KingBingo

Reply to Thoughts on Drengin as of beta 3d in Beta Reports GalCiv2 Forums

The most powerful thing I have noticed about the Drengi are their fleets of invisible ships that send out.

Stardocks Schedule? in Beta Reports GalCiv2 Forums

I used to use the front page to take a look at the schedule of beta release. However that has dropped off now. Moreover I suspect it has changed with the extra work needed before the Alterians and the Thalans. Is there a new schedule somewhere on the site that I'm missing, or if not may we have one?

Reply to Beta 3D - No Hype :( in Beta Reports GalCiv2 Forums

[quote] Unfortunatly Beta 3D will not have the Altarians or the Thalans implemented. [/quote] Dammit, Going to have to spend Christmas talking to the family now.

Reply to ToA Beta Update? in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

It might be early in the US but us Brits have been slaving over a hot PC all day. I'm off home in a minute. Would be nice to have it for when I get back. Anyone remember what time (EST that is) the updates normally go live?

Reply to PC Recomendations... in Off-Topic GalCiv2 Forums

[quote] The big makers buy volume, often custom designed components as cheap as they can. They strong-arm their suppliers into meeting contractual price and quantity obligations resulting in poor quality control. They also broker deals for off-the-shelