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Reply to Alignment System and Random Events in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

The ethics system really does need to be revamped. Not being able to lock in ethics is a must. Being good or evil needs to have legitimate consequences.

Reply to Limiting Colony Spam? in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

The colony rush made sense given the game's lore. One weird solution off the top of my head- powerful mid-game buildings that have a drawback of adding unrest of other planets in your empire when you build them (maybe even distance based). Maybe economic/military capitals could work like this. So tall empires would benefit from the buildings, wide empires would have a drawbacks. Another alternative would be to have capitals p

Reply to Alpha Coming "This Winter", As In THIS YEAR? Or Next? in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

I'd like to see the $99 option be kept until official release. One of my friends is currently buying a house, wants the $99 game, but his fiancee won't let him- she needs the money for knitting Daleks. ^_^ (she's a really sweet person so I don't mind, and it's for a good cause) It might take him a while, but he wants the $99 option as he thinks that is the best value.

Reply to Tactical combat. in Galactic Civilizations III Elemental Forums

[quote who="Elyandarin" reply="98" id="3405734"] I'm personally for more of a "gratuitous space battles" approach. (I still remember putting MOO2 on Auto in a big fight and checking up on the computer every five minutes or so to see how the battle was going...) That said, I'd like battles to have a bit more choice. I'd be cool if a typical mid-game fleet-to-fleet battle took two or three game turns, with different options available to me each turn: <br

Reply to The American constitution isn't very complicated in Life, the Universe and Everything Elemental Forums

That's why we have case law. Living constitution does not supposedly allow you to contravene previous SC decisions on the same amendment unless you can come up with another argument. (though this gets ignored on occasion by the SC) There are limits on the living constitution.

Reply to Tactical combat. in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

I want something in between doing nothing, and tactical combat. I'd like to see something Ogre Battle-esque where you give a general order or two, then you do the tactical combat. Stuff like target flagship, or target weak ships, or do the most damage possible. I think that's the happy medium, and it's something the AI can manage as well. I do want to see more toys than just the three basic weapons th

Reply to Please make a non-Steam version! in Galactic Civilizations III Elemental Forums

[quote who="Chibiabos" reply="24" id="3405184"] Steam is an irritation. I was pondering foreswearing it altogether at Civ V's original release, but I finally caved. There are some things I will not tolerate, however, obtrusive DRM coming foremost to mind. Thankfully its been promised from the getgo that an internet connection will not be required ... that seems silly to be thankful of that, considering Brad wrote the Gamer's Bill of Rights, but Brad did seem to

Reply to The American constitution isn't very complicated in Life, the Universe and Everything Elemental Forums

A more recent example that could be used was the 24th Amendment in the 1960's, which is how Southern Dems became Dixiecrats, then Republicans, then Tea Partiers. That said, in that case, the other 39 or so states did have the votes. That was a more modern example of the majority imposing its will on the minority, for a good reason. (It can be for bad reasons as well- see Egypt and what the Muslim Brotherhood tried to do over there, or Erdogan

Reply to Please make a non-Steam version! in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

That is something I wish Stardock did. the Mount and Blade games and Dungeons of Dredmor do this as well.

Reply to Available digitally...but via what service? And will there be a physical version? in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

I'd love to see at the end of development of a Stardock game, for physical versions to be made to order that are 100% DRM-free via flash drive or disc. That said, MP will require Steam (it's probably the reason we're getting MP in GalCiv III at all)

Reply to Please make a non-Steam version! in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

[quote who="Gaunathor" reply="6" id="3404829"] Quoting Nathan E, reply 4 Not to flame you but why are you asking for a non-Steam version? Your asking for Stardock to spend probably significant effort on something that 99% of their users wouldn't utilize. Not every Stardock-customer (or gamer in general) likes Steam, and would prefer to see an alternative. I'm one of them. Will I use Steam for this game? Yes, but only because I love this series and want to

Reply to 2 very Short laptop questions in Personal Computing Elemental Forums

Actually I remembered what got rid of it for me wasn't me messing with the BIOS, but upgrading it from Vista to W7.

