Raknor

Reply to What do you call your ships? in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

I name my ships by hullsize followed by revision. If it are special defense ships designed to combat a specific race, I put the defense in the middle: LD, MD, RD for laser defense, mass defense and rocket defense. I sometimes develop special versions of utility chips like transports and constructors, like some very cheap constructors. They get prefixed by the purpose. Example: Small I Small II Small III Small IV Huge XI Huge XII Me

Reply to Fusion Reactors worthless? in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

I noticed that too. Sometimes I even see Research capitals on planets without a single research center. Not sure if the AI is tearing down buildings to change planets according to their needs, but then again, doing it on a research capital is stupid.

Reply to First war ships? in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

I'm currently in my second game ever on Tough difficulty (got the game a week ago). Similar to HawkUnit, my playstyle focuses on heavy research and economy. I found the Altarians do be optimal for me. During my first Tough game I had the same problem as HawkUnit: I started researching weapons and such way too late. Then the Korath declared war on me (Sporeships, oh I hate them). I could stall them and eventually got a peave treaty with only minimal losses. However two turns later the Yor