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Is Stardock making a Fantasy TBS game? in Strategy GalCiv2 Forums

Recently I plugged a great game back into my system: Age of Wonders: Shadow Magic. If you think Galactic Civilizations is great for keeping you up until 3AM punching the "Next Turn" button, then you need to check this game out. Age of Wonders is kind of a cross between "Heroes of Might and Magic" and "Masters of Magic". Anyways, my point was that I was browsing some Age of Wonders forums, and came across some old threads that mentioned that STARDOCK was pondering doin

Reply to Greatest Want or Need in Dark Avatar GalCiv2 Forums

I actually hated how the strategic combat in Birth of the Federation was implemented. It was a great idea but horribly executed. Whenever I played, I could never tell whether the maneuvers that I picked were effective or not. Most often I just used the "Charge" maneuver until the combat played out. It seemed to work just about as well as anything else. Neither of my friends who played it with me could figure it out either.

Reply to Are Starbases too puny? in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

I like the idea of designing starbases like ships. This could also open up a whole line of research on Starbase construction improvments. For example, the first type of Starbase available to you may only have X hit points, and room enough for X number of installed modules. Of course, if you went this route, it would probably involve getting rid of the whole idea of using multiple constructors to build a Starbase. You'd just use one, and then when the Starbase was built, and you wante

Reply to Greatest Want or Need in Dark Avatar GalCiv2 Forums

(Delta formation) Would give you a bonus to your attack but leave you more vulnerable to enemy attacks. (Strafe) Allow you to do a hit and run maneuver where you are in combat for a round or two then retire. (Gamma Formation) would give you more of a defensive posture and give you a defensive bonus while cutting the damage you inflict.

Reply to Greatest Want or Need in Dark Avatar GalCiv2 Forums

What about regenerating anomolies? Anomolies can be fun, but it's somewhat lame that once they're gone - they're gone for good. It could make the game more interesting if Anamolies respawned randomly from time to time. It would also make survey tech a bit more worthwhile. I never build a ship that can survey besides the flagship you start with.

Reply to Interesting AI Behavior in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

Since 1.3 I have noticed that the AI likes to park fleets of ships next to my starbases, even when the AI is "Friendly" and the Starbases in question are deep in my territory. In my last game, I took this as a queue they were getting ready to invade me, and sent counter-attack fleets to all these locations, declared war, and obliterated them before the AI decided it had a shot at taking me out and destroyed all my Starbases in a single turn.

Reply to How much do starbases help? in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

As the previous poster said, check out the "Details" section of the specific planet in the Economy Starbase's area of effect to check and see how much of a bonus it is getting. This one is pretty easy to see. It's not easy to predict how much of a bonus you're going to get BEFORE you build the starbase, but easy to check afterwards. Influence Starbases are much harder to figure out. I can never tell how close I am to flipping an enemy world if I build an influence starbase near an en

Reply to Are Starbases too puny? in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

I created a post asking a similiar question to this. Frogboy replied that space stations are not Space Fortresses. In fact, the idea was is, that you needed fleets to defend them. Space Stations shouldn't be space fortresses, no. BUT if you spend 10 Constructor ships to deck them out specifically with military hardware, then they SHOULD

Explain diplomacy to me in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

I'm lost when it comes to diplomacy in this game. I can't figure out how to make most aliens want to ally with me. What I try to do is on an alien race's stats, maximize the amount of +'s, while minimizing the -'s. Sometimes, especially on higher difficulties, I can NEVER get someone to get above "Friendly". In my latest game, on "Painful" I even gave the Terrans a PLANET, and they still wouldn't go above friendly. What are your diplomacy strategies for increasing fr

Are Starbases too puny? in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

Personally, I think Starbases are too puny. MUCH too puny. I can upgrade a Starbase with tons of weaponry and defense, and it still will die quite easily to all but the most puny attack fleets. I usually have to park a fleet of my own on top of my Star Bases to prevent the enemy from destroying them. The only thing Starbase attack components seem to do is deter the AI from destroying your starbases with a Scout armed with a Laser. In End-Game situations, a fully upgraded Starbase is more vu

Reply to Secret Police Center & Re-education Center... in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

Free screen savers and oil baths. That does it. I'm modding the game to change the Yor's icon to representations of Bender from Futurama.

Reply to Official 1.3 [final] bug report thread in Bug Reports GalCiv2 Forums

I had just declared myself "Neutral" in the game by researching "Good and Evil" or whichever tech it is that lets you choose a final alignment. After that, I can't remember specifically if the game crashed, or I closed it down and took a break. However, when I came back to the game, I had "Good and Evil" researched, but I was no longer neutral, and I couldn't declare an alignment for the rest of the game.

