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Reply to Ship Designs Are Stripped When Upgrading! in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

I love this feature, it made upgrading things a damn sight easier. If you built a truly massive ship with a lot of parts before, you had to scroll through to find the parts to remove (which didn't always work) or look for them. Looking for them was a pain if you had put something deep in the interior of your craft (like a colony module). I find this way soo much better! <img src="http://images.stardock.com/gc2/T_DL/smiles/Smile.gif" border=0 ALIGN="a

Reply to The Nanoripper...overpowered? in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

If you throw in cost, perhaps, but size and damage are the far more important factors. A more expensive ship that does far more damage is worth more than multiple cheaper ships that do less. The former stays alive longer and can make far more lethal fleets since it uses up no more logistic points. So, imho, cost is a minor

Reply to Economy Starbase + Foreign Trade Routes. in Trade GalCiv2 Forums

I take it then that nobody knows for sure. I am going to go on believing then that they only affect your own trade routes.

Reply to Wow! The difficulty level... in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

I know the word on the street is that the game doesn't cheat but I find the AI is almost always ahead in every way at least initially and I play very aggressively. They also seem to magically know where the best planets and resources are. I've seen their colony ships take bee lines through fog of war to such planets and resources

Reply to GalCiv 2 vs MOO3 (A Comparative Review for all 4X Gamers) in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

Sorry, I don't follow jargon. WTF is a 4X gamer? Where I live 4X is a brand of Beer. Does it mean a sad & lonely person with no friends who wastes all weekend playing sim/conquest games to sooth their ego and make them feel like they're accomplishing something with their impotent & inefectual lives? Burn your PC and get a real ho

Reply to GalCiv 2 vs MOO3 (A Comparative Review for all 4X Gamers) in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

Personally I found MOO3 to be a Click Next Turn button game. To each his own, although I really fail to see why anyone would post a comparison between 2 different games on the official forum of one. It's something I might do on a forum with a group of gamer friends which is not specialised for one game.

Reply to The Nanoripper...overpowered? in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

I think it's powerful but not overpowered. In terms of cost and size it is only a little more overall than the others. It gets beaten by evil weapons and can be defended against by good defences. I like it where it is but I agree it would be nice to see the other weapons get something like this - an expensive but powerful weapon.

Reply to Overpowered Precursor Event? in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

Don't know what copy of the game you're playing, but, the damn AI races QUICKLY came over and started stealing newly opened up resources when the Iconians were put out of the game. I had my eye on this nice MORALE resource too that I needed badly and the damn Drengin got it. Quickly is a very relative

Reply to Are all ship hulls created equal? in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

Lazarous - he was basing that on having equal miniaturisation tech.... not necessarily taking into account any racial abilities. Furthermore, if the Drengin had picked up any in game bonus to miniaturisation, it would be in their racial report.

Reply to AI need Universal Translator? in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

No, "it's got to be balanced" is not unnecessary. It adds to the gameplay, maintaining a standard of fairness that sets GalCiv2 apart from every other game I can think of. If you don't care for a level playing field, that's fine. A lot of people who bought this game do, especially considering that a non-cheating challenging AI is so unique. Different races start with diffe

Reply to AI need Universal Translator? in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

Ok Spearchucker, that is completely unnecessary. One of the really nice features of this game is that the AI doesn't cheat; that it is bound by the same rules as the player. That makes a win or a loss a lot more meaningful, because you earned it either way. All this "damnit, it's a game" garbage doesn't hold water. Of cour

Reply to AI need Universal Translator? in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

Well, that means it isn't balanced, which makes it unfair.....there is something that needs tweaking. If the AI don't need it, we shouldn't need it. ARGH! It is so incredibly unfair that it will totally imbalance the game and the devs should change the way thing works to ensure that

Reply to A strategy the AI fails to cope with well (warning: long, rambling) in Strategies GalCiv2 Forums

In response to Spearthrower: "You still have to go conquer his planets ultimately if you want to win by any other way than tech victory. Once you move outside your web of death, all the time and investment is gone..." Indeed, but by the time I move out of my Web of Doom, his entire military is gone too, so it's a fair t

Reply to Starbase build radius bug? in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

Really? I'd hate this. Part of my strategy involves use of starbases all over my empire (often many more than 3 per sector). I guess I'll have to adapt... Actually, the AI already has to follow this rule, so it's more a case of doing what they have to do. If you think about it, you could still use you

Reply to The numbers are making my brain hurt! in Bug Reports GalCiv2 Forums

Spearthrower don't you think that doing too much compromises with yourself means that something is wrong? . I dont know Marioflag - you tell me! If I dont feel the need to know this stuff, yet manage to simultaneously play and win and enjoy the game while people trying to figure out what's under the

Reply to Terrans shafted? in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

I have mostly played Terrans. They are not in anyway underpowered. For a start, you can customise all abilities yourself so you can make them what you want them to be. On colonisation, it is far more the players skill than the racial abilities (although these do help) - on larger maps I always start by research down the engine route and have an upgrade Coloniser for each step. I always massively outcolonise the other AI by at least double playing on To

Reply to Are all ship hulls created equal? in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

Take a look at the Drengin's abilities in the Report. Maybe he has a miniaturisation bonus.

Reply to AI not understanding it's losing the war... in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

People sure talk about these rangers alot! Makes me wonder how slow they develop. On masochistic 5 people had rangers (including my 5, high luck) not a single one saw service because they were antique rather quickly. Does everyone play on slow tech? I gave 7 rangers to the torians to make them "close" and win the game, this is th

Reply to Custom Race doesn't get a galactic capital? in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

Just replying so you dont feel ignored! Yes, I have seen this too.

Reply to How to balance +Economy Buildings with +Population Buildings in Strategies GalCiv2 Forums

I disagree. A farm tile means you will require a multimedia tile to maintain the morale of that planet. I believe the balance is about 3 entertainment for every 2 farms (with no extra morale abilities/resources). Further to that, the last building in the run of entertainment adds an array of bonuses - including some morale. Someone did write an analysis a week or so ago.... but I dont bother minmaxing stuff like this so I mostly skim read it. It was ba

Reply to Question: Special buildings on special tiles in Strategies GalCiv2 Forums

No. Wonders and Capitals should be placed upon an open tile.

Reply to How do I get more minor races without reducing the majors? in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

BTW I'm sure i remember them saying that a minor race could become a major one. What exactly was meant by that? Probably that, if left alone, and given the right conditions, so

Reply to Overpowered Precursor Event? in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

They do realise they are there, they just dont react quickly enough. It's kind of like that they have left the colonisation mode and just can't flip back to it. Perhaps they've obsoleted all their colony ship designs and spend the next year trying to design a cool looking one!! I've noticed this happening with resources too. At the beginning of t

Reply to Colonizing first planet trick in Colonies GalCiv2 Forums

Of course, we're not truly good in that case =P Sometimes you've got to be cruel to be kind...... tough love and all that!!

Reply to Colonizing first planet trick in Colonies GalCiv2 Forums

One thing though, if you're playing as a good civilization then the opposite strategy is better. Heh... if I am playing as a Good civ and I get a 40%PQ planet bonus.... I just go and say some Hail Mary's later! <img src="http://images.stardock.com/gc2/T_DL/smiles/Wink.gif" border=0 ALIGN="absmi