Redesign ships option

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I would love to see a option where the player can design their own ships. Im thinking along the lines of how we could design our own ships and add different weaopons, hulls, and specials . MOO2 is a great example of this, I know this would enhance Galciv a great deal!
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Reply #1 from Stardock Forums Top
Brad has already said that this is a planned feature of GalCiv2, but it will most definately not bee seen in the present GalCiv.
Reply #2 from Stardock Forums Top
While GalCiv addresses 2 of my three pet peeves, there is still third one which is that there is no incentive to build a balanced fleet. I would love to see the Battle Group concept where if you assembled a force with a big ship and a screen of smaller ships you'd have a tactical edge. Cool would also be the concept of assigning light ships to sector patrol and commerce raiding within a sector. With the ration between the two determining the odds of a freighter intercepted and the odds of an encounter between the respective light ships. Now add the abilitiy to occupy a planit without killing off the population (like you can in MOO2 or SEIV) and you'll have the ultimate SF strategy game.
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Reply #3 from Stardock Forums Top
GalCiv2 will encourage a mix of ships. Brad has said there wil be a rock/paper/scissors sort of system of weapons and defense (mass drivers/armor, lasers/shields, missiles/point defense). This will make it neccessary to field a variety of different ships if you hope to be effective against all threats.