Reply to 70% population growth civilization ability in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

Wow, I'm kinda surprised at all this. Well, I guess not really. Some people I guess pick ONE way to play the game, and then keep playing that way forever. I like to change it up. I never play the same game twice. First time I played the game, I played it using a Custom race. Then I slowly got better at the game, I think the first time I beat the game on a higher difficulty, I played through as the Terrans. Then I got into the Yor, I think I played t

Reply to Dark Messiah- Best Game Ever?? in PC Gaming GalCiv2 Forums

I've never been a fan of Might and Magic... sorry but the M&M games always seemed really sub-par to me. The latest MM game seems really interesting though, and I'm excited to try it. Not interested in multiplayer though. Now the Heroes of Might and Magic is a different story. Heroes II was great, Heroes III was perfection. Heroes IV was a travesty that is best left forgotten. Now, while I do not think that Heroes V quite captures the perfection of Heroes III, it sti

Reply to Galactic Civilizations II: Would you purchase a multiplayer expansion? in GalCiv II News GalCiv2 Forums

I'd never play this game with a stranger over the internet. BUT see I happen to have friends. Friends that game. Friends that game with the same kind of games I do. I turned 2 other friends onto this game, and we'd love to play multiplayer. And we'd have no problem hooking up and loading up a saved multiplayer game from last time, or even starting a new game altogether. Other favorites of ours: Heroes of Might and Magic III (one game of this can take FOREVE

Reply to I would like to see a user poll on 1.3 in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

I'm having huge problems with 1.3 right now. The game is much much harder, and I'm not talking about the AI. I haven't played for a month or so, but felt the urge, updated, and went to town. I couldn't figure out WHY I was having such a hard time making money - I had to go through and analyze all of my colonies. I restarted the game about 6 times before I figured out what was going on. Colonizing too much too quickly just completely bankrupts you now. Sure, you'll grab a l

Reply to GalCiv II: v1.1 preview in GalCiv II News GalCiv2 Forums

Stardock I think I love you. If I wasn't already married I'd be shopping for a ring. GalCiv2 is the most addicting, wonderful space empire game I've played in nearly forever, and you just keep making it better. Stop making me stay up until 4am!!!!!

Reply to How do I combine a fleet with a starbase? in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

Starbases as they stand right now are too fragile. Since the attackers always get "First Strike", then a sufficiently powerful attacking force is almost assured to take out a Starbase, no matter how much offensive and defensive capabilities it has. Starbases are only "Scary" early in the game when the best you have are tiny and small hulls. After that, i think nothing of wiping them out. In my opinion, Starbases should

Reply to Mouse Pointer Sticking - Please Help in Bug Reports GalCiv2 Forums

1) BFG 6800 GT Here 2) One Monitor - but note I have a 26" widescreen 3) No 4) Standard Windows Mouse - disabling the in-game cursor seems to work. Happened to me just a moment ago, and I was just picking my type of government from the race customization screen, getting ready for a new game.

Reply to So, you wanna improve espionage? in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

I think adding sabotage and increasing the benefits of espionage would be great. However, then you would also need: 1) Internal security to counter espionage and sabotage 2) Colony structures (Detention Centers, Interrogation Chambers, Data Networks) to both improve your espionage, and improve your internal security. I know this game isn't Master of Orion, but I always loved being able to occasionally blow up

Reply to The first sales figures are in! in GalCiv II News GalCiv2 Forums

Grats!! BTW, No copy protection has been a GODSEND to me. I installed it on my home PC. I installed it on my home laptop. I installed it on my Work PC (to play on lunch breaks) - all without lugging CDs around. I love you guys!

Reply to STICKY: EASY TWEAKS to make the game better for you in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

As I get better and better at this game... there are two things that cripple the AI vs a human player. First, the "Fog of War" does not cover planets. I can click on a planet, and if it defended, I can see how many ships are there, and how exactly they are armed. Thus, i can plan my fleet way in advance to counter the ships that my enemy has. If a planet is covered by the fog of war, you should not be able to see ANYTHING about the planet

Reply to STICKY: EASY TWEAKS to make the game better for you in Galactic Civilizations II Stardock Forums

I've seen some great suggestions... and people have pointed out some bugs that I hadn't noticed or considered, especially things like AI behavior. I'm still learning to play, so I don't mind that the AI is taking it a little "easy" on me, but removing methods of "exploiting" the AI seems to be a good idea. I only have a few "tweak" suggestions, and I believe they have been mentioned before, but I'll reiterate them. 1) From the Sh

Reply to Galactic Civilizations: The case for no multiplayer in Galactic Civilizations II Stardock Forums

Add me to the list of people willing to pay $10 for a Multiplayer add-on pack! I'd never play Muliplayer with strangers. It takes HOURS, and odds are that the guy on the other end is going to have to deal with kids, homework, a wife, a husband, food, or work, or SOMETHING before the game ever ends. HOWEVER I have several friends who all love strategy games. We'll spend 3 hours playing Heroes of Might and Magic 3, and