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Reply to A change in development strategy means a change for this Stardock fan in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

[quote who="DrApostle" reply="36" id="3526412"] Developers now lay off many employees after a game is released. This was not always the case. Is this change good? I would say no. [/quote] This actually happens a lot less now than before because of how digital distribution has made dlc and smaller expansions more viable. [quote who="DrApostle" reply="36" id="3526412"]It was about a changing development strategy which is still in its infancy and I do not think is in th

Reply to A change in development strategy means a change for this Stardock fan in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

I know this has been said before, but things go on sale. I don't understand the outrage. Things have gone on sale for as long as there has been retail. Oh, and things go on sale on Steam all the time. Putting an item on sale is not an insult to people who already bought the product. Quite frankly it has nothing to do with people who already bought the game. If you looked at the game and decided it was worth the price they were asking, then stop worrying about the deals other

Reply to A change in development strategy means a change for this Stardock fan in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

I'm pretty sure Stardock has no say as to when/if Steam puts their games on sale. EDIT: After doing a little research I am still not sure, but it appears that Steam sort of proposes sales and developers can choose to opt in or not. That being said, I'm not totally sure how selling their game at a discount translates to not caring about their customers.

Reply to Shipyard problem in GalCiv III Support GalCiv3 Forums

Sounds like you should create a ticket .

Reply to Reduce price of DLC in Fallen Enchantress Elemental Forums

How entitled are you? DLC too expensive? At a price cheaper than lunch at a fast food restaurant? If you don't think it's worth it don't buy it. And Stardock has used the proceeds from those sales to keep updating and improving LH for everyone, not just those who bought the DLC. There's no way we'd be at 1.8 with this game without the DLC. "Robbing their payers?" get off your high horse and think about the fact that skilled people had to do work to supply the player base w

Reply to Don't the Pariden have any BIG/TOUGH Units? in Legendary Heroes Elemental Forums

Most factions have pretty much the same selection of units. Sure there are the odd elementals, spiders, juggernauts, and golems; but for the most part, everyone can train the same units. You just got spoiled by playing Verga first.

Reply to Sorcerer King feedback responses from Dev in Sorcerer King Elemental Forums

[quote]5. Re Crafting vs. Finding. There seems to be a slight preference that works like this: I should be able to craft up to great things. But AMAZING things should only be findable and rare. Would this represent your view? [/quote] I think this makes sense, but maybe the very best items should be crafted from rare components that you have to quest for. As much as I like the idea of finding rare and powerful artifacts, going on quests the forge the epic s

Reply to A.I. for beta 5 in GalCiv Beta Feedback GalCiv3 Forums

It has been getting a lot better with each iteration. It will be better, but not finished.

Reply to ship will not eject in GalCiv Beta Feedback GalCiv3 Forums

Once a constructor enters a starbase it is consumed, so you cannot split modules on a single constructor between multiple starbases.

Reply to Sorcerer King feedback responses from Dev in Sorcerer King Elemental Forums

[quote]4. Early game setup. One of the things I'd be interested in hearing from you guys on are "advanced setup" options for hard core players. Since I write the code that woul dhandle this, I would be delighted to put in interesting things here. So based on your hours in the game, what sorts of things would you want (besides Doomsday adjustments which I plan to handle through the magic slider). [/quote] Bandits and SK on separate difficulty sliders Frequency of

Reply to Sorcerer King feedback responses from Dev in Sorcerer King Elemental Forums

[quote]2. Empire building. This is a really good discussion because really, that is the crux of the argument for the game: Is the game about your EMPIRE or about the Party of heroes you're putting together? I.e. where should the focus be. [/quote] I strongly feel that the focus should be on the champions. SK will not be as good an empire builder as LH or other traditonal 4Xs like Endless Legend. It will also not be as good a tactical combat 4x as AoW or others tha

Reply to Regarding the current 16 civ abilities in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

[quote]Patriotic - no approval penalty for empire size. [/quote] Not to derail the thread, but this is interesting, as in the the current build there is no approval penalty for empire size for anyone.

Reply to Thoughts on multiplayer and colony management in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

Paul has said that the governors will be somewhat minimal because he doesn't want the game to play its self. I personally agree with this assessment. For me, colony management is such a huge chunk of the game that I would not want it automated. Also, no matter what you do, multi-player games on large maps are going to be drawn-out affairs to be played over a number of sessions.

