Noctilucus

Reply to Kzinti Empire - offical empire thread in Metaverse GalCiv2 Forums

Very impressive KzintiPatriarch! :CONGRAT:

Reply to Your AltMeta accomplishments in Metaverse GalCiv2 Forums

#7, the lucky number, very nice especially considering the time it takes to finish such large scale games :)

Reply to Year Zero Club in Metaverse GalCiv2 Forums

Interesting that you did it using the Torians :CONGRAT:

Reply to Frustrated in Strategies GalCiv2 Forums

[link="https://forums.galciv2.com/301684"]WWW Link[/link] has a lot of helpful strategies for the early game, have a look at what you're doing differently what could cause you to lose. Also, how exactly are you losing, are you falling behind in military, going into debt, ...? What race and abilities have you chosen? Some are easier to start with.

Reply to Ascension Victory question in Twilight of the Arnor GalCiv2 Forums

True, but on the other hand going for an ascension victory will only affect foreign relations with - (1 crystal) or -- (2 or more crystals) so it doesn't mean automatically that all AI's will declare war on you. Allies don't even seem to mind it at all.

Reply to Abilities question in Twilight of the Arnor GalCiv2 Forums

I've seen this question before, but the search function doesn't always help a lot :) Anyway, the idea is to spend all ability points, the AI will do the same. On the highest difficulty levels (e.g. suicidal) the AI even starts getting additional bonuses to economy, social & military production. That's not the case on challenging though.

Reply to What do like most about Twilight of the Arnor in Twilight of the Arnor GalCiv2 Forums

Perhaps Stardock could turn this question into a structured poll (at least I haven't seen such one yet) to capture the learnings to apply in future titles? I would agree with rakenan that for me the unique techs had the greatest impact; however the AI behaves much more believably / clever / realistic in quite a lot of cases, which I appreciate more than the overall increased difficulty. So I'd say it's a really great job done on the AI on 2 levels. Overall splendid job on the b

Reply to Is anyone else unable to submit Twilight games to the Metaverse? in Twilight of the Arnor GalCiv2 Forums

I haven't noticed, played several MV games and 2 tournament games yesterday and today, using TA 1.9 However with one of the tournament games, it seems the submission wasn't picked up at first: I entered username and password, etc. but the score never reached the Metaverse database; when I reloaded the endgame I could re-submit and the score ended up in the MV database.

Reply to Espionage algorithm same as DA? in Twilight of the Arnor GalCiv2 Forums

Me too, I've noticed the AI using spies much more aggressively and in far bigger numbers. Secondly I also felt like spies were more expensive / slower to train at the start. Not sure though whether the cost still increases as rapidly as before, and I couldn't tell whether having enemy spies around increased the cost as well. Could it be that they infected your manufacturing and/or capital, indirectly influencing the cost/time it would take you to train a spy?

Reply to Difficulty levels increased? in Twilight of the Arnor GalCiv2 Forums

Going for ascension does make a big difference though, I wouldn't recommend it unless you're in a strong position. All 3 AI's were cool or worse when I was "ascending". Then I dropped the thing and a few turns later, 2 out of 3 were friendly. After allying with them they didn't mind my ascension anymore.

Reply to I fail @ military in DA-- could use some pointers! in Strategies GalCiv2 Forums

Some more things to consider: 1) It looks like the AI's are beating you in the race to bigger hulls and/or better weapons. After the necessary rather basic research, econ, efficiency and population growth techs, it's time for military techs. I typically stop already at lasers, then move on to medium hulls. Only then will I continue along the laser branch. 2) Spin Control Center (at the end of the yellow diplomacy branch, leading to Total Majesty). The increased diplomacy will helps

Reply to Complete noob here in Strategies GalCiv2 Forums

As an alternative, the Altarians are a nice choice if you want to focus on research. Then adapt your research order to focus on diplomacy and economy. You can kill 2 birds with 1 stone researching up to Total Majesty (the end of one of the yellow branches) which will: 1) Increase your diplomacy skills (every step taken towards Total Majesty gives an improvement) 2) Allow you to build a Spin Control Center, which multiplies the military "impression" of all ships in orbit around t

Reply to how do i play against another person in Metaverse GalCiv2 Forums

In addition if you have Twilight of the Arnor, you can participate in the tournaments where you can compare your metaverse score with others who played on the exact same map. Also once you're a bit familiar with the game, feel free to join the Metaverse League which is some sort of monthly team competition - very enjoyable and from experience I'd say you learn a lot about GalCiv2 tactics.

