Ragnar1

Ragnar1

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Reply to Does noone use the Korath? in Strategies GalCiv2 Forums

Thanks, KP for the info on ARC. I'm not a modder, so I don't know if I'll try messing with that or not. It's nice to have such a responsive and benevolent dictator leading my empire! :D CaptainYar: I'm currently playing a custom race with the spore ships. They are nice in that you automatically win the planet with a single ship, but you take a econ hit due all the infrastructure upkeep with no population. I found that I needed to research the invasion techs later to bolster my de

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Reply to N00b question about mining starbases in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

In the current game I'm playing in DA (and I believe it was the same in DL) the base bonus is 5%, the first upgrade is 4%, then +5% after that for each one. I seem to recall an additional point where it drops back to +4% once during an advanced upgrade, but I don't remember when (I'm not that far advanced in tech in the game I'm playing now).

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Reply to Does noone use the Korath? in Strategies GalCiv2 Forums

[quote]Korath? Ph-shaw. Welcome to the world of ARC(advanced race customization). Try Super Annihilator with the Yor or Thalan.[/quote] I've seen some other references to using SA with other races and setting other home planets, but have not found out how to do this. How do I use ARC? Is is legal for the metaverse?

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Reply to What are the Thalan? in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

[quote]So if the Korath conquer the Thalans, does that make them vegan? The Korath would never decide to become a minor race.[/quote] I just read about an event where a minor race 'The Vegans' appears, so now I'm thinking you misunderstood me. I was using a bit of dry humor refering to ultra-vegetarians (vegans) who do not eat any animal products, like milk or cheese as well as not eating meat. They do, however, eat bugs since insects are technically from the monoptera kingdom and not

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Reply to Cheaters in Metaverse GalCiv2 Forums

I agree that these two players should be banned from the metaverse. These are obvious cheats. As Mumblefratz points out: DJMJB first posts a defeat on cakewalk (why bother posting this at all?) followed by a victory on suicidal. Seems highly improbable to have this much improvement in such a short time. I would think you would have to try hard to lose at cakewalk. Seems like its a deliberate red herring as some sort of attempt to show he is a prodigy.

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Reply to Question(s) about intricacies of fleet to fleet combat in Strategies GalCiv2 Forums

Another technique I use for fleet management: When you have surviving veteran ships that are critically damaged, pull them out of the fleet and rotate them back to the rear to heal, replacing them with new ships. I also tend to use homoginized fleets, so that I don't have issues with which ones are being targeted, other than veteran status. I will typically use only a few current designs at a time: one for ships of the line and another cheaper version (smaller hull) for my backwater planets t

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Reply to China, Tibet, and the Olympic Games in Everything Else GalCiv2 Forums

[quote]Tibet isn't being ignored in the same way, but world leaders look at what doing something about it would cost and decide that people "over there" aren't worth it. Most Americans might like to protest about it, but ask them what they're willing to give up in order to do something about it? The enthusiasm wanes when people realize that telling China to play nice won't actually be enough to solve the problem, and real action (which carries real cost) is required. I think that people aren't a

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Reply to Good Starter Tactics in Strategies GalCiv2 Forums

Answer Q1: before you use the first colony ship click back on your homeworld to land the colonists that were on it to start, then relaunch it with max colonists. The initial colony ship does not start with max colonists on board. Answere Q2: you can use either a transport or a colony ship to move people between two already colonized worlds. Just launch with max pop from one, and land on the low pop planet. Next launch from the low pop planet w/ 1 colonist on board (won't launch w/ 0

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Reply to Fixes for Pathfinding + Metaverse Error 12 in Bug Reports GalCiv2 Forums

I just purchased DA and TA. I never had a previous version, but when I installed 1.8g I still have the issue with 1.8e showing in the title screen. I have not noticed an issue with the pathfinding or MV error 12 (I actually posted a game and it showed as 1.8e), but I assume I have to go through the whole registry change thing IOT get the right version now?

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Reply to Kzinti Empire - offical empire thread in Metaverse GalCiv2 Forums

I looked at the custom race, but the DL version's unchangable characteristics weren't what I wanted. Another mistake I made was disabling the minor races: for some reason I was thinking it would slow me down with more planets to conquer, and I wasn't thinking about selling them tech to keep afloat. This was my first try at ZYW, so I didn't realize a couple of subtle things. I'll get DA sometime soon, I was hoping I could get a boxed set of DA and TA, but it looks like that isn't going

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Reply to Kzinti Empire - offical empire thread in Metaverse GalCiv2 Forums

[quote] With the ZYWs, I end on April 8th of year zero, but I've found that extending by 1-4 turns will raise my score just a bit more, if I'm still researching and not below -500bc. I'm not sure how you lasted almost a full year without going into debt. I dont use focus at all, but maybe other people do. it will definitely slow down your research though. Here is generally how my games go: turn 1 - lease buy lab on a bonus tile, research Xeno Research turn 2 - leas buy 2nd lab,

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Reply to Kzinti Empire - offical empire thread in Metaverse GalCiv2 Forums

I missed the ZYW by two turns! I think I went too fast on the lease buying and had a total economic colapse after I had taken 5 planets w/ 5 transports. The AI had colonized too many planets (with all rare settings I'm surprised by how many were available) before I was sunk by the leases. Interestingly I found that with military focus using 100% research I could still get production, even though I was way in the negative and not producing any research due to being less than -500 in the bank.

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Reply to Madness has gripped Canada in Off-Topic GalCiv2 Forums

[quote]Go Avalanche! Sakic, Forsberg, and Foote are back together, so look out. Stastny is one hot kid, and Smyth has to be determined to get past the second round. The Av's/Wild games have been close all season long, so this could be the best series of the playoffs.[/quote] I second that!! I live in the Dallas area now, so I got really good tickets to the Reg. season game after Forsberg and Foote were back. Wore my Forsberg sweater, and was so disappointed that they didn't play. I'm h

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Reply to Kzinti Empire - offical empire thread in Metaverse GalCiv2 Forums

@ KP, SB: Thanks guys. I'm hitting my self in the head now. I've seen some discussion on the Zero Year Win, over in the 'Year zero club' thread, but I didn't put 2+2 together. I may try that later to get some more bling. Personally, I prefer the big epic games where I can get most of the way through the tech tree. BTW: I should finally finish another win on a large for the Kzinti empire tonight. :HOT: After the win, I might actually upgrade my version and purchase th

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Reply to Kzinti Empire - offical empire thread in Metaverse GalCiv2 Forums

[quote]Getting close to 100 games now with my secondary character, thanks to the ZYWs. [/quote] What type of game is a ZYW? I've searched the forums and can't find any info. Thanks. -Ragnar

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