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Reply to First Finished GalCiv II game! in AARs GalCiv2 Forums

I just started a new game, gigantic map, 9 AI, tough level, abudant everything. I am at the far southwest corner of the map. The bulk of star systems are situated in a belt across the middle of the map, with some stars in the north and my star cluster in the south. My star cluster is utterly isolated by several sectors of space from any other star system, and I am at the southern tip of this southern cluster. I thought when I started out that I would have a nice, juicy star cluster entirely

Reply to First Finished GalCiv II game! in AARs GalCiv2 Forums

The Drengin, didn't play their top game this time. They were situated on the west side of the map, but in the far left (west) corner there were about 8 or more high quality planets right on their border. They sat, unoccupied by any AI player for the entire game (7 years). The Drengin were easily within striking distance of colonizing them at any time, but failed to do so, prefering to colonize a couple of worlds in my sector instead. The Thalan were somewhat agressive. When I crit

First Finished GalCiv II game! in AARs GalCiv2 Forums

I got this game for Christmas, but haven't played through to the end, until now. I started a game with the following setup Terrans Tough 9 AI Gigantic galaxy Everything abundant Tight clusters Conquest victory only I started off with the usual colony rush, focusing on improving Earth with several factories instead of rush buying colony ships directly. In such a huge galaxy, I wanted to make sure I could churn out colony ships at a steady pace. The fir

Reply to Is this still present in Galciv 2? in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

Tell your brother to get a small piece of paper and some tape out when a ground battle begins. Tape the paper over the advantage factor, then attack! If the paper is too see-through, try whiteout. However, the way it sounds, your brother would simply want to reload any ground battle he loses until he wins. No amount of hiding the advantage factor will change that compulsion.

Reply to Dread Lord on Parade question in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

Ah, I didn't know that the game ends when the Dread Lords are defeated. I thought someone (I was planning to be that someone) would defeat the Dread Lords, then proceed to defeat everyone else. Such is not the case, though, huh? I repelled an attempted invasions by destroying their troop transport before it landed, and was planning a little invasion of my own. This bit of news makes me a lot less interested in finishing this scenario, however.

Dread Lord on Parade question in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

So, I started playing Dread Lords on Parade, and I had a question about the Dread Lords. Do the Dread Lords only conquer planets, or can they send out colony ships and colonize? That is all...

Reply to A gift from the Drengin in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

I am playing a gigantic map as the Terrans. I haven't fired a shot the entire game. The Drengins were losing the war to the Torians, so they surrendured to me, giving me about 12 high quality planets. Later, the Yor were losing badly to the Torians, and surrendured to me as well, giving me about the same number of high quality planets (included one with a precursor mine and a precursor library). However, by the time they gave me the planet with the precursor library, it didn't matter, since

Some economic questions in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

I was wondering if some kind people could help answer a few questions I have. I'm playing Galactic Civilizations: Dread Lords version 1.4. By the way, in other forum posts people make comments about the game and I often have a hard time telling if they are referring to Dark Avatar or Dread Lords, so its hard to figure out from forum posts whether they are talking about my version of the game or not. 1. I notice several other civilizations have established trade routes to my planets,

Distance from homeworld effects in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

I'm new to this game, and couldn't find any info relating to this in the manual. So, here are my questions. 1. Does a colony's distance from the home world affect its production ability? On Civ III, which I have played a bit, distance from the capital means more corruption on the distant city, which means lower production and tax revenues from that distant city. Do distant colonies in Gal Civ 2 suffer from the same or similar limitations? 2. What is the effect/purpose of b