Reply to Year Zero Club in Metaverse GalCiv2 Forums

[quote]... This game actually finished 2/22...[/quote] Whoa. I can't comment more than just that :SURPRISED:

Reply to Kzinti Empire - offical empire thread in Metaverse GalCiv2 Forums

So far I didn't notice more cash anomalies in TA, though I haven't really kept count of the 100 bc ones (let alone the 1 bc anomalies :)) I did get a few more 1% economy bonuses. Do we see a pattern emerging here? Haven't played TA's latest release enough, but I have the impression it takes longer to get a research alliance with the AI.

Reply to Year Zero Club in Metaverse GalCiv2 Forums

My experience with the Korath so far in TA is that things went considerably slower as it takes longer to get to Tech Capital. Also, I have the impression the AI is slightly better prepared against ZYW's; as early as June/July I've had AI's parking colony ships in orbit of their planets, even though there were still some PQ 8 - 10 planets to be colonized. Might be a coincidence though.

Reply to What is the second best way to deal with Dread Lord events in DA? in Strategies GalCiv2 Forums

Another way is to build a fast ship and lure theirs away. Preferably towards a fleet or planet of another AI who may keep them busy :p Most Dread Lord ships have a low number of hitpoints, so massive attack may sometimes be enough, for example damaging them 1 point with each ship you lose.

Reply to Kzinti Empire - offical empire thread in Metaverse GalCiv2 Forums

I would agree there's a time limit below which the AI won't accept economic treaties (not with you and not between themselves either), though I don't know whether it's 1 or 2 years.

Reply to MVL Round 8 in Metaverse GalCiv2 Forums

I wonder whether Neilo already noticed... after all his trouble to reach 250 games

Reply to MVL Round 8 in Metaverse GalCiv2 Forums

[quote]score: 7140Odd, that was the same score I got for my political victory this round.[/quote] I know, thanks for that; now I feel less bad about that score ;)

Reply to MVL Round 8 in Metaverse GalCiv2 Forums

Submission for Team D (Domination of Death): type: Political (alliance) score: 7140 years: 3 difficulty: challenging version: v1.80e Dark Avatar submission type: see forum post character: Noctilucus [img]http://img516.imageshack.us/img516/1111/mvl8aj9.jpg[/img] (submitted over 20 games on Metaverse between that one and now)

Reply to Your AltMeta accomplishments in Metaverse GalCiv2 Forums

Neilo: in your case the ageing of ZYW's in Altmeta may be just a little bit more extreme than for other players but I'm sure many of us will see our ranking drop like a brick when that happens. By the way, Ferrel, seems you'll need to submit something new to reclaim that 1st place in C-Solar, your scores must have been expiring faster than mine.

Reply to Beginner, problem with the alliance !!!!! in Strategies GalCiv2 Forums

Well, military is an important factor but not the only one. Check the "Report" on the AI civilizations and look at plusses and minuses. Each plus can be improved to 2 plusses; some minuses can be negated as well. That should give you a clue how to get to a close relationship. And of course overwhelming military score helps an enormous lot (hint: Spin Control Center ;) ) Difficulty factor makes a difference as well, or at least I've had that impression multiple times.<br

Reply to Kzinti Empire - offical empire thread in Metaverse GalCiv2 Forums

[quote]... How long have you been playing this one game?I've never played a gigantic map. I have tried a large/abundant, but it was at an easier difficulty and I quit playing after a very short time when it became apparent I was completely dominating the poor AI.[/quote] I believe his game has slowed to 1-2 turns per real-life day, speaking about patience... As far as I can remember I haven't tried anything bigger than "large" and score-wise it doesn't seem worth it compared to

Reply to Your AltMeta accomplishments in Metaverse GalCiv2 Forums

Keep the seat warm for me ;) You won't see a lot of action from my side this week until the weekend, so there's your window of opportunity - not that you need one anyway...