BigFish31

Reply to Discussion: General Combat System in War of Magic Elemental Forums

I am a long time Gal Civ fan and day 1 WOM buyer who has literally never posted on here before, but I need to throw this out there, because I want to help this game get to where I really think it can. Tightening up the damage range is an obvious fix, as is raising champion HP (or even better letting them lead squads of troops, but that's a bigger change), but there is one thing combat really needs - SPECIAL ABILITIES!!! Make combat more than just a simple addition and subtraction

Reply to My Gold military win win strategy! in Strategies GalCiv2 Forums

I'm pretty new at this, but I have actually had success with a different strategy. I drive my research straight for medium hulls, expert mini, nano rippers, impulse 3, and superior duranthium. Nano rippers are expensive, but they are so much better than anything at a comparable tech level, as is superior duranthium armor. Ships with these will be expensive at that point in the game, but not that expensive, and going against outdated smalls and tinys they will be almost indestructible. You ca

Reply to Planet near your homeplanet in Strategies GalCiv2 Forums

I built the orbital terraformer for the first time last game, and it is nasty. All your low quality worlds are instantly good. This game I am resarching specifically with it in mind and I will build, maybe even buy, it as soon as possible.

Reply to How do I convince the Senate to let me go to war? in Strategies GalCiv2 Forums

I think the reason they stopped me from going to war was a combination of the fact that I had close relations with the humans at the time, and the fact that while my party (federalists) was in power, I actually didn't have a majority of the seats, the vote split pretty evenly between me, the populists, and somebody else, so I was the highest vote getter with less than 50% of the votes. I thought about stepping the difficulty level up this time, but I'm still pretty new at this. That last game

Reply to How do I convince the Senate to let me go to war? in Strategies GalCiv2 Forums

I didn't know you could change your government back. Probably should have been able to figure that out for myself... oh well. Knowledge for the next game.

Reply to How do I convince the Senate to let me go to war? in Strategies GalCiv2 Forums

I actually just went back to the game after reading some posts here and discovering that the other race needs alliances too to form one with you, so I gifted the tech to the Iconians and Humans, formed alliances, and won the game. So there you go. Didn't really feel like a win, though. I never fought one battle the whole game, and didn't even actively try to get people to like me. They all just ended up with close relations to me for some reason. My custom race has the super diplomat abilit

How do I convince the Senate to let me go to war? in Strategies GalCiv2 Forums

I have two fleets of medium hulls with nano rippers, harpoons and superior duranthium sitting on the edge of Terran space. They only have Earth and Mars and I believe mine are the only medium ships in the galaxy, so I know I can wipe them out easily. The problem is, the senate won't let me go to war. I have tried raising my approval rating into the green, but that didn't affect the vote. I am close with the Terrans, but for some reason they won't let me form an alliance with them. I have al