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Reply to Stardock magazine - punishing early adopters, and GC3 in Galactic Civilizations Series Stardock Forums

[quote who="tilyas89" reply="11" id="3660648"] Early adoption is less of a financial incentive than a "I want to support the dev, play earlier, and get a couple perks here and there". Not "I'm buying early to save more." [/quote] Cool, except I was buying it explicitly to save more, which was why I jumped on the "Last chance for a discounted pre-order" offer, you seem to be missing this. I bought it under the premise that it wouldn't be any cheaper until release, bu

Reply to Stardock magazine - punishing early adopters, and GC3 in Galactic Civilizations Series Stardock Forums

Oh good, that solves the need for h ypotheticals, Brad states in that thread that he agreed to the lowered price. Screw keeping to you word, screw giving refunds to unhappy customers, but send out emails claiming to condemn poor business practices when you are one of the worst examples.

Reply to Stardock magazine - punishing early adopters, and GC3 in Galactic Civilizations Series Stardock Forums

Well, I work in games and I know Steam don't put anything on sale without permission, it's not a matter of opinion. The fact that you're so proud of an opinion formed in ignorance is sad, and the spreading of such misinformation is unhelpful, but if you're so opposed to facts then you're likely correct that there's no convincing you. Perhaps you could tell us though, did you just imagine one day that surely Steam just sets sales prices willy-nilly, or is your o

Reply to Stardock magazine - punishing early adopters, and GC3 in Galactic Civilizations Series Stardock Forums

Steam never puts things on sale without the publisher's permission, don't talk crazy. It's also not about $10, it's about breaking promises and shafting early adopters - you know, the thing the article from the stardock newsletter talks about being bad. The gist of your post, besides false information about how Steam sales work, seems to be "Lol, OF COURSE Stardock wouldn't keep the promise they sold the game with!" which seems to be an odd def

Stardock magazine - punishing early adopters, and GC3 in Galactic Civilizations Series Stardock Forums

I found this article in the stardock newsletter particularly annoying considering the horrible bait and switch you pulled with GC3 founders. To recap, when GC3 was first offered as a project there was a newsletter sent out saying "Last chance to pre-order GC3 at a discounted price!". I bought it at the time, but then, before release you put the game on sale for $10 cheaper during early access. Sales happen, but when your offer's selling point is that it's the last discount before rele

Reply to Galactic Civilizations III - Patch 1.02 in GalCiv III Support GalCiv3 Forums

FYI Brad never got back to me, so I guess his refund offer was dishonest or only for people who say rude words. I mean, I could be rude if that's the policy, but I suspect Brad is just more into snappy comebacks than customer service.

Reply to So, uh, that steam sale in GalCiv III Founders GalCiv3 Forums

And I might as well quote the reply I am talking about: [quote who="Frogboy" reply="24" id="3556336"] If you'd like a refund, I'm happy to provide it as long as you agree to leave and never come back and never purchase anything ever again from us [/quote] [quote who="Darkrenown2" reply="143" id="3557410"] Can I get in on this deal? Keeping it short and polite, I don't like the game and I didn't like it being sold cheaper during EA

Reply to So, uh, that steam sale in GalCiv III Founders GalCiv3 Forums

No, what I would expect them to do is take the steam offer and offer the difference back or a refund to any customers who took the earlier deal and were upset about it now. Also, you might want to re-evaluate your stance since you don't have all the info, I asked for a refund via the stardock support system shortly after I made this thread (I actually thought Brad would be cool about it and sort me out here without having to take an official step). Instead I just go

Reply to So, uh, that steam sale in GalCiv III Founders GalCiv3 Forums

[quote who="Frogboy" reply="19" id="3557441"] If you ever saw ghost busters theN you may remember the quote: if so eone asks you if you're a god you say yes. If steam offers to feature your game even if it means discount ting it you say yes. [/quote] If you ever saw The Empire Strikes back, you might remember the part where Vader altered the deal - further reinforcing him being the bad guy and turning Lando from an ally to an enemy. So you're saying it's

Reply to So, uh, that steam sale in GalCiv III Founders GalCiv3 Forums

It's pretty amusing some people here have the gall to talk down to me while at the same time imaging that Steam just randomly put people's games on sale. Game Developers/Publishers have to agree to suggested sales, or indeed can set their own sales prices nowadays. This is not a complex thing, I'm not upset about money on its own, I'm not upset about games becoming cheaper in general as they age/go on sale, I'm upset because Stardock specifically offered me the&nbs