Pacing Issues in Sorcerer King Elemental Forums

I've been playing this game recently, I while I love most of what's happening with it I think it has very large pacing problems. Almost every game I play goes like this: My beginning army is very weak. I wander around collecting chests and exploring weak quest huts. My hero does a lot of the fighting and my starting support units and any soldiers I train die very easily. This continues until I get to the point (usually level 5 or so) where my champion starts to be able to solo most of

Reply to Galactic Civilizations III - Modding in GalCiv III Dev Journals GalCiv3 Forums

Ahh, I see what you are talking about now. thanks for the clarification.

Reply to Some Beta Questions in GalCiv Beta Feedback GalCiv3 Forums

[quote who="Turkwise" reply="9" id="3524997"] If you say "No" when the game asks you if you want to colonize the planet, you'll then have time to look at what planet it is and figure out what you might like for it, then move the ship to colonize the planet. [/quote] Another similar solution is to send your ships to one tile away from a planet rather than to the planet itself. They should make it clearer what planet you are colonizing, but this is a decent work-around.</p

Reply to Suggestion:Thoughts On Possible Ideology Changes/Balancing in GalCiv Beta Feedback GalCiv3 Forums

[quote who="IdioticUlt1mara" reply="1" id="3525102"] I am surprised no1 has looked at this? Guess no1 was interested? [/quote] Honestly, you are just late to the conversation. Most of these things have been discussed exhaustively in other threads.

Reply to Galactic Civilizations III - Modding in GalCiv III Dev Journals GalCiv3 Forums

[quote who="Tetrasodium" reply="3" id="3525148"] The first issue I see is that modding a specific core race's tech tree (or worse all) will either make that mod inoperable with any other mod even if both simply add a new item to the tree & do not cause conflicts [/quote] Can you explain where the conflict is? I haven't tried modding GCIII yet, but I don't see why this modded race which uses the Terran tree wouldn't just use a modded Terran tree if y

Reply to Good article about how DLC is good for Games... in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

[quote who="Bamdorf" reply="5" id="3525038"] Now, from what I have read, this is just about the worst abuse of a customer that could possibly happen. The entire game divided into 20 DLCs at day one? Yipes!! [/quote] Actually, I don't think this would bother the anti-dlc crowd that much because it's clear and consistent. Here is the thing that bothers many people: Say Stardock released the GalCiv III with the features we are expecting it to h

Reply to Polygon on Sorcerer King Writer Chris Bucholz and Comedy Writing in Sorcerer King News Elemental Forums

Cool, but I wish there was a little more depth.

Reply to City Sieges in Sorcerer King Discussion GalCiv3 Forums

[quote who="mrtrevorcooper" reply="33" id="3523905"] But I guess it's safe to assume, from the deafening silence of the devs, that this isn't going to ever be addressed? [/quote] Not safe to assume. Stardock devs tend to watch the community debate these issues rather than inserting themselves. I am sure they have read the thread and are aware of the issue. That doesn't mean they will change anything, but Stardock not commenting doesn't mean they are not cons

"Neutral" ideology needs to be reworked. in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

So "Neutral" is a tier one pragmatic ideology trait that prevents other civs from declaring war on you for 100 turns. First let me say as a player I like taking this trait. It gives you a giant chunk of time when you can invest in infrastructure without worrying about building up your military. That said I think it is unhealthy for the game. First, the very reason I love it is why it probably needs to go. To be able to focus on social building without any concern for military

Reply to Suggestion: Planet improvement planner in GalCiv Beta Feedback GalCiv3 Forums

+1 This is an excellent suggestion, especially useful on larger maps.

Reply to Miniaturization - how does it work in this game? in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

[quote who="erischild" reply="29" id="3524536"] The interesting thing is the multiple Shrinkers. I am convinced it is because I started them all at once and otherwise I wouldn't have gotten away with this. [/quote] known bug that has been in since alpha and probably won't get fixed until beta 6 or so. Wonders (I think they're calling them achievements) can be queued as long as there aren't any finished. Once you finish one you can't build any more,

Reply to Yor and Extending Starbase Range tech (Tech Tree Comment/Question for Devs) in GalCiv Beta Feedback GalCiv3 Forums

[quote who="Turkwise" reply="4" id="3524233"] The balance is the Yor tech tree's improvements to adjacency bonuses, along with their 20% production bonus, which makes them very good manufacturers with decent planning. First appearances can be deceiving - they aren't the slightest bit lacking in manufacturing capability.[/quote] - If you take all the manufacturing adjacency bonuses, you get a total of +5 levels to your factories, which gives them +25% manufacturing.