Reply to How about some changes to Outposts? in LH Support Elemental Forums

[quote who="Fezziwig" reply="4" id="3403526"] I agree that allowing the AI to upgrade them is the best solution. However, I kind of wrote off the idea of the AI being able to upgrade outposts at this point since it has never been implemented even after our repeated requests. If the AI can't do it, I'd rather that the player can't too. Giving a fixed bonus within the zone of control for an outpost seems to be a decent fix.[/quote] My i

Reply to Vindication in Business Elemental Forums

Even if you did that, the reaction wouldn't have changed. Most of the negative reaction is a combination of folks who just saw the original allegations, and didn't see the conclusion, folks who just hate you and are trying to spread crap, and folks who just believe you got your way on this because you're rich and she isn't and you lawyercudgeled her into giving up. There's really nothing you can do about it now. I'm unsu

Reply to 2 very Short laptop questions in Personal Computing Elemental Forums

1) I forgot how I did it exactly, but it's doable, I think it's in the options when you enter BIOS. 2) Just run it over with some compressed air and follow the instructions. That said, ASUS gaming latops are very resistant to overheating, it's not going to be a big problem. They're practically desktops when it comes to overheating.

Reply to Stardock at 20 in Stardockians Elemental Forums

Happy this is out. I would have been earlier, but I was a bit reluctant to buy before the website was fully up, was afraid of some glitches.

Reply to What happened to Global Warming? in Life, the Universe and Everything Elemental Forums

http://guardianlv.com/2013/10/nuclear-fusion-achieves-massive-energy-breakthrough/ One bit of good news. first net-positive fusion reaction this week. We need to try racing to get this practical- when we do this, the environmental problems will peak and then start to diminish, not to mention the vast economic benefits. Our bes

Reply to Failed Healthcare Site in Internet Elemental Forums

The Republicans really missed a big opportunity to get their one-year delay. If they had been a little smarter and punted on the whole shutdown stuff, they would have come off as reasonable, and this would have been the big news of the past two weeks. Then, they probably would have gotten their one-year delay of the mandate. Instead, they really shot themselves in the foot. Personally, I think the failures with healthcare.gov have been

Reply to The American constitution isn't very complicated in Life, the Universe and Everything Elemental Forums

[quote who="Chibiabos" reply="50" id="3403706"] Quoting Frogboy, reply 48 Sigh. I'd enjoy conversing with you more if you didn't keep trying to disprove a general truth by showing exceptions and then act like the other person was somehow unfamiliar with those exceptions. By and large, the states determine gun control laws. If you disagree, then say so. Say "most gun laws are made at the federal level" (which is provably false). quit with the "look at me, I

Reply to The American constitution isn't very complicated in Life, the Universe and Everything Elemental Forums

You are absolutely right that would be wrong. The thing is, it could already be put up to a vote. There is nothing in the Constitution that prevents you from passing a Constitutional Amendment that invalidates something previously in the Constitution. If 95% of the population wants your right to life, liberty, pursuit of happiness destroyed- it's going to happen. It can take much less than that, all you need really is 5 Supreme Court justices, the Presi

Reply to Failed Healthcare Site in Internet Elemental Forums

It was bungled pretty badly. Even as someone who thinks the ACA is a net positive (though it's bad for me on a personal level), I'll admit it was bungled.

Reply to Why FE’s AI is good but not as good as GalCiv’s in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

[quote who="elmuneco235" reply="47" id="3403124"] Quoting Draginol, reply 46 There's a number of tricky things with regards to the lairs. For example, the AI does tend to leave lairs because it gets XP from farming them. But in 1.4, I've made it more aggressive about going after them since people assume the AI just doesn't know what it's doing rather than doing something that's actually pretty smart. I haven't run the math,

Reply to The American constitution isn't very complicated in Life, the Universe and Everything Elemental Forums

I know Brad said he didn't want to discuss this with me, but I gotta say something, so I'll make it general. I do understand where Brad is coming from- and I do understand his concerns- we have Egypt and the MB as an example of that, so I get where he's coming from , even if I don't agree with it, and find his position as scary as he finds mine. 1) Maybe 60% is too low a threshhold. That said, what is the proper threshhold, 100%? 90%?&n

Reply to The American constitution isn't very complicated in Life, the Universe and Everything Elemental Forums

That's why I suggested 60%. At some point the majority has to be able to impose its will on the minority. As for gerrymandering, it's worse at the State Level than the Federal Level. The NC State Legislature, it's estimated for the Dems to get it back, it has to go Dem+10 for that to happen. (and this is why you've seen NC go radical the past few years) It's not like NC is a hard-right state either, it was Ro

Reply to Stardock turns 20: The five Stardocks I’ve worked at in Stardockians Elemental Forums

[quote who="Kazriko" reply="7" id="3403122"] Quoting Wizard1956, reply 6 P.S. Please rethink your latest logo. IMHO, even the one from 1993 looked better. The only thing I noticed about it is that it looks too Windows 8-ish. As for people leaving the company voluntarily... Jon Shafer? Or was he on the tail end of the prior era?[/quote] I think Jon is still consulting so unsure if that counts as leaving. &nbs