The corner is the best in my opinion. As long as you have some stars above you. You dont have to worry about getting flanked or anything Yea, it's nice to know they can't hit you from behind. But, you can do well from a middle position. I've played games both ways and don't have a particular preference. I mainly go for a good clump of stars with s
Craig what Difficulty do you play and map size? Moral effects Population growth which will effect Colonization, and taxes in the end Yea, seriously, the high tax rate doesn't work too well without the 70% population bonus. Without it, the high taxes cause population to expand so slowly, the increased revenue isn't justified. With 1.31, I've been pla
I'm a gouger, I work those taxes hard, always at the bottom of the yellow just above the red. First thing I do is set spending at 100% and taxes at 50%. I research Xeno Ethics right away, select neutral, and crank the tax rate to 60%. It sucks to be a citizen in my empire, hehe.
Lots of approaches work in this game so it really depends on what pops your bubble. I mainly go for a starting position that allows me to grab as many planets as I can. Backing another race into a corner is an approach I hadn't considered. Constrain them and then invade them first thing. Great idea. Have to try that sometime.
I found I can pretty much play and win just about any start, however.... When playing military conquest, getting a rough start means your game is going to take longer. You can't really move toward the win until you can start overpowering races. A good start gets you there a lot sooner. It really depends what you're into. If you're into the challenge of coming up from behind and don't mind a long game, take the first hand you're delt. Personally, I go for the good start. I'
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I generally wouldn't want to destroy a super project after capturing an enemy planet with one, but it would be nice to be able to decomission it and have it appear back in my list of buildable projects. Of course, if decomissioning resulted in losing it forever, there would be no point.
That would be great if they improved the presentation of the tech tree. That's always been something difficult to browse, my 2 bc.
Fine with me, kill all politcal and religous topics. I get enough of that crap from my wife Hehe, you can kill this one now.
The last several games I've played, the neutrals are always Terran, Thalan, and Arcean. The goods are always Drath, Altarian, Torian, Iconian. Don't know if game situation has any bearing on that, but it's what I've seen.
The AI does what it does relatively well and pretty much has the appearance of doing what a human player does. I send out scouts right away. So does the AI. I see a nice fat planet and put a colony ship on a B line for it. So does the AI. I don't see a problem.
Yea, we're getting unihabbitable planets in Dark Avatar
For people with no internet access, my recommendation would be to get rid of your desktop system and buy a laptop computer. When you need access, head downtown and use the wireless hotspot at your local coffee shop. When I'm on the road, I'm amazed at the internet's accessibility. Internet hotspots are a a dime a dozen now. And, they're usually high speed. I think Stardock should NOT have to consider cases where people have no internet access at all. Nowadays, you might as well not
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Man, you need a better wife. The AI are pretty satisying in GC2, but my wife still has them beat, hehe. I'm sure nobody cares about my opinion, but I state it anyway in the off chance somebody does.
Well, the fact that we can debate this much about where to put bonus points is a testament to the well balanced nature in which they apply. Kudos to the game designers. I'm one of those people who gets stuck in a rut when playing these games. I pretty much stick to the first strategy that works. You can look at the profiles for my game characters and see that right off. I played the same strategy all through 1.2 and only changed when the game changed in 1.3. In 1.3, I really like t
I wouldn't say that all the advanced players play as evil. I think Neutral alignment is best. It's unfortunate they nerfed NLC's but the instant planet upgrades and morale bonus are highly beneficial.
When I first read about Dark Avatar, I was thinking I may not be interested. But, the more I read about it, the more interested I get. When I read a full boxed version was going to be available, I thought, "Hmmm, I may have to buy that". A shiney box with "Galactic Civilizations II" printed across it may be too hard to pass up
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I'm one of those 28%. The survey didn't ask how many people would buy a game they wouldn't normally be interested in because it *doesn't* have intrusive copy protection. I'm also in that group. GC2 is the first game I've bought in its genre and that was only because I read about the non-intrusive copy protection method it ships with. It worked out great because I'm enjoying GC2 more and for longer than any other game I've purchased in that past. How about that!
Actually, if the past is any indicator, retail can be a little bit cheaper than buying online. The publisher distributes their product with an MSRP, but places like Walmart always discout retail prices by at least 10% or so. Online sales are always at retail. The good thing about about buying online is that Stardock is getting 100% of the gross sale. They only get wholesale for the product when they sell to a retailer.
Keep 'em coming baby, love those bug fixes.
Freakin hell you guys are weak, down in Australia it gets up to 45C's (and thats in the middle of a tropic of something) on a hot day and the hard people are up in alice stuck in the middle of a freakin desert next to a bloody rock at 36C - 51C ALL year. I know what you're talking about. My sister is Australian (she's lived there for almost 20 y
Ooh shiney, I may have to buy that.
Hehe, I know a place hotter than Vegas...Phoenix. Beautiful in the Winter and nice most of the year, but in the summer, you can fry an egg on the sidewalk. I was there once in the Summer where it was 126F four days in a row. Going outside felt like a blast furnace. Never seen Vegas get above 115F and I lived there for a while, that's still pretty stinking hot though. In Reno, we rarely see anything above 100F, but it's pretty cold here in the Winter.
I think the way the AI plays the start is pretty much perfect, advantage or not. They need any advantages they get. Removing those would drop the difficulity a couple levels at least. AFAIC, no change is needed.
I think this whole thing about being politically correct is way out of hand. It's now politically correct to be extreme about being politically correct. Ridiculous.
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Yea, toward the end of the game when eveyone has pretty much finished the tech tree, the AI somtimes offeres a trade of Balanced Vision for Concepts of Righteousness or Concepts of Malice. I always take the trade in hopes I'll get one of those goodies, but it doesn't happen. Kooky AI.