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Reply to Population and low PQ question in Strategies GalCiv2 Forums

1) Yes, there is: if I recall correctly (sometimes it's hard to remember what applies to DA, DL and TA if the 3 versions act differently) 100% approval means double the population growth on that particular planet. Super breeder means that with 100% approval you get 8 times the population growth on that particular planet. This helps a lot in getting your population up fast, important both for colonizing and for getting your economy in the green sooner. 2) There is no "be

Reply to I can not get the planet improvments to work that I have made in the game editer in Twilight of the Arnor GalCiv2 Forums

Sorry, haven't used the game editor yet... So let's hope for an answer from a more experienced tweaker :)

Reply to Newbie Questions about the Different AI Races in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

Quite honestly, the best way to see the strenghts and weaknesses of AI races is to look at the screen where you have to select your race: the list of racial bonuses and super abilities gives you a pretty good idea where their strengths and weaknesses lie. Of course, if you have specific questions, feel free to ask - but I yet have to see a better summary table of the races than that single screen :)

Reply to I can not get the planet improvments to work that I have made in the game editer in Twilight of the Arnor GalCiv2 Forums

Which planetary improvements are you talking about? Factories and similar buildings give you military and social production. Social production allows you to construct buildings. Military production allows you to build ships (if you have a starport on that planet) Labs and similar buildings give you technology points, which will determine how fast a new technology will be researched Banks and similar buildings give you additional income (your popula

Reply to Upgrading Difficulty Level. in Strategies GalCiv2 Forums

[quote quoting="post"]One of my main problems I think is managing taxes and population(rarely use farms) as I like money but want to keep my people happy. The proper balance here confuses me. Another smaller problem is managing sooo many planets when I'm doing well. I find myself focusing on just a few of the best and letting the lower quality ones take a backseat. This works ok on normal but if I crank the settings up will this be problematic? Lastly w

Reply to Simple question...I hope. in Twilight of the Arnor GalCiv2 Forums

My advise would be, take your biggest hull, fill it up with the strongest weapons you've researched. As dragoaskani mentioned, make sure you've researched enough miniaturization techs. Also, make sure you have researched enough logistics techs so you can stack a big fleet. If it turns out your new fleets are strong enough to fight the Yor, you may want to go on the offensive and capture some of their planets (or their capital).

Reply to All Lab. little help needed. any volunteers? :) in Twilight of the Arnor GalCiv2 Forums

Time to change your nickname into Dr. Frankenstein then ;) It's good to see that some custom races can do so well even in TA. Actually I probably haven't played any custom races since DA and DL, might have to try that again...

Reply to AI tech advancment in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

Though if you trade techs wisely, you can stay ahead at Painful compared to the AIs: I've been able to do so for most of my recent games, and I don't consider myself to be a strong player.

Reply to All Lab. little help needed. any volunteers? :) in Twilight of the Arnor GalCiv2 Forums

Some more pointers that will hopefully help: When you pick your bonuses at the start, take some econ and/or morale and/or population growth bonuses When colonizing early on, build on your first 3 planets and keep the rest empty until they start generating a decent income or your overall economy is almost in the green 60% morale is often not the best choice: early on, go for 100% morale until that becomes too expensive; then switch to around 76% mor

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

[quote who="Silverbeacher" reply="3729" id="2401314"] ((currently Silver's soul is contained within a strange cow-like race ...)) [/quote] You mean... you are a politician? [e digicons]:P[/e]

Reply to After 2 years I'm back but campaign has disappeared. in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

Not sure what is going wrong when you launch it, but there still is a DL campaign...

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

Awesome score KP! Snarkotamus: I wouldn't be greedy, 10 of those planets would already do just fine ;-)

Reply to thalan morale issue in Twilight of the Arnor GalCiv2 Forums

In addition, through tech trading you can often get some technologies with a morale boost cheaply off the AIs.

