Knute, we clearly need some vs threads here. However, it *is* possible to compare sci-fi universes (and unfortunately, the short range of Chmmr weapons makes them less than optimal )... and 2 megaton at several hundred meters is pretty poor. As you say, modern strategic warheads are that powerful. Even Star Treks' weapons can do better than that.... and Star Wars weapons are so much more powerful it's n
The penalties are editable on a per-party basis, so I'd say no. OTOH, it's past time we all fixed the retarded 'bonuses become penalties if you lose' thing, and made it a little less... stupid.
Huh? Your second upgrade is to a 'more expensive' design, whereas the third option is a 'less expensive' design. I imagine it just compares costs, rather than comparing individual devices.
Everything in the 'relations' tab can be used to improve relations, as well as gifts, assistance, etc.
Well, I want proper waypoints. Consider fuss made!
I think there's definately scope for improving the graphics - I also always skip the 'limp slowly towards enemy getting zapped' animation. I only use minisoldiers anyway, though. PS Mechs are the worst idea for a ground combat vehicle ever.
Oh dear. B5 ships are very fragile by scifi standards (2MT nuke at hundreds of meters destroys Sharlin, et al), and the Shadow death cloud is nothing more advanced than a great big pile of missiles - far less impressive or useful than a 900km, 20,000,000c, planet-exploding starship. It's not necessarily a done thing that the Shadow are superior to the 'lamest villan ever' Borg. The Borg ARE stupid, though, so if the weapon disparity isn't too severe the Shadow could take it with judicious hyp
The idea that tech trading OF TECHS THAT MAKE TRADING EASIER is bad is very sound. I like tech trading, and I never turn it off - but it's silly that the AI will let me trade for their high dip techs, thus allowing me to get better deals with them in the future. The direct synergy between trading and diplomacy techs/bonuses means that they are a special case, deserving special attention. Frankly, I consider dip techs 'weapons', and the AI should too. It should only trade its diplom
I don't know how to use waypoints (a->b->c stuff) in GC2. There are rally points, however.
I might mess with this myself - I liked MoO1s super-short starting range.
Wow, that works? I was all geared up for a 'lolz you can't declare war, needs proper dip system ZOMG' post.
Yeah, because there'd be no limits to their power and they wouldn't just bugger off like they always do in scifi? Really, it'd be grab-the-empty-planets time! I've found it very hard to get the required security to focus on research - and really, ifyou can do that, you've won anyway. I find conquest victories terribly boring, because it quickly becomes clear if you're going to win or not... b
Seriously, how many people actually lose more than a dozen ships a game? Once the early wars are over, I'm always so far ahead in research, economy and industry that I can churn out huge Dalek War Ships armed with top-of-the-line missiles are AMD (lolz 5space for 10def) *AND* upgrade all my old ones to the new standard each redesign. I usually don't lose *any* ships after the early wars... or I lose and die. <img src="http://images.stardock.com/gc2/T_DL/smiles/Smile.gif" border=0 ALIGN="absmi
I've read enough posts about SDC to be glad I never wasted my time with it. It's odd that it's so poorly designed, when arguably Stardocks greatest experience is in UI development!
This is the reverse of my experience - I'm am constantly under attack by everyone and his dog until I build the Dalek Battlefleet and bloody their noses enough to back off.
Who says they're 'speaking' at all? The translator could be getting text out of tail position, odour, gestures, all kinds of stuff. I mean, everyone says the same gibberish if you don't have a translator... so maybe not.
Hmm? I also ally at friendly. Is it supposed to be at close? Is the FR screen displaying the 'actual' relations wrong?
Ideally these zero-tile improvements could be visually displayed on some non-useful tile, so that they were not 'invisible'. In any case, great work!
Who cares about points? I want to have fun, not rulezor the Multiversezor. I've noticed the AI go nuts on expansion too. However, because they don't cheat, they just run out of money and fall into recession for ages, letting everyone catch up.
I never play less than 9 rivals. What's the point? I mistakenly left it on 'random' number once, and ended up head-to-head with the Dregin - by the time I found them, I was so much more powerful than them it was a done deal.
The little picture clearly displays a wet ocean - something Mars hasn't seen for billions of years.
I don't mind it the way it is. If you're isolated or left alone, you can win without having to kill everyone. People shouldn't go nuts if you're about to win - 'winning' doesn't mean everyone else 'loses', it just means the game ends. All the people in the other civs aren't instantly keeling over dead or anything. Unless its the 'kill everyone' or even the 'influence' victory, where you're winning by taking things away from other people.
The savegame loading does take aaaaaages now.
Gundam uses the cylinder habitats, right? Orbitals are a much better idea... unless you want to move them. At least Niven can admit his Ringworld was a tiny bit unstable and patch the concept later. A full ringworld is less attractive from a game perspective than an orbital, since ringworlds need absurd materials and absurdly large amounts of it.
Yeah, GC2 hard-crashes forcing a restart.... .... when, again? I've owned the game since it came out, and I've had my share of crashes... but it's never taken the OS down - I've never had to restart. BUTZOR THE TEH TERRIBLE REVIEWS AND CRASHING!!!!!!!!!1111111ONEeleven
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