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Ways to improve Starbases in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

If you have a way to improve starbases, post it here. I've come up with the following ideas, but there are many ways to make starbases better. If you have one, or several, just say it here. The first is what happens when you are done with the starbase. After an Influence base conquers everything in it's radius, what then? What about when fighting draws away from a military starbase? Some people say that starbases should be able to be 'towed' by other ships. That is a good idea, but ther

Reply to For the Devs, 'Diplomacy Exploits: Some Straightforward Potential Solutions' in Dark Avatar GalCiv2 Forums

Yeah, I was playing as a Super Manipulator custom race and trying to take down the Yor. My military was hopeless- they were strongest and controlled much of the galaxy. So, I was trying to culturally conquer them and at the same time get the other empires to wipe out these guys. Their relations went from Neutral to Close in about 20 turns!

Reply to 3 Things You Would Like Added Since DA Is Released in Dark Avatar GalCiv2 Forums

I always thought of "resources" as something that comes from asteroids. But now we have asteroids and they give industrial points. So where exactly do these resources come from? I'd like to know. It was mentioned elsewhere- they are artifacts from the Precursors, like everything else. I assume that the visible object (cylinder, sphere, cube, ect.) is a container holding the resource. As to what each resource is, it's in the DL Manual. Aside fr

Reply to Dark Avatar campaign ? in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

Yes, I've finished it. There are at least five Dread lord missions- possibly six. I'm not sure, two of them I beat without bothering to fight Dread Lords. No. There is only one other mission where you have to wipe out the Dread Lords. And in that mission you get help- the Yor, Thalans, Arceans, and Iconians are all playing, with the Yor your teammate. The Korath are also your enemy. That's the final mission, Dark Apocalypse.

Reply to Official Carriers/Orbital Bombardment Thread in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

Okay. But does that show up in combat? You don't actually see a small fleet of starfighters shooting at nearby ships, do you?

Reply to Cool Mega Events in Dark Avatar GalCiv2 Forums

Well, the mega event happened where a race gets +1 in each ability every turn, or something like that. Is that the one where the race finds a precursor artifact and will eventually become godlike? Yes, it is.

Reply to Racial description effects in Dark Avatar GalCiv2 Forums

Where does it say that? Because I thought the Altarians were good soldiers. If it says it in-game, then that is the AI's current status.

The Fall of the Drath Legion in AARs GalCiv2 Forums

I decided to do an AAR... However, I didn't want any AAR. I was going to do the Dread Lords Campaign, but I really don't feel like going back to DL. Time for DA! So, here's the Fall of the Drath: December 9, 2225 (Terran Standard). Imperial Command Center, Starbase Koj'thok, in orbit of Drengi, Drengin homeworld. Lord Vire was the direct commander of intelligence forces, offensive attacks and defensive attacks. He was the top advisor of Emperor Kona and had fought many battles

Reply to The Krynn in Dark Avatar GalCiv2 Forums

No, the Orthodox Church of the Krynn. What about Refuge? Who's ever heard of ________ Refuge before? I actually like Consulate.

Reply to Comments on the DA Campaign in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

Hmm. I've had it happen in the first DA mission with Dread Lords where I send out a small fleet to attack the Dread Lords. Instantly, the Korath send a host of ships loaded with troops, weaponry, and defenses. I bought a lot of ships, sent them out the next turn... and most were defeated. The Dread Lords don't use espionage at all, it seems. In the last mission, while I was building up and planting spies at them, my Manufacturing Capital and Technological Capital were being attack

Reply to Late Game Minors in Dark Avatar GalCiv2 Forums

If they were at war with a major race and losing, the UP could grant them some fleets of ships for wartime purposes. Parts of the fleet would be contributed by the major civilizations. That way, they would stand a better chance. Or the UP should make laws concerning minors.

Reply to The "Dread Lords Return" mega event was a bit of a let down... in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

The Dread Lords allied with you? Woah. Oh, the reason they still make ships is because their home world has a Civilization Capital, which produces some manufacturing points.

