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Reply to AI Wars in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

Great read! Thanks a lot!

Reply to The coming 1.1 patch in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

Just want to say: I love your communication policy! This is how it is supposed to be done.

Reply to Gaming Nexus Interview with Derek “Kael” Paxton in Elemental News Elemental Forums

Hm ... since excessive studies all hint at 40 hours per week being the optimal work-load in terms of total work output, adding 45 hours gets you away from optimum for sure, unless you add it to your holidays only. ;)

Reply to Fixing the Zone of Control (Influence) in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

Loved it, thx. Re-commenting not working commented code is sth I do, too ... with my own code. "I must have thought something about not deleting this ... can't remember what, now. Let's not delete it now ... "

Reply to Onward! in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

Damn, frogboy. I was planning to hold out until 1.1 and the demo came out ... but two expansions for free ... had to take that offer. Now I feel like a girl in winters sale, laden with a dozen price-reduced shawls. ;)

Reply to How would you rate AI ? in War of Magic Elemental Forums

Looks promising, frogboy. I am very confident to witness a new masterpiece in the making. Looking forward for the demo!

Reply to Stardock’s Response to PC Gamer UK and RPS in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

Please do not change your style of communication too much. I would rather see the occasional mis-step than any of the corporate PR-BS I am so fed up of (Creative Assembly, anyone?). I do like the open and direct way you communicate. Keep that up, please. Oh, and I will surely buy Elemental in two or three months, when it is polished/finished. That's a promise. :)

Reply to Elemental - a look at the The Imperfect, the Unbalanced, the Exploit in War of Magic Elemental Forums

Thx a lot for your in-depth review. This was the first review that helped me decide wether I should buy it or not. Thx again.

Reply to Galactic Civilizations II v2.0 Change Log in GalCiv Journals GalCiv2 Forums

Thank you very much. Espionage and governors ... great! That is the stuff that makes me buy all your expansions without even having a closer look at them beforehand. :)

Reply to More GalCiv II v2.0 stuff in GalCiv Journals GalCiv2 Forums

[quote quoting="post"]Another thing I've concluded is that 2.0 isn't the end of the line.[/quote] I do not find myself playing too much TA (two games, beta included, so far), but this attitude tells me, that my money was spent to the right guys. Keep on going like that. I will buy GC3 wether I have time to play it or not. :)

Reply to Strategy questions - experts, please help in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

1. Build economy boosting buildings and build them fast. If your are into micro-management, you could also use spare colony ships to transport troops to your freshly colonized planets or you could design a colony ship that holds half a billion of people. More people in the beginning = faster growth -> earlier in the greens. 2. I like having a starbase on every planet. Otherwise, you would waste the production created by your initial colony, once the colony was developed. Think of th

Reply to Terror Stars finished? in Game Ideas GalCiv2 Forums

Why not? You can survive the demolition of a building, so why shouldn't you be able to survive the death of a star? After all, it is just a matter of distance. There once was this documentary on TV, where they showed a working Death Star destroy a sun with a giant laser beam (or something the like, they did not go into technical details). It worked fine. If I could only remember the name ...

Reply to The Appeal of Real-Time Strategy Games in Real-Time GalCiv2 Forums

The Total War series should be what you are looking for. Albeit, it has no research and a game lasts for days. But still the best RBS+RTS around.

Reply to AI Colonization Stupidity in Beta Reports GalCiv2 Forums

That is an exploit I also witnessed very often. Maybe the AI gambles in a way that flipping still would not be certain and a colony ship is quite cheap, after all. Maybe there is a certain chance that the colony becomes strong and can survive in your sphere of influence. I do not know.

Reply to Planet Quantity Question in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

You can test that by starting the game with cheats enables and then pressing Ctrl+U after a game has started. That will reveal the map with all planets. You then just have to restart the game with the same settings (Ctrl+N).

Reply to The Good, the bad, and the neutral in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

Since the MCC grants its bonus to all planets, it is the single one best structure around. It easily beats every other bonus of the good or neutral alignment. Having said that, I stell prefer Neutral because that is my personal mindset.

Reply to Maybe interesting questions about the game mechanics in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

The thing about missiles being better all through ... that is only true for DA. In the upcoming Twilight of Arnor, civs have their own tech trees and they sometimes favor a certain weapon type.

Reply to Bonus Tiles in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

Bonus tiles feel strange ... what exactly is a precursor library? Which letters do they use and do you need a library card? Most of the time, you start on even grounds with the AI. If you start on a lonely planet, it will be rich and abundant on asteroids and vice versa. So for me, that option is not necessary. But the more options you have, the better.

Espionage percentage - What does it do? in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

What exactly is the use of the espionage rating (the one that can be influenced by certain techs like counter-espionage or by choosing the Krynn)? Where is it used for which calculation? Does it lower spy costs (not that I know, of yet)? Does it increase chances to steal tech (can't test that)? Does it increase the rate at which you gain knowledge about other civs (can't test that either, properly)? If anyone out there in this universe of GC2-lovers knows something about t

Reply to Thoughts and analysis on TA as of beta 4 in AARs GalCiv2 Forums

Wyndstar, having played the Thalans, I agree to everything you wrote. Though 50BC upkeep really is a kick in the groin, when the research tree for your new matrizes stays as slow as the old one.

Reply to [TA beta 5-] A Thalan demonstration in AARs GalCiv2 Forums

Good read. I will use some of it in my upcoming Crynn Jihad. :)

Reply to Thalans play-style question in Beta Reports GalCiv2 Forums

No, actually I meant Ctrl+L. (Ctrl+N is not necessary after you found a good starting planet. ;) ) Sometimes I got a streak of over 100 turns of creativity not kicking in. Well, not only sometimes. ;) So from time to time, I loaded my game from a certain save-point to have a new go, when I realized that I fell behind too much. Call me lazy, but I play this game to see a story unfold, not to cope with large obstacles. (For the latter, I prefer Team Fortress 2.)

Reply to Creativy to strong? in Beta Reports GalCiv2 Forums

This whole auto-upgrade business is a little bit messy. If you play on a large map, manually upgrading can be a PITA. On the same map, manually deselecting governer upgrades, too. There could be a pop-up that asks you wether you want to auto-upgrade every structure after you have researched something that gives you new buildings. Or you have to monitor your research and change your settings as soon as you research something where you do not want an auto-upgrade. Bu

Reply to Thalans play-style question in Beta Reports GalCiv2 Forums

Loupdinour: With creativity and some Ctrl+L-pressing, it now works fine. But I think, there is something not working as intended, because being "forced" to take a certain ability to be able to play that race just does not feel right.

Reply to Thalans play-style question in Beta Reports GalCiv2 Forums

Loupdinur: Sir, yes sir!