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Reply to Good alignment and planet events in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

The Good choice is not the one that the US government, or practically any human government would go for. That's why humans are neutral. The point of Evil choices is that the evil person is out for what is best for them. If an event came up that had a good result that was better than the evil result, a true evildoer would take the good choice. They aren't evil for the hell of it, they're evil because it seems the most advantageous to them. Of course, that's the definition of

Reply to Stellar Cartography clarification... in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

It depends on your settings. Planets set to rare and common stars will lead to many empty star systems.

Reply to Suspicious Aspects...Even Using Imagination; Thread. in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

From what I understand of the Imperial system, it isn't the same as a Dictatorship. The homeworld has the right to vote on their ruler (though this has no in game effect), but the colonies are disenfranchised. This is down to the logistical difficulties involved in running an election over multiple planets. The Government techs solve these problems, allowing a proper democratic system.

Reply to Dyson Sphere in Ideas GalCiv2 Forums

Maybe it could be the Good or Neutral equivilant to the Terror Stars (The Drengin can blow up stars... but you can make them into a very high class planet)

Reply to Starship bonus in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

I think it increases the attack/defense values of all ships built on that planet, but I'm not 100% sure.

Reply to Campaign game in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

Planetary invasion is a major annoyance in the campaign, because you have to research it in practically every mission. Many missions, it's pretty much the only tech you need at all. One thing that does confuse me, however, is why it took you 50 turns to research it. It isn't a cheap tech to get, but for me it never seems to be more than 15 turns or so. Is your spend rate at 100%? How much is concentrated on research? Do you have any research labs?

Reply to Removability of The Manufacturing Capital in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

You can capture more Capitals, but if you capture one before you build one, you then cannot build your own.

Reply to AI Cheating? in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

Quick Buy. It's a dumb move, but it's theoretically possible. Do Thalans start off with the required tech?

Reply to Selecting Alignment in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

You need to research Xeno Ethics.

Reply to Iconian Empire in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

Maybe it's something to do with your home planet being Iconia?

Reply to Can't launch empty transports in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

Nobody's suggesting setting the default to 1. They're suggesting setting the minimum on the slider to 1, or possibly allowing them to launch empty.

Reply to Suggestion for starbases, planets, and fleets in Ideas GalCiv2 Forums

An alternative way of dealing with this would be to give a bigger boost to HP as you progress through the techs, to match the increase in weapon power... One thing I thought would be nice would be a module that directly increases the HP of a craft.

Reply to Some suggestions and a few glitches with GC2 in Bug Reports GalCiv2 Forums

If you made the galaxy to scale, it wouldn't be much fun to play...

Reply to Can't launch empty transports in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

I presume this is to stop strange things happening when you move a colony ship with zero colonists/troop ship with zero troops to an empty/enemy planet.

Reply to GalCivII - Good game, shame about the details in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

I would agree that I enjoy the game despite the UI rather than through the UI. Which isn't a great advert for Stardock's non-gaming portfolio... And I still contend that the campaign plays very differently from sandbox. I certainly use totally different strategies. A full galaxy campaign would of course be superb, but it is of course much harder to achieve. I don't know if you've every played Imperium Galactica II, which has quite a few similarities to Gal Civ (though it wasn't turn b

Reply to Diplomacy: please help in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

A cheasy way of getting your allies involved would be to first get peace (if you're the biggest I'm guessing they may even pay for this), then provoke them in some way (hover your fleets over their planets/influence starbases) so that they declare war on you again. Your allies will then honour their alliances and jump in... My guess is that civs will only declare war on another civ if their relations with that civ are below a certain level. Also, your allies may well jump i

Reply to That Solid Dread Lords Mission, Need Help Badly in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

Wow. That's remarkably smart play from the AI there...

Reply to GalCivII - Good game, shame about the details in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

@ Zakdog If you're really having problems, the way to deal with it is not to throw your toys out of the pram and strut off in a huff. Post in the bug reports forum, or contact the devs directly. If it's a problem with your machine, maybe they can point you in the right direction to fix it. If it's a problem with the game, they'll need your help to get it fixed in the next patch.

Reply to You know you've played too much GalCiv when... in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

When you get to the supermarket checkout and find yourself presented with the following options: Good: These noble employees deserve some recompense for their dedicated service. Allow them to keep the change as a tip. (-30 bc) Neutral: It is only fair that I pay for these goods. Hand over the exact change. (-27 bc) Evil: Everyone on the floor! Not you! Open up that till. I'll just be taking that thank you very much... (+100 bc)

Reply to GalCivII - Good game, shame about the details in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

But of course most people aren't going through any shit at all, and many people haven't even had it crash on them once... I'd agree with most of what Quitch has to say, but there are a couple of points I disagree with: 1. The campaigns are not the same as the sandbox mode. They play completely differently for the most part, especially the Dread Lord missions. I guess there's the DLs on parade thing, but I haven't tried that yet. 2. Alliances are not pointle

Reply to 16:9 aspect ratio in Bug Reports GalCiv2 Forums

It's because the image is just stretched over the whole screen. There really isn't much Stardock could have done about it other than including two potential images for the different aspect ratios or chopping the edges off or something.

Reply to New Governor Needed in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

What I'd like is a governor that tells all colonies building a certain ship TYPE to go to a certain rally point...

Reply to Why the combat system should be changed in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

That would remove entirely the element of tactical maneuvering though... The best tactic would be to wait for the AI to declare war, then watch as they suicide their ships into your own vessels. That's even worse than the current system.

Reply to building approval? in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

Farm on food production tile=Higher maximum population Higher maximum population =Lower approval (once your population has grown of course) Approval penalties are imposed based on your current population, rather than the population growth rate. If you have a higher maximum population, the approval that you get when the population is maxed out will be lower. While the planet is still growing, the farms of course have no effect. But you'll need entertainment centres to counter the

Reply to Unlocking Minor races inablility to colonize? in Modding GalCiv2 Forums

You disagree with what exactly? With colony ships, the minors would be exactly the same as the majors (apart from the exceptions I stated) because they follow exactly the same rules, and use the same AI. In what way is that statement inaccurate precisely? The devs have explicitly stated that before they nerfed the minor's ability to build colony ships, they would stand a good chance of taking the galaxy.