Reply to Official Carriers/Orbital Bombardment Thread in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

Well, I'm a little curious about one thing. If the devs aren't in favor of carriers, why does the word 'fighter' show up every two minutes? In the gameplay examples, there are ships called 'Fighters' designed. In the game, the AI makes 'Heavy Fighters' and 'Fighters'. Sometimes, if the AI asks for assistance, the response is 'We'll send a fighter your way if we can spare it'. In my opinion, fighters need a base to deploy from. IE, a carrier. I'm pretty sure someone said this, but what a

Reply to Late Game Minors in Dark Avatar GalCiv2 Forums

The only thing I use minors for is income. They'll send freighters to trade with you. I really like the minor races (hence my name)and believe that minor races should be more challenging. There should be (if there isn't one already) a mega event that turns a minor race into a major race, gives them a vote in the UP, gives them all technologies of the most advanced empire, and a pretty good fleet that can at least defend them until they build up. Maybe they should get a couple

Reply to Dark Avatar Cheats? in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

I disagree. Sometimes, I play a game with cheats. I've been playing since DL came out, so you don't stop playing after using them. Although, you can win in one turn if you use all of them in sinc...

Reply to The Krynn in Dark Avatar GalCiv2 Forums

No. They are not. I suppose what happens is this: When the Drengin defeat the Korath and Dread Lords, they leave a large power gap- many conquered worlds were Korath. And several empires have been nearly wiped out. The Drengin, I suppose, regathered their fleet from conquest to deal with the enemy. After the campaign ends, I think, the Krynn arrive and take advantage of the power gap to begin converting races to their faith and bringing down evil. Is that right?

Reply to Espionage in Dark Avatar GalCiv2 Forums

I think you should be able to deploy agents to some other places. For instance, putting an agent at your Initial Colony or Capital City would inspire discontent (lower influence) and lower approval. It would make the planet more likely to revolt to you. In GalCiv1, you had the ability to destabilize empires using a slider. So, an agent at an Initial Colony would do this for you. The amount of damage done to morale and influence would be connected to the 'spy skill level' techs. <br

Reply to Death of the Korx: Help in Dark Avatar GalCiv2 Forums

Oh! So that's where they are! I couldn't find them, so I won by deploying a bunch of scout ships and scouting around.

Reply to Cool Mega Events in Dark Avatar GalCiv2 Forums

Well, the mega event happened where a race gets +1 in each ability every turn, or something like that. One of my custom races, the Paulos (Not the minor race, a major race) got that ability. I was Super Manipulator, and wasn't about to wait around. I got everyone to declare war on that person. The next turn, I traded several techs and BC (I had been staying out of wars, building up) to that person in exchange for all of his ships. He surrendered to the Yor next turn. So, it wasn't very

Reply to LentzLandians? in Dark Avatar GalCiv2 Forums

That's true, very possible. Or the Altarian break-off faction. Or maybe they just ran out of alien pictures. This is all the game has to give you: "The LentzLandians are a fun-loving race who quickly turn on those who cross them."

Reply to Upon a Sea of Stars in AARs GalCiv2 Forums

Agreed. It's my favorite AAR, by far. I much prefer the narrative style of a history book to the style where someone summarizes what they did.

Reply to A military strat I thought of in Strategies GalCiv2 Forums

I don't like the movable starbase idea. Starbases are basically 'bases' in space, or among the 'stars'. So how do you move them? Maybe, it should work like this. They add new modules to Ship Builder, which would grant military bonuses to nearby ships. And each ship would focus on a specific feature. For example: Armor Assister Increases nearby ships armor by 1 point. The idea being the more assist modules you have, the stronger your ships. Someone could probab

Reply to My Approval Rating in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

On all of my capital worlds, the morale goes down. It skyrockets down, actually. Ever since DL, my capital world ends up in the 40s to 70s. Maybe it's because that the Capital already produces plenty of food?

Reply to LentzLandians? in Dark Avatar GalCiv2 Forums

I know. Unless they're a third breed of humans... (Altarians, Terrans) That's why I was curious about them. Then again, I did disable the Terrans... maybe that's why I got these guys instead of the Andians or Akilians or whoever.

LentzLandians? in Dark Avatar GalCiv2 Forums

I played a game of DA yesterday, and I set minors to eight. One of them was the LentzLandians. Who are these guys? I thought there was already eight minors- not counting the ones that show up later in the game. Their leader is one 'Harold Gibons III', and the portrait is the same as the Terran leader.