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Reply to Twilight of the Arnor: BETA 4 and beyond in GalCiv II News GalCiv2 Forums

[quote]I ordered Twilight of the Arnor and it is supposed to be delivered by January 30th but I guess I wasted money because this is the second time the release date is pushed back. When it does come out after march will there be a update for people like gherardo who already have the game but don't have all the new features?[/quote] How did you order it? An actual CD from some game shop? If you ordered it via Stardocks' site, then you could download it and start playing it now (in it'

Reply to Thalians are weird (TA beta4) in Beta Reports GalCiv2 Forums

[quote]I just trust the Alterians tech tree will be reworked to be as or nearly unique.[/quote] Is that true even after learning Xeno Ethics? I saw their base tech tree and though it was quite bland and Drath-like until I remembered that the Thalan's get a ton of techs opened up depending on what ethical alignment they pick...so I took care of Xeno Ethics and a whole world of techs opened up.

Reply to Culturial Influence question in Dark Avatar GalCiv2 Forums

Was the race that got set war upon originally the Alterian? Any race sharing their ethical alignment will join in war against whomever just declared war on them.

Reply to Altarians Still Need Work? in Beta Reports GalCiv2 Forums

~coughs~ learn Xeno Ethics. You'll see plenty new techs upon learning that...racial and ethical dependent techs, something people have been asking for now for a while.

Reply to Culturial Influence question in Dark Avatar GalCiv2 Forums

[quote]Plus DA introduced the toxic worlds, which largely killed the enjoyment for me.[/quote] The extreme planets were one of the selling points of DA. If you foresee them as a problem, then just roll back to DL and don't even bother with the newer expansions.

Reply to Recommendations for Isolationist Race? in Strategies GalCiv2 Forums

So you are avoiding all attempts on influence flips, refusing to go into diplomacy actions, refusing to open/accept trade routes and leaving the UP as soon as you can and not researching any yellow techs beyond governments? What caused your econ crash? Was there a recent upgrade in factories or such?

Reply to Drath - How to manipulate others in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

Both the Korx and the Drath in TA gain techs or projects (super or galactic I forget) that will earn them a percentage of money while races are at war. I'm assuming this percentage is the races' full income or perhaps money after spending (this I'm not yet sure of...thus my question about the UP war tax). As the Drath, I had every race, but me, at war with each other and I was pocketing over 1k a week in war profits. In essence, while races are at war, you are supplying them w

Reply to An idea for the Universal Translator. (for TA) in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

The head of the UP could have a UT and thus dol out the question and announce the answer. In the feel of sci-fi I have to vote for the UT as it transcends modern needs to memorize various languages. As for the issue of why can't you initiate comms with a race /o a UT, but you can to a race w/o it....none the less, the UT will be the mediator connecting the two races so they understand. If you speak french and I speak spanish, I have a UT and you don't, I'll hear you in spanis

Reply to The Exact Meaning of the Class of a Planet in Dark Avatar GalCiv2 Forums

[quote]am more than satisfied, I much appreciate the time and thought that has gone into all the answers to my questions and discussion of the broad topic. My question as stated devolved into: If a planet has 14 usable tiles counting green, yellow, orange and red, i.g. all colored tiles, and 58 unusable tiles, is there any way to change those numbers? The answer I got was "no."[/quote] With the exception of an oddball mega event going off (you have no control on these though.

Reply to Problem with Minor Race and Jagged Knife in Beta Reports GalCiv2 Forums

I've seen the same thing happen way back in DA with the Dread Lords when I had Minor Races turned off.

Reply to Spending Breakdown in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

Any colony beyond your initial will cost 12bc for the colony building. Thats why your colony on Dratha IV costs so much out of the gate. This will be the case the entire game unless you pick Good upon completing Xeno Ethics as they get their top X number of planets' colony tiles for free.

Reply to Super pirates slow the game way down in Beta Reports GalCiv2 Forums

After the first week or two, there shouldn't be many ships remaining to blow up...unless there are invincible freighters out there. In that case....ick.

