CaptainYar

Third Colony Rush in Dark Avatar GalCiv2 Forums

Just one of those threads asking everyone what they do when they play... If you consider the initial colony rush #1 and the colonly rush for extreme environments #2, I would call the the Third colony rush the one where you go out and grap the PQ1's. I never used to go after all of them but i do now. I was just wondering who else makes it a point, later in the game to colonize them all. Or do you just grap some? And when? I take the ones that are deep in my space right

Where's my Subspace Annilator dude? in Dark Avatar GalCiv2 Forums

I guess I never noticed before, but as i finished off the laser weapons branch I noticed that the subspace annilator is missing from the available ships parts. I have the subspace blaster and the black hole gun but not the one between them even though i researched for it. Is this some well know bug that no one cares about? I mean its just one more week of reserach for the black hole gun, so I could see why no one cares that the one before it is missing but still....its missing.<

Reply to Too much money?? in Strategies GalCiv2 Forums

When your treasury hits 20000bc you lose a portion of your income. You should really try to keep it below that. It can be hard, especially when you bring in more than that per week. I don't know how much you consider too much, or what stage of the game you are in, but places where you can spend down your treasury is buying those planets that Jonnan just said, or just rush building on your planets. A quantum power plant will boost your production and take about 5000 bc t

Reply to Farms vs. Economic Improvements in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

I build one farm per planet only. That way i never have to build any morale structures and have all those extra tiles for stock exchanges. With 13billion people (typical planet with one maxed farm). you can have a good morale with taxes in the 70%'s with trade goods and yellow resources. when i get a planet bnear 13b I ship off 3b onto transports to fight for their new home, so I don't generally need more that one farm. Economic capital planet is different and will either be on a h

Reply to Smoothing Out the Steep Learning Curve in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

One of the best times with this game for me was when it was new and it seemed that every turn I'd learn or find something new. Like reading a great book for the first time. Didn't know how the AI would react, didn't really know any ways of taking advantage of the AI; It was like role playing since I didn't know how my chopices would effect the later game. I didn't necessarily do that great but it was fun. My only other 4x experience was with Civ2. So, enjoy your lack of knowledge. Thi

Reply to Planet Colonization Strategy? in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

Or you could build economy structures rather then leave the planet idle. Personally i never leave a planet not building anything. But i think I'm in the minority there. But if you have the planet filled with facories and labs, you may need to change. I tend to have at least 30% of my tiles with economic structures; except for the tech capital and the manufacturing capital. If you're that early in the game that money is such a factor, then i think you may be wondering more ab

Reply to Agents... again... in Twilight of the Arnor GalCiv2 Forums

I'm not sure which version of espionage you are playing with. Sounds like its where you simply place agents on other worlds as opposed to having the permanent agents that only gather infoormation; since i think you can not take those off once you place them. Either way, Kryo is correct that once you achieve a level of intelligence you can't lose it. Hypothetically, if you had enough agents you could place them all on a civ at once and get high level, then move them all to another race the nex

Reply to Star Wars (the original) - How many times? in Everything Else GalCiv2 Forums

I was 7 as well and have seen the original trilogy probably close to 50 times (maybe a low estimate). I think the new movies ruin a lot and so I pretty much disregard them as being the true history. I think every Christmas for years was centered on Star Wars toys. I've been slowly funneling some to my 5yr old son. Favorite line: "A death mark is not an easy thing to live with". No Crap!! thats why its called a "death" mark. lol

Reply to Korx Military Starbases in Strategies GalCiv2 Forums

Are you sure that the +2 all categories if for ships and not the starbase itself? Either way thats pretty cool. I should get into building them more.

Reply to Game doesnt proceed to next turn/turn button disappears in Bug Reports GalCiv2 Forums

While it entirely possible that would cause a similar problem to occur, I never use rally points and yet had this happen to me many times. I just stop clicking on my ships while the AI is taking its turn and haven't had a problem since. Also this problem is usually noticed by the turn button not being there.

Reply to Why can´t I ask the Arceans for research/economic treaties? in Twilight of the Arnor GalCiv2 Forums

I've seen this before. It could be that they've given their treaties to a minor, it wouldn't show up on that "treaties" circle. I think you may see them if you click on "report" under the portrait of the AI player. I'm not positive if that will show treaties from minors though. No the AI doesn't ever ask for your treaties. Communication from the AI is pretty rare.

