Vinraith

Reply to A more diplomatic AI in GalCiv Journals GalCiv2 Forums

Maybe not patches, but an expansion that did an overhaul of the AI, including making trades actually work? I'd pay money for that almost as fast as I would for multiplayer. Put the two together and you have the recipie for the perfect expansion Actually put those two together and you have one of the few expansions I wouldn't pay for for this game. I don't think the trading is that bad, and multiplayer is fundamentally useless to me. Incid

Reply to A more diplomatic AI in GalCiv Journals GalCiv2 Forums

Treaties should be bilateral only, the above screenshot is why. But, but, I like my "tributes". The thing is, it wouldn't be an exploitable advantage if the AI just tried to do it as well. I think the current "free" treaty system can work, where some empires get six sent there way, others get none. But for it to work, the AI has to actually want them. I agree, but I d

Reply to A more diplomatic AI in GalCiv Journals GalCiv2 Forums

Treaties should be bilateral only, the above screenshot is why.

Reply to The perfect Tom Clancy style FPS (not just for consoles!) in Gaming GalCiv2 Forums

Rainbow 6: Raven SHield was the last Tom Clancy shooter that was really "tactical" in any sense. It's a shame that such a fun series has decided that the path to mainstream sales is to dumb itself down to the point where it's virtually indistinguishable from any other FPS on the market.

Reply to A more diplomatic AI in GalCiv Journals GalCiv2 Forums

Peace treaties can go the other way too, though. It may be a hallucination on my part but it seems like you're more likely to get one the longer the conflict has stretched on, no matter what the relative performance of the sides. More than once I've managed to white peace my way out of certain doom, which never really made much sense to me. Heck, sometimes when they're casually slaughtering you they'll up and offer you a straight peace treaty. I don't really think of it as all that seriou

Reply to invaded by bugs in Bug Reports GalCiv2 Forums

#3 sounds like it was a planet you didn't have the colonization tech for. #1 Sounds like you may have selected the "old buildings" tab on the colony management screen. #2 I can't explain and have never seen nor heard of, nor do I understand 1 and 3 if my suggested causes aren't the problem.

Reply to 7 Best & 7 Worst PC Games in Off-Topic GalCiv2 Forums

Ah that must be the problem then. Oh well, we all just have to bite the bullet and stop supporting these restrictions by simply not bying these games. I can certainly understand that, and would tend to agree that voting with your wallet is always the best way to make a statement. I haven't played anything LAN-wise since college, though, so it's not even something I notice anymore. As regards NWN, I really have no idea about the LAN th

Reply to 7 Best & 7 Worst PC Games in Off-Topic GalCiv2 Forums

NWN is primarily a multiplayer game, I know this because I've played through both the original and the Hordes of the Underdark campaigns with friends online. oh ok. i will have to look it up But not all multiplayer games would be of any use to me and my wife at home. I am noticing more and more games with exclusive online servers which kills the at home LAN option. I nearly bought one the other day

Reply to Eve online -- Is it worth it? in Off-Topic GalCiv2 Forums

Thanks for the game selection. I am bit too much of a lone wolf to care about the MMO component of any game. Perhaps if I had a few friends to play with, I might actually bother to advance my character to terrifying levels. Anyhow, thanks for the starforce warning. The demo description mentions it has it as well, which is a shame. But I did find a manual in a .pdf format that I can read. Yeah, the demo does indeed have SF. For what it'

Reply to 7 Best & 7 Worst PC Games in Off-Topic GalCiv2 Forums

it is sad to see a company become so money obsessed. It really is, I've never seen a game so carefully designed to waste the maximum amount of your time possible. I suppose that's the nature of subscription games, but I'd thought better of Blizzard. I can see why the guys from Arenanet and Flagship left, frankly.

Reply to 7 Best & 7 Worst PC Games in Off-Topic GalCiv2 Forums

Huh? The main campaign of the original game, as well as those of the various expansions, can all be played coop with others (and are frankly a lot more fun that way, NWN's kind of useless as a single player game since there's no real party dynamic). Then of course there are all the fan made modules... You must be mistaken. NWN is primarily a multiplayer game, I kno

Reply to 7 Best & 7 Worst PC Games in Off-Topic GalCiv2 Forums

A good example of that problem is neverwinter nights. I wanted to play that but no, no multiplayer mission Huh? The main campaign of the original game, as well as those of the various expansions, can all be played coop with others (and are frankly a lot more fun that way, NWN's kind of useless as a single player game since there's no real party dynamic). Then of course there are all the fan made modules...