Reply to Twilight: Outstanding issues in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

[quote quoting="post"]4. Military rating, the fact that I can build a bunch of freighters with only pulse lasers and have a good military rating seems wrong. Can the military rating be modified to include hp, speed and range or is it already doing this? 6. Can we get an option to completely disable special tiles like +300% manufacturing? [/quote] 4. Military rating, as far as I remember is the sum of (attack + defense + hitpoints/10), ignoring all shi

Reply to (DA) A dismal failure yesterday! in Strategies GalCiv2 Forums

[quote who="Mystikmind" reply="42" id="2387715"] Interesting Idea, but i remember from earlier versions of the game that the AI will not sell planets, so i havn't bothered trying it yet? [/quote] I can't remember anymore how it was in DL or DA, but in TA you can definitely buy planets off the AI. However you have to do it early, when the population is still very low; if you wait too long they will start saying that the planet is essential for their culture. The price

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

[quote who="KzintiPatriarch" reply="3709" id="2386001"]My 500th victory with my original character. [/quote] Congratulations KP!!

Reply to (DA) A dismal failure yesterday! in Strategies GalCiv2 Forums

Such bonus tiles are more common with increasing map size and increasing number of planets. And I believe additionally luck also plays a role. Just don't run into debt, that's often the biggest challenge with such bonus tiles...

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

It says "all of our sites", meaning that there could be someone registered on a forum since 2002 with that nickname. As long as it doesn't affect your metaverse profile/stats... :)

Reply to manual or guide? in Twilight of the Arnor GalCiv2 Forums

I haven't taken a look at it yet, but the galactopedia http://library.galciv2.com/?search=galactopedia looks like what you're looking for, as its lists the exact effects of buildings, as well as ship and starbase components. And of course, there are plenty of knowledgeable people on this forum willing to answer specific questions...

Reply to How well would you play this game setup? in Strategies GalCiv2 Forums

Tech trading is essential in keeping up with or staying ahead of the AIs; they also trade actively between one another. Having the highest military rating helps tremendously in keeping the AIs from attacking you, so it's often best to have a decent military rating even if you want to play peacefully. Knowing what score to expect is very hard as it depends so much on many of the initial settings, as well as how the game plays out. People keep pushing the barriers of what scor

Reply to How well would you play this game setup? in Strategies GalCiv2 Forums

Time to complete really depends on a lot of factors: - technology victory for example typically takes much longer than conquest or alliance - conquering others will increase your production, economy, etc. often faster than by playing a peaceful game The score also depends on the victory type (for example military score gets the highest multiplier); key in increasing your score is getting economy, production, military up faster. The score depends on d

Reply to An Influence game in Twilight of the Arnor GalCiv2 Forums

I haven't tried influence victories in that size of galaxy (probably never tried any beyond "large"); I can imagine it takes ages to expand your area of influence that far. However from experience, you either need to stay ahead in military rating (can you say "SCC"?) to avoid having other races declare war on you or bribe others into going to war with each other. Diplomacy, alliances and tech routes also help a little in avoiding war. It might be that you focused too much on e

Reply to Research labs? in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

With regards to your last question (focus): when you set the focus to research, see how the research output of the planet changes (figure with the beaker icons at the top of the screen). There are 2 main reasons why changing focus doesn't always yield much result: - either it doesn't change a lot and you will see no effect whatsoever on research time - or it changes significantly but doesn't make a big difference in your empire's total research output. Remember that to

Reply to Having trouble on Normal difficulty in Strategies GalCiv2 Forums

[quote who="GeneralEtrius" reply="5" id="2349053"]I'm playing on huge galaxy as the Altarians, as the federalists, every opponent slot filled. I try to avoid bankruptcy because you can't buy anything while your in debt (unlike the U.S.), and your approval falls every turn/ I put bonuses on Social/Military, research, pop. growth. [/quote] Some things that you may not be doing at the moment: Get production up at your homeworld (typically rush-buying 2 factories,

Reply to Having trouble on Normal difficulty in Strategies GalCiv2 Forums

GeneralEtrius , can you tell us a bit more on how you played so far? - Which race(s)? - Which bonuses and political party do you usually pick? - Which galaxy size? - Which settings (few or many opponents, ...)? - How are you managing your cash levels, is your mai