Evil Muppet

Reply to What was your first love TBS game? in Off-Topic GalCiv2 Forums

Civilization was my first TBS. How I loved to play it. I must have been 10 or 11 at the time. I still remember how my very first game played out. I played the English, and I founded London on the spot. I built 2 militia, and I lost one to some barbs froma nearby hut. The second in my city held them off. I was too scared to send units to explore, because I thought there may be more coming. I built half a dozen miltia, fortifying one on each land square around my city, and one inside. I

Reply to 1.4 patch and DA ETA? in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

I expect the 1.4 beta will be available shortly, but the DA beta won't be out until November.

Reply to Galactic Civilizations II v1.4 Change Log in GalCiv Journals GalCiv2 Forums

Some of those changes sound great. Really, thanks for all this patch stuff, but what about these bugs: - Economy/Research/Production doesn't work on first turn after reload - Incorrect build times displayed for first improvement in build queue - Right-clicking an X declares war on Y alert allows you to chat with X before you've met them. Are these too difficult to fix, or were they missed on purpose (i.e. are fixes already in the expansion)?

Reply to Epic Story Generator in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

I would imagine it would, but it's a *great* feature. I've never heard of this in any other game, but I lead a rather sheltered life. Does anyone know whether this has ever been done before? Not exactly, but the very first Civ game had an event log that could have been used to make something. If you checked the Civ directory after a game, there w

Epic Story Generator in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

Is anyone else waiting in anticipation for this feature? I think to mark the birth of the ESG, we should have a competition (official or not) to see who can sumbit the most interesting story (modified or not). I think the introduction of new features would be the perfect time for this, as people will have to learn how to cope with new challenges. This is much better, and makes for m

Reply to Colonizable moons? in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

That's true, but I suppose a planet with moons could get a +1/+2 PQ bonus for the extra living space.

Reply to Food/Population Idea in Colonies GalCiv2 Forums

Yeah, evil rocks. I pretty much stick to conquest myself. That's another reason for my suggestion, because I find it easy to mass produce transports when required and steamroll through the AI's worlds. I think the player would have to be more careful to balance their production if planets had to 'recharge' more often. You would need to produce a slow and steady stream of transports, instead of rushing a massive invasion fleet. The AI doesn't seem to react well to that.

Reply to Food/Population Idea in Colonies GalCiv2 Forums

That's what I do currently, but sometimes you don't need to be producing so many transports. If you 'forget' a world for a while your approval rating will be affected. It also creates the problem of unpredictable taxes if you deplete too many worlds at once. The way I imagined it, "troop" worlds would produce something closer to the average taxes. You wouldn't need such a high population, so the high-income level would be reduced, and it would recharge more quickly, raising the low-inco

Shipyard Extras Idea in Ideas GalCiv2 Forums

How about being able to add extras to a favourites tab, so that you can immediately see a short list of your favourite pieces.

Reply to Selecting Tech proposal (double click) in Dark Avatar GalCiv2 Forums

Double clicking would be a pain for anyone who's gotten past the learning curve, and only benefit the minority of new players.

Food/Population Idea in Colonies GalCiv2 Forums

Right now, people seem to ignore the food bonus tiles on most worlds. I think it's a shame that they're so worthless, so I've been thinking of an alternative way to use them. Perhaps if natural population growth was slowed down, farms and food production could be used to make your population grow faster. That way, good agricultural worlds can be used for filling transports and colony ships, as the population used would return more quickly. Farms in their current form could be replaced b

Reply to Heroes in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

Doesn't sound very interesting to me. It sounds like another level of complexity that doesn't really add anything new or different.

Reply to Issue with overwriting old ship designs. in Bug Reports GalCiv2 Forums

That's happened to me. Not always, but sometimes. I didn't try building it to see what happens, but I once built a ship called Star Raider and got a pirate Star Raider instead of my own design.

Reply to Prepping 1.4, Dark Avatar AI in GalCiv Journals GalCiv2 Forums

I'll probably keep mine for defence. Espionage has never really interested me in other games, like the MOO series. It's just another level of micromanagement I can do without.

Reply to Quality vs. Quantity: Beware feature creep! in Dark Avatar GalCiv2 Forums

I really hope they upgrade the ship design area Definitely. Cluttered shipyards are my biggest pet peeve right now. I have to limit myself to one game at a time so I can erase everything in my ship folder after each game. Also, the option to turn off the core designs. Who uses them? PS why are quotes broken? if I put two quotes

Reply to Expanding without expanding. in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

While I think snatching colonies is important, I would prefer the colony rush to be slowed a bit, either by reducing ship range, or giving colonies a much tougher maintenance cost (perhaps a local government building could drastically reduce maintenance). I'm looking forward to the specialised habitats in the expansion, but rather than slow the colony rush, I think it will only result in scattered and chaotic empires.

Reply to double click of save game defaults to load in Bug Reports GalCiv2 Forums

Same thing happened to me last night. Thing is, I accidentally double clicked the wrong game anyway, so either way I would have lost something good. Is there something wrong with adding a confirmation box?

Reply to Funniest diplomacy screenshot I've seen in a long while! in Bug Reports GalCiv2 Forums

"OOPS! SORRY, WRONG NUMBER!"

Reply to Cheese and Cheats in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

Wow...

Reply to So why expand the expansion? in GalCiv Journals GalCiv2 Forums

PS (cookie problem won't let me edit earlier post) For version 1.4: - Clicking the "X declares war on Y" alert icon, lets you chat to race X even if you haven't met them before. - Hotkey for taking screenshots? (pretty please with sugar on)

Reply to So why expand the expansion? in GalCiv Journals GalCiv2 Forums

Incidentally, we are also going to release a Galactic Civilizations II v1.4 shortly. That's great to hear! While you're doing that, can you fix the following: - 1st planetary improvement shows incorrect build time. - Production and research don't work on the first turn after a reload. - Easier way to keep shipyard clean

Reply to Who is Kyro? in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

Who is Kryo? Ssssh!!!!! You said "the name that must not be spoken"! If you utter it again, you increase the chance of him descending on his fiery wings, lifting us up and casting us into the dark pit of permaban!

Reply to Isn't seeing who is where on the glatic map a cheat? in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

It's not really a cheat, because I think the AI's can see where you are too. This was the way it worked in the beginning, but lots of people requested the option to turn it off. They left it in, in case some people liked playing that way.

Reply to Galactic Civilizations II: Dark Avatar schedule announced in GalCiv II News GalCiv2 Forums

ANOTHER QUESTION: Will the new title screen be optional too (for those who like the spinning planet)? Civ 4: Warlords ruined the feel of the game. I want my spinning Earth and African music back.

Reply to Galactic Civilizations II: Dark Avatar schedule announced in GalCiv II News GalCiv2 Forums

QUESTION: If you install a Beta, can you just install the full version over the top when its done, or will it involve uninstalling and reinstalling everything?