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Reply to GC3 indepth Part 1: ships, art and fleet battles in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

I believe a compromise art style can be found to suit most people and keep the same level of customization. I had not realised that bout the OFM; i assumed it was just for that one world. The one final comment I will make is that the AI needs to be better at designing ship visually as well; it doesn't matter how much effort you put into your own if you're still going to end up facing monstosities like that thalan frigate in the OP.

Reply to GC3 indepth Part 1: ships, art and fleet battles in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

Image fixed. Most people seam to agree with me about the art stuff, or are at least ambivalent. Some general statements about fleet combat: It's obvious that the current system is too crude. Some new dynaimcs need to be introduced both for visual reasons and to add an additional level of strategy, beyond the current attack % defense rock/paper/scissors. I would suggest that this extra dynamic be concerned with fleet composition, and make make certain types of ships better against each

Reply to GC3 indepth Part 1: ships, art and fleet battles in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

Having read your post (and many other on the same topic from that thread) i have come to a few conclusions. The religious adherence to the current all encompassing dice rolling has got to go if any depth is to be added to fleet combat. The current system can remain for calculating damage, but a separate aiming mechanic MUST be added at the least. I would model fleet battles in the following way. Add four new mechanics: initiative, aiming, drones & experience. This adds mor

Reply to GalCiv II : New Frontiers - New Techmovies! in Modding GalCiv2 Forums

i don't really get why races have to be replaced; i can create a custom race with a custom tech tree whenever i like without overriding anyone, so how come imod can't? surely the only difference is that their races will have new images and new components for ships?

Reply to What would you like to see in Galactic Civilizations 3? in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

everything. this game is great, but there's so much more to get in. space is a big place full of interesting stuff personally, i'd like to make the game a little smaller in scale - fewer planets but more interesting and more to do with them. when you think of all the different kinds of stuff there could be out there - habitable moons, binary star systems, binary planets, rogue planets, volcanic planets, planets in solar syncronous orbits - and all the cool scenarios sci fi writers hav

GC3 indepth Part 1: ships, art and fleet battles in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

Some broad statements first. GC2 is a great game. One of the best strategy games ever made. But I believe there is still massive room for improvement. It has won numerous awards and rave reviews, but in terms of sales it's no Halo 3, or even Sins of A Solar Empire. Not only do I want it's successor to be a better game, I also want it to get the sales it deser

Where do I get mods & content? in Modding GalCiv2 Forums

Seems kinda stupid, but is there a site where users upload and share user content, with a list of all content, or is everything all over the shop and just linked to from this forum? I'm not really into the total conversions or anything, i just want more content people have created for the game. Eg, custom races and tech trees. Or even just a set of new race pictures and logos. Most of the non-major civilization ones are really naff.

Reply to Jagged Knife incident in Twilight of the Arnor GalCiv2 Forums

I love the idea of a game that keeps thing interesting and presents new challenges to you once you achieve the critical mass necessary to win the game. However, so many of the mega events just feel so arbitrary, illogical and game breaking. I think this is stardock's biggest (but probably only) problem as a developer; they don't understand how important immersion is to players. The Political Machine has the same problem, where players can take totally contradictory stances on very simil

Reply to Agents - how is this a good addition? in Twilight of the Arnor GalCiv2 Forums

In some ways the espionage system is really quite good. It could have been absolutely awful and have a random chance f success like in the Total War games. The agents cancelling each other out is very simple, and they are easier to manage. However, the logic used for the costing is just mind boggling. There's no way anyone's economy grows at the rate needed to recruit new agents. It's not just the way the cost increases though; they're just too damn expensive overall. Most of t

Reply to Frogboy - What's the most interesting bug you've squashed developing GalCivII? in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

Wrong game, but I remember one of the Neverwinter Night 2 devs being shocked when his character was beaten to death by a door. They are set to faction hostile you see, and somehow this one had acquired special abilities.