Reply to 7 Best & 7 Worst PC Games in Off-Topic GalCiv2 Forums

Favorites in no particular order: GalCiv 2 & Dark Avatar TES: Morrowind & Expansions (and mods, of course) Europa Universalis 2 Crusader Kings Baldur's Gate 1&2 Tropico & Expansion Rise of Nations & Throne and Patriots Honorable Mentions to: Dawn of War: Dark Crusade Fallout 1&2 Roller Coaster Tycoon 3 Diablo 2 Rainbow 6 up through Raven Shield Unreal Tournament 2004 That's just off the top of my head, I'm sure I'm forge

Reply to What would you pay good money for in an expansion? (The unofficial inquiry) in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

About the only way I can see not buying a future GalCiv expansion is if it's primary addition was multiplayer, which I simply have no use for. As long as the single player content justifies the price tag, I'll preorder the thing in a heartbeat.

Reply to Hardly a serious glitch, but... in Bug Reports GalCiv2 Forums

As to alt tab, the game runs beautifully in windowed mode. If you need to switch back and forth, that's your best bet.

Reply to Stardock Horror Stories in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

Yup, you're thinking of Starforce, which was used with earlier versions of the X series (they've blessedly removed it from both X2 and X3 via patches, now). Starforce has nothing to do with Stardock, the two are basically polar opposites that happen to have similar names.

Reply to Is Tech Victory meaningful in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

I tend to view alliance and tech victories as "cop out" victories, in that they're pretty easy to get even if you're not remotely the dominating power in the galaxy. I tend to turn them off, as a result.

Reply to Eve online -- Is it worth it? in Off-Topic GalCiv2 Forums

Have a look at X3: Reunion, it may be a better fit if you don't care for the "MMO" element. Be sure you pick up the 2.0 DVD version, which is Starforce-free. Amazon had it for about $10 last I saw, and it's worth a lot more than that.

Reply to Pirates = boooooring in Dark Avatar GalCiv2 Forums

I've had the dread lords happening to me twice, had no problem dealing with them even with a rather weak fleet. Killed them in 1 turn once, the second time i never even got to meet them, some other race killed them. The pirates on the other hand has been far too powerful in the latest 2 games, outnumbering me with far too powerfull ships (i had, by far, the strongest millitary among the other races.) The events seems very unbalanced, a lit

Reply to Pirates = boooooring in Dark Avatar GalCiv2 Forums

TUrn off mega events if you don't want your "flow" disrupted. Mega eents are there specifically to throw things into chaos.

Reply to Have you ever fought the AI to a stalemate? in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

I ended up in a game under DL 1.1 where my Iconians held half the galaxy and the Drengin held the other half circa 2235. We were still in essentially the same position (we'd traded some systems back and forth, of course, but neither of us was noticably weaker or stronger) in 2247.

Reply to Dread Lords mega event disappointing in Dark Avatar GalCiv2 Forums

Yeah, I'm hoping to see a big boost to that one in 1.6, it's a pet peeve of mine.

Reply to Recommendable TBS games? in Strategy GalCiv2 Forums

EU2 was actually a better game than EU3 (EU3 stripped the historical feel, which was the series' main draw), but if you didn't like the HOI series I suspect you won't like either of those either since they're made by the same company and are along the same lines. Unfortunately i haven't really got anything to recommend to you, the truth is I popped into this thread hoping to see something I didn't know about. <img src="http://images.stardock.com/gc2/T_DL/smiles/Smile.gif" border=0 alig

Reply to Alliance Victory in Dark Avatar GalCiv2 Forums

Turn up AI aggression, it makes the whole diplomatic model a little less easy to exploit. That said yes, the diplo model in general (and alliances in particular) are ripe for abuse in general.

Reply to Games I want to make! in GalCiv Journals GalCiv2 Forums

Fundamental difference of taste, SanChonino. I'm certainly glad you and so many others liked it, but considering the very small number of quality RPG's put out these days I'm hoping SD would choose a somewhat more "middle path" in designing theirs. I should add to that earlier post "and for the love of god let us create our own characters." Lack of investment in the protagonist is one of many rea