Reply to Galactic Civilizations III - Patch 1.02 in GalCiv III Support GalCiv3 Forums

[quote who="Frogboy" reply="24" id="3556336"] If you'd like a refund, I'm happy to provide it as long as you agree to leave and never come back and never purchase anything ever again from us [/quote] Can I get in on this deal? Keeping it short and polite, I don't like the game and I didn't like it being sold cheaper during EA than the "Cheapest price pre-release!" price I got it for in Alpha. I requested a refund at the time, but your support guy sai

Reply to So, uh, that steam sale in GalCiv III Founders GalCiv3 Forums

The game is not yet released, so all current sales are also pre-orders. If you argue that Early Access is "release" and so these sales are not pre-orders, then how does EA differ from the Founder's Beta? Either they are both pre-orders or neither are, in either case the advertisment would be misleading. Anyway, I have emailed stardock sales and will not be checking this forum further.

Reply to So, uh, that steam sale in GalCiv III Founders GalCiv3 Forums

Do all of you have a reading disability? I am not bothered that Steam sales happen - I am bothered Stardock told me the Founder's edition was the last chance to buy a discounted GC pre-order and that turned out not to be the case. But no, continue to ignore that part and be needlessly hostile in your knee-jerk defences.

Reply to So, uh, that steam sale in GalCiv III Founders GalCiv3 Forums

Take your condescending tone and shove it up your arse. Sure, steam sales happen - but stardock's email didn't say it was the last chance to buy it direct, it said the last chance to buy a discounted pre-order. Not only was that not true, it's now being sold for less than what I paid before the game's even close to finished.

So, uh, that steam sale in GalCiv III Founders GalCiv3 Forums

I rather felt it was implied I was emailed that it was the " Last Chance for Discounted Galactic Civilizations III Pre-order" that the game would not be discounted until release - which is why I bought it: I thought I'd be buying it on release anyway so I might get it while it was discounted and maybe poke about in the beta. So I was pretty surprised that it's currently half off on Steam. I feel kinda cheated - while I'm sure GC3 will be a fun game when it's done, there&#

Reply to How do I download the game? in GalCiv III Founders GalCiv3 Forums

Huh, surprised there was no email to founders about this. Just saw the beta on Steam's frontpage and came here to try and find out how to get it. Thanks!

Reply to Confused by research.... in Research GalCiv2 Forums

If you change your spending settings the turns till finished couter won't be updated untill the next turn. So if you have a tech that'll take 6 weeks to finich and then set all your colonies to research it'll still say 6 weeks to go, but next turn you'll see you only have 1 or 2 weeks left on it.

Reply to Ideas that would be nice to see in GC2 in Ideas Stardock Forums

"The game needs gas nebulas, worm holes, white stars, and well anything to obstruct ship movement in a given area to create some sort of logistical problem or natural defensive barriers for the players & the AI to manuver around. " Space is very...spacious, there are no natural defensive barriers for the players & the AI to manuver around.

Reply to Defending with starships? in Galactic Civilizations II Stardock Forums

Starbases are on their own, they can't be grouped with fleets.

Reply to Patches, etc. in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

The order of release was bonus pak, CE, patch so it's probably best to install in that order. I did, works fine Edit: When I posted this there were no other replies but it took an age to appear here, now I just look redundant

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

Oh yeah, colony manager screen shoudl show you if a planet has open tiles.

Reply to I wish the game would not go to the next turn if all my ships have not moved. in Galactic Civilizations II Stardock Forums

Best you can do is set 'em to guard. "g"'s the shortcut.

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

Hope I'm not repeating anything but here's my ideas: Starbase summary screen along the lines of the colony summary screen showing name, location, main function and whether they can be upgraded in new weapons or a new module for their primary function (2 seperate items, I'd want to know if the upgrade is for just weapons/defence OR a module relating to inf/econ/ship assist depending on the base) When opening a starbase's details sc

Reply to Changes to Weapons and Armor in Modding Stardock Forums

I dunno, if all we can do is watch battles I prefer the simple rock/paper/sissors model that we have now. More detailed combat would make me long for tactical control too much.

Reply to Combat Simulator Version 1 Released in Galactic Civilizations II Stardock Forums

Cool, Saber