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Reply to I would that minor races play a major role in the game in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

Eh, minor races in my games all seem to fill the space above their homeworld with freighters, constructors and a couple of troop transports (?!). I wipe them out with a few cheap fighters then invade. One would think they would build a couple of military starbases and defense fleets.

Reply to How does the AI manage to skyrocket it's research so fast? in Research GalCiv2 Forums

My problem is that the AI gets way ahead in many techs but never seems to research larger hulls. They stop at heavy fighters or frigates with awesome weapons but never go larger. As a result I send in big ships with tons of weaker weapons but good defenses and wipe them out.

Reply to Game crashes in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

I have never had a game crash UNTIL I updated to the latest patch. I now get one every hour at least (good thing there is an autosave!).

Reply to Cargo-Battleships? in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

Using freighters as commerce raiders during war is a viable option. As mentioned above putting sensors, engines and a single weapon on a transport allows for a long range, high speed and decent seneor ship that can attack enemy shipping at will. It is cheaper than using a ship of the line for such duty and is faster and more manuverable than a smaller fighter class ship. With good sensors it also doubles as an AWACs type vessel (man, my "Peeping Tom" class of ships have saved me more than once a

Reply to Ethical Decisions Revisited in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

Is it me or do the "good" options never result in bonuses? I recall one about some native animal life forms. Allowing mass hunting resulted in a +3% morale boost. Why not have a neutral or good option that allowed them to be caged in a zoo for all to enjoy (perhaps a + approval bonus). The good options don't seem to benefit the empire other than what other good races think of you.

Reply to Using Aliens to take Resources in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

What has not been addressed was the enemy sending one fighter at a time against my starbase it had no hope of defeating. I think they lost about 10 heavy fighters this way before I took the planet.

Reply to Complaint: Upgrading ships is far too expensive in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

cheap upgrades Cheap? No it shouldn't be cheap. Cheaper than it is? I would say yes, it is too exepensive. Balance cost with time to upgrade. If I can build a much better version off the same hull in 8 turns, then make the upgrade cost 50% of the new ship and take 1/2 the time (just a very simplistic example). Upgrading a ship type should be

Reply to Suggestion: Please change weekly turns in Ideas GalCiv2 Forums

Its entirely a superficial change, but it would greatly help the game's backstory, realism, and allow the player to feel more immersed in Galciv 2's world (in other words, it would feel much less "gamey"). I have won my first two games in under 10 years. It makes absolutely no sense that a race could go from 5 billion taxpayers on one planet to ruling hundreds of worlds,

Reply to Worst Turtorial EVER!!!! in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

Alien influence. other cultures slowly swaying your population to their beliefs. check the planet details. there is sometimes a local citizen quote and it might mention another race in it (like "well it's nice here but I think the Tolians have a lot to offer")

Reply to My Custom Ships in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

Hmm, I don't seem to have the radar dish piece?

Reply to Random events in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

Big events? Like getting a Lucky Ranger on a small map where the game is generally over about the time Plasma II weapons are developed?

Reply to When will Multiplayer arrive ?? in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

I like hot seat but would prefer LAN so both can see combat unfold that they are involved in. I remember a dev post about the fact they had time and money to either do multiplayer or the ship creator. Polls were taken and people prefered the ship creator. I totally agree with the decision. I have a couple of friends who would play multiplayer but the time I would play single player WAY out does it. Ship creator rocks! (I just stink at using it <img src="http://images.stardock.com

Racial sensor bonuses listed as single digit % ? in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

So one can spend racial points to get greater sensor ranges. Something like 1 pt. for 6% increase. 6%? That seems, well useless. Even the higher values are kind of low.

Reply to THIS GAME IS INCREDIBLE! in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

Looks like the game community was starved for a good turn based MOO replacement. I know I have been. But wait a second guys, aren't turn based games dead? No mulitplayer? That doesn't work anymore!

Reply to Cloaking in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

Stealth is a better term in my opinion. Perhaps compare it to sensor "jamming". Each "level" of jamming reduces an opponents sensor ability to detect the ship at range. The top power could be a cloaking device. Have it act as a top end jammer but also allows the ships to strike 1st even if they do not start the battle. Perhaps one ship per fleet would need these jamming pods to affect the entire fleet.

Reply to Robots in spaaaace! in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

Put those in the metaverse stat!

How many planets do you build starports on? in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

When you are building up your planets, on how many do you build starports on? How many factories do you contruct to support this ship building effort? It looks to me like the AI builds a starport on EVERY planet.

Reply to Patch and CE stuff downloads... broke? in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

Can I get a screenshot of some of the extra stuff in the CE? I should already have it (devs mentioned something about the patch downloaded containing it). I used the link on the forums to get the patch not stardock. Does that matter?

Reply to troop transports in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

Planetary invasion is too easy in my book. I have had successful invasions where I had MUCH lower tech and be out numbered greatly. I wish they would give more overall information when invading (like each sides soldier bonus and such things). More information guys, that's all I ask. Also, the AI is easily able to invade my planets even though I have racial solider bonuses, tons of planetary defense techs, planetary defense buildings, etc. Is there any more information available on the subje

Reply to In The Dhip Designer, why is Laser IV bigger than Laser III? in Galactic Civilizations II Stardock Forums

Is laser IV when it jumps from 1 to 2 damage? If so, then it has been my experience that the 1st higher damage weapon in the line is bigger than it's predecessor and the next ones in that damage line are simply smaller versions.

Reply to Quick question re: the Iconians & the Yor in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

Yor and Iconian history [link=http://pc.ign.com/articles/682/682382p1.html]

Reply to Quick question re: the Iconians & the Yor in Galactic Civilizations II Stardock Forums

No. Read the history on the races on the IGN site. The Yor nearly made the Iconians extinct. A few Iconians escaped on huge colony ships and resettled elsewhere.

Reply to Does the AI think that I am weak when low military spending? in Galactic Civilizations II Stardock Forums

Well the pure military rating is a "best guess" on their power. Remember the 1st Gulf War? The military was talking about how huge the Iraqi army was. On paper it was a beast but in practice it was out dated and poorly trained. In game terms they would have had a huge military but as many of you posted, your fewer but more powerful vessels made short work of them.

Reply to 1.0X Preview in GalCiv II News Stardock Forums

"Oh, man, they had to put out 2 'patches' in the first week to get that thing good." Working in the software industry myself, we call these "too frequent" patches "feature updates"

Reply to Need better explaination about added racial traits (bonuses) in Galactic Civilizations II Stardock Forums

So I decided to do the smart thing: RTFM - Read the .. Manual. Here is a breakdown: 1.) Courage gives a bonus to the attack value of your ships when you are fighting against an opponent who has a higher score than you. The degree of the advantage is based on how far ahead your opponent is. This one differs from the in game description. 2.) Morale adds to the morale rating for EACH of your colonies, making it less likely that you'll suffer the effects of low mor