Reply to tips for going past maso? in Twilight of the Arnor GalCiv2 Forums

You can win if you can hold off wars with those superior militaries longer. You are playing the Drath so I figure that you already get the most powerful civs to fight each other. Where I've been successful in all games is the choice of weapon branch and the fact that I'll typicall have on-type defences and the AI doesn't. I can be way behind but once I get Aeron (spell?) Missile Defences I know I'll start taking zero damage soon (onvce the enemy's best ships are gone in the opening ba

Reply to DL: Ass getting kicked on beginner in Strategies GalCiv2 Forums

In the future, remeber that when your treasury is over 20000 bc, you lose a large part of your income.

Reply to AI Failure to Thrive, Colony Destinations, and Saving Over Custom Ships in Bug Reports GalCiv2 Forums

Sometimes when you hit ctrl-N to get a better map the game resets the AI intelligences. I thought there was a fix for this in a previous patch but I could be wrong. This used to happen to a lot of people. Now, if you didn't ctrl-N, then I don't know what you ahve there.

Reply to More hit points? in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

Do those extra hit points stay with the ship or does the game "fix" it on the next turn or something? I don't really see this happen since my ships never take any damage [e digicons]:-"[/e] . Yea just kidding.

Reply to Metaverse score for economics in Dark Avatar GalCiv2 Forums

OK OK the question became much longer than the title.

Metaverse score for economics in Dark Avatar GalCiv2 Forums

Question almost as short as the title: The score we get for economics; is it based on income, ie. the amount we make each turn that we see going to our treasury, or is it a function of our overall eceonomy? I ask because, due to differences in the way production and bonus production are "charged", sometimes there will be an increase in income just by increasing the research slider while decreasing the other two. Will I score higher in economy if i have more take home eac

Race identification switched in Metaverse GalCiv2 Forums

Not that its a big deal BUT ... While looking at my Metaverse profile i noticed that when the cursor is over the Alterian the label says Acean. And when you move over the Arcean, it says Alterian. I then noticed while looking at someone else's profile that the played nothing but ALterian and yet their "favorite race" listed as Acrean. Weeeeird.

Reply to Battlestar Galactica in Off-Topic GalCiv2 Forums

I actually don't like what the did with the show. Not to say I wanted it to stay pretty much a one-dimensional show that the original was. But I just found the show to make less sence as it went on. I wantch it just to see how it turns out. I think the whole thing would have been done great as a 5 part miniseries. I expected much more when I first heard that it was coming out. Starbuck is a GIRL !?! [e digicons]8C[/e]

Reply to Enemy Ships being aided by my own starbases ! in Bug Reports GalCiv2 Forums

You are talking about military star bases right? Is it possible that they have a military resource star base somewhere? How can you tell that their ships are getting bonuses from you?

Reply to Why do Starbase Attack/Defense Modules Suck? in Strategies GalCiv2 Forums

Towards the middle of the game star base weapons and defences do tend to be wastes. I always use fleets for protection, but i will add at least the basic offenses just so a stray defender can't take out a star base, that would anger me. If I lose track and send an extra constructor I'll let it add to the star base defences. Of course a lot also depends on how close to hostile territory the base is. I'm not entirely sure about this, BUT since star bases are treated the same as ships fo

Reply to Buying resource mines from minors in Strategies GalCiv2 Forums

You can not buy ships from minors as far as I can tell. As you said they don't even show up in the list. Starbases and mining resources are in that category for the purpose of trading. And I've never been able to get one from a major without offering all of my planets and techs. [e digicons]8C[/e]

My lastest game questions. in Dark Avatar GalCiv2 Forums

Hoping someone can answer these for me: 1) Does the AI use past ship designs that we save? If so, would it be better to delete them so the AI doesn't get good designs? 2) What happens to a ship that is completed on a planet with a full starport? IS it auto launched or lost? thats it i guess. Thanks, Yar :]=|

Reply to How does a thread get bumped? in Everything Else GalCiv2 Forums

sorry, can't help ya with your post but cool portrait. I haven't listened to Man-O-War in (OMG) like 20 years.

Reply to Solutions to forum trolls (and possibly the future of the internet) in Everything Else GalCiv2 Forums

Did you say [quote]Xjgifdgh Twofhasf.[/quote] ? He owes me money !!! i don't think Iztok was accusing you of hiding but was instead just pointing to a funny bit of irony. Anyway, I can't get to that link, my work computer is blocking that site. But i'll imagine what we're talking about. I don't think we'll ever see anything like a net-pin. My bet is the government has already thought of this but couldn't find a way to implement it.