Reply to Ideas for GalCivIII in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

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Reply to Ideas for GalCivIII in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

Galactic Civilizations is a great game, but to me, the feel has always been a little off. By that I mean, I feel more like I'm playing a game than running an intergalactic empire. The way that, for example the planets are not unique, they are just a planet quality number and possibly need techs. I'd like planets to be generated more realistically. First, the size is generated (influencing gravity). Then the planet's volcanic activity and distance from/size of the star influences it'

Reply to I really hate the way that starbases are built and defended in this game in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

Totally support most of the OP's comments. Upgrading a starbase should just be something you do with a planets military production, with a line of mini constructors like the mini freighters for trade (speed reduces with distance but increases with technology) As far as defense is concerned: in the early game you have other problems and don't have the techs, in the later game it's more practical to just garrison a fleet there. IMHO fleets and starbases should fight together if they're on

Reply to Please slam my game in GalCiv Journals GalCiv2 Forums

agh, forgot please, for the love of god stop calling technologies enhanced/advanced/superior; it makes trading them really difficult. just use numbers please. and please add an easier way of trading ships without having to get a piece of paper and write down their numbers. maybe allowing the selling of fleets?

Reply to Please slam my game in GalCiv Journals GalCiv2 Forums

quick things: - weapon techs seem to take much longer to research than other types of techs. i'm reaching the mid/end game and everyone is still using first generation lasers. i can see why; it's almost better just o bump up miniaturisation - planets that require techs seem to be much rarer than in DA. moreover, i find the entire galaxy set up confusing in this regard; does the frequency of habitable planets change the number of habitable planets (irrespective of the number of

Reply to Before installing Twilight of the Arnor Read This in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

I have paid for Twilight but the button in the games list in stardock central still says "purchase" not "download". Am I being a complete idiot? Screendump of order confirmation http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/8060/twilightjh8.jpg Sorry to be a bother. Can't wait to play the game. Sorry, if this is a double post. I keep posting this thread but whenever i look at the forum it's not listed.

Reply to no download option in Twilight of the Arnor GalCiv2 Forums

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no download option in Twilight of the Arnor GalCiv2 Forums

I have paid for Twilight but the button in the games list in stardock central still says "purchase" not "download". Am I being a complete idiot? Screendump of order confirmation http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/8060/twilightjh8.jpg Sorry to be a bother. Can't wait to play the game. Sorry, if this is a double post. I keep posting this thread but whenever i look at the forum it's not listed.

no download link? in Twilight of the Arnor GalCiv2 Forums

I have paid for Twilight but the button in the games list in stardock central still says "purchase" not "download". Am I being a complete idiot? Screendump of order confirmation http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/8060/twilightjh8.jpg Sorry to be a bother. Can't wait to play the game. Sorry, if this is a double post.

no download link? in Twilight of the Arnor GalCiv2 Forums

I have paid for the expansion but in the games list in stardock central the button still says "purchase" instead of download. Have I done something completely idiotic or something? screendump of my order confirmation here: http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/8060/twilightjh8.jpg Thanks for your time. Can't wait to play.

Reply to Bug Testing on Twilight in GalCiv Journals GalCiv2 Forums

Where's all the media coverage for this game anyway? I'm sure I remember seeing more for Dark Avatar.

Reply to Must-Read Article in GalCiv Journals GalCiv2 Forums

I don't believe those statistics on piracy for a second. I don't know a single person who pirates PC games. I'd be surprised if it was even 10%. I know quite a few with chipped consoles though.

Reply to Galactic Civilizations II: Twilight of the Arnor Beta 5 in GalCiv II News GalCiv2 Forums

So this ascension victory replaces the tech victory? I must say I have my doubts. I liked tech victory because it made turtleing a valid way of winning the game. If you have to occupy all these crystals, doesn't that essentially make it victory by maintaining naval supremacy over the most part of the galaxy? Ie, not much different from a military or influence victory.

Reply to Twilight of the Arnor Beta 4C in GalCiv Journals GalCiv2 Forums

I for one am completely against the concept of minor races. I can live with them for now, but I hope that by GC3 they have been seriously re-thought. The distinction between minor and major races seems totally arbitrary and unnatural. Have civilizations that are there to be exploited if you want, but can't this just be due to their AI simply working in a different way and reflecting their lack of ambition? Or perhaps as races they simply lack the natural bonuses of others that are neces

Reply to Beta 3 of Twilight of the Arnor available in GalCiv II News GalCiv2 Forums

Wow, I never really appreciated how cool the concept for the iconians was. They may probably end up as my favourite race once TA is out; which will make them the first to make me play anything other than a custom race. that's my one worry so far. creating and saving my races in DA was the only thing that kept me playing after a while. i just hope the editors will be easy enough to use that this is still viable.