Reply to The Exact Meaning of the Class of a Planet in Dark Avatar GalCiv2 Forums

If it says PQ14, and you have no terraforming techs, then there should be 13 buildable tiles upon colonization as the initial colony eats up 1 tile. If you have terraforming techs, then the number you see prior to colonization is incorrect, same with invading a race that doesn't have as high of a terraforming tech as you. As I said earlier though, in TA, the Drath get a building that will, on avg, add 3 tiles to the planet upon constructing it. It's a 1 per planet improvement

Reply to Beta 4 coming out Jan 4 in Beta Reports GalCiv2 Forums

I'd avoid using the words "we" and "all" together and such as you don't necessarily speak for all the players. I agree with you though, just letting you know to step lightly around speaking for everyone :p Today...tomorrow...whatever, I'd rather have a better product than a half-arsed one. :)

Reply to Krynn consulate lost Stellar Cartography in Beta Reports GalCiv2 Forums

I've also seen the AI use spies...rarely. IMHO though there should be a cap on the cost of spies. Seriously, when I can outright buy a huge hull ship fully loaded for the same amount I spend on 1 spy....something is drastically wrong. But you say "those enormous empires won't think twice about loading up on spies" well...yeah. The same goes for them outright buying lower end ships for the same cost if they needed to. They are large, they have more planets to espionagingly (y

Reply to GalCiv II / GalCiv II DA in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

I think what happened to you was probably the GalCiv II you purchased never got patched. I think when they balanced the morale buildings in DA, they did the same to DL. If I'm lying, then you should be able to just uninstall both games and reinstall just DL and you should be back to what your accustomed to. Personally, I'd just recommend you to play with the new morale levels and learn to live with it. If you'd want to play TA you'll need to live with that morale level anyway.

Reply to The Exact Meaning of the Class of a Planet in Dark Avatar GalCiv2 Forums

Iztok Bitenc, seems I learned something today about low PQ worlds and the thing I thought was a population cap. From now on I'll just send people over to those friggin PQ1-5 worlds to get them up to 6billion. Things that can raise the PQ of a world: various terraforming (as you mentioned), Drath's Biosphere Modulator, the PQ race bonus, initial colonization ethics choice event, events that double planet PQ or add some PQ to an area of planets...and there is the letting of the Dread Lo

Reply to Krynn consulate lost Stellar Cartography in Beta Reports GalCiv2 Forums

I guess a race that's back story is all about worlds that were merged into one melting pot of a "race" doesn't have a stellar map from any of those races... As for the espionage ability. You'll be able to spend more money on Espionage than any other race...cool huh? Yes, that means you'll get the spies quicker, but c'mon... And these "super spies" from the equally named building, what makes them so GD super and where are they? When I hear that I got a Super Spy Trainer Cente

Reply to WHO declared war on me? in Beta Reports GalCiv2 Forums

[quote]The whole 'declaring war on people you've never heard of' thing is a little goofy too, frankly. How can you send a declaration of war, or how can you even begin to plan an attack on someone you've never heard of? That'd be like us going to war against the Sea People.[/quote] I'm more than happy to go to war with a race I have yet to meet in the game....for a price. "What? Attack the Killer Kittens from Outer Space for 1,000bc and the Xeno Factory Tech...sure, I'll shoot

Reply to Drath Unique Buildings in Beta Reports GalCiv2 Forums

The times Creativity will upset me is when I'm researching tech like Industrial Sectors til the point of 1 week remaining then switch to something else, so that when I'm ready to switch to IS it doesn't take me long to research. Sometimes I'll have a few buildings all at 1 week remaining, then once all my planets aren't building and I have the money reserves, I'll switch to 100% research, knock them all off then switch to 100% social and sit back and watch my money go poof.

Reply to Ten New Years Resolutions for the Game Industry in GalCiv II News GalCiv2 Forums

[quote]agree with all, but especially NUMBER 7! But then again, sequels are rarely as good as the real original...It had better to the likes of Godfather II. I like dialogue in games. Some people don't, but that's okay. I think Planescape: Torment was the best of the infinity engine games.[/quote] Perhaps not a sequel to the first, but at LEAST another game in the Planescape setting itself. I was quite happy with the way Planescape: Torment ended and wouldn't want to see them

Reply to Is it all about the money? in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

Upon the release of the new victory condition, I'd say the Korx are in the best setting for that victory condition. Their extra levels of mining resources should help speed up their path to victory there.

Reply to Freighters all restart from home after every restore in Beta Reports GalCiv2 Forums

Please read through this post before reporting any bugs. [link="https://forums.galciv2.com/?forumid=421&aid=166601#1398607"]WWW Link[/link] It's been reported and acknowledged as a problem.

Reply to Best way to relieve tensions between races? in Strategies GalCiv2 Forums

[quote]Does anybody know exactly how the computer is calculating perceived military strength? Is it better to put a small weapon on a bunch of ships, or put more powerful weapons on fewer ships?[/quote] "total offense + total defense + 0.1 * total HP" was what another had said in a post recently.

Reply to TA Arceans bugs ? in Beta Reports GalCiv2 Forums

Both issues have been reported as shown in this post [link="https://forums.galciv2.com/?forumid=421&aid=166601"]WWW Link[/link]. BTW, the trade bug is across all races.