terror Stars'!!!
and friends will always say cool

the thing about both o fthese comments is that neither relates to the games playability or balance.

I mean no offence - just i am on the case for the flag ships!!

p.s. u will win as Srardock are completely advese to fleet combat :(

steevo :)
Galactic Civilizations IV
Reply #3 from Stardock Forums Top
I am for terror stars myself. I personally don't mind the micromanagement of moving large fleets one ship at a time so Flag ships don't really interest me much. Destroying Star systems, now THAT I am interested in.
Reply #4 from Stardock Forums Top
I also think the Terror Star brings a new concept into this game but the Flag Ship only reduce your micro Management a bit.

So my Vote was clearly for the Terror Stars!
Reply #5 from Stardock Forums Top
I hope you have the time for both. But if you don't, I voted for flag ships. I figure that Terror Stars, while cool, are an extra. People who haven't been following the game aren't going to pick it up and say "How come you can't turn starbases into star-destroying superships?".

But people (including reviewers) will probably notice it if there's no way to move units around in groups. Fleet movement will probably be expected by many players, but terror stars won't. Flagships will do more to help review scores than terror stars, which helps the game sales and will hopefully keep the additions coming after release for a longer time, and get more money for the development of GalCiv 2.0.

If at all possible though, do both!
Reply #6 from Stardock Forums Top
Well, it has been established that both will happen, just which one will get in to 1.0... and there IS going to be a way to group ships, even if there are no Flagships, so why vote for Flagships? Even if they get in they're not going to do anything special until 1.X anyways... plus Terror Stars are just so damn cool!
Reply #7 from Stardock Forums Top
"Well, it has been established that both will happen, just which one will get in to 1.0 "

Yeah, but a lot of reviewers only review the product straight out of the box. They won't log on to get a patch to add whichever doesn't get added.

"and there IS going to be a way to group ships, even if there are no Flagships, so why vote for Flagships?"

I hadn't heard about this. I thought Flagships were going to be the only way to group ships. If they put in another way other than flagships, flagships w/o bonuses become nearly useless, and they should put in terror stars instead.
Reply #8 from Stardock Forums Top
Terror Stars!! I want them to!! PLEASE VOTE FOR THEM!!
Reply #9 from Stardock Forums Top
Flag ships are winning in poll, got to see if I can get some people at work to vote Terror Star for me.

Reply #10 from Stardock Forums Top
How do I change my vote on this poll? I want to change from flag ships to terror stars.
Reply #11 from Stardock Forums Top
Terror star lol that just sounds like a death star rip off.Vote Flag ships men.
Reply #12 from Stardock Forums Top
You mean you'd actually want a ship that does virtually nothing instead of a space station that can destroy star systems?! What is the logic behind that? And it's not the first time the Death Star has been ripped off... not that I'm saying this IS a Death Star rip off...
Reply #13 from Stardock Forums Top
I like to think of terror stars more like Unicron from the Transformers movie... ohh Orson Welles.... :)
Reply #14 from Stardock Forums Top
I wish Terror Stars could change into giant robots!! That would be beyond cool...
Reply #15 from Stardock Forums Top
Another reason... JUST LOOK AT THEM! Holy crap, that looks soooooo damn cool... :d
Reply #16 from Stardock Forums Top
I am sure the death star is ripped off from somewhere else. I am sure of it.
Reply #17 from Stardock Forums Top
Seen the picture of the Terror Star can not wait to build one.
Reply #18 from Stardock Forums Top
Well... If you want to play a peaceful Civ, then Flagships might be more fun then "Terror Stars", I for one will not build Terror Stars, they dont work with my thoughts of the game..
Reply #19 from Stardock Forums Top
Even with militant civs, it's generally not a good idea. Destroying colonized systems removes high class planets you could be exploiting once it's captured.
Reply #20 from Stardock Forums Top
But there's a point when you have enough systems and just want to enforce your will on the pitiful alien scum... ;)
Reply #21 from Stardock Forums Top
The pitiful alien vermin will see what it means to defy your empire when you take out a few systems that rightly belong to a superior race. Then they will see that their existance is hopeless and surrender.

In our kindness we may keep some of the alien scum alive as slaves. It is not cruel to exterminate alien scum which are too old or physically or mentally handy caped; After all we do not see them as our equals.

Reply #22 from Stardock Forums Top
Please scrap all these postings ;)
Flag Ships won the poll :CONGRAT:
Surrend and you'll be moved to undeveloped worlds LOL
Reply #23 from Stardock Forums Top
Wyrenn said "But there's a point when you have enough systems and just want to enforce your will on the pitiful alien scum..."

Didn't I read somewhere that population was a factor in the final score you get in winning a game? If you wantonly distroy star systems instead of conquering them won't that reduce your potential score?
Reply #24 from Stardock Forums Top
I don't know, but then again I never play for the "score" anyways... I play for fun, and technically I would still have bought this game if there were no scoring system or metaverse! Although, updating the AI through the metaverse is something I am interested in...

And even though the Flag "I don't do anything but look pretty" Ship won, I'm confident that Terror Stars will make it into 1.0... they already have artwork and stuff...
Reply #25 from Stardock Forums Top
From Gherardo..

Please scrap all these postings
Flag Ships won the poll
Surrend and you'll be moved to undeveloped worlds

great idea!

I also read a post from Nidaros..

Well... If you want to play a peaceful Civ, then Flagships might be more fun then "Terror Stars", I for one will not build Terror Stars, they dont work with my thoughts of the game..

Thats a view, also my view. Having seen this I saw ...

I wish Terror Stars could change into giant robots!! That would be beyond cool...
(Wyrenn I love your posts - not this one)

Then Arturus makes a great point..

"Even with militant civs, it's generally not a good idea. Destroying colonized systems removes high class planets you could be exploiting once it's captured."

Which all to me says keep these strategic game destroying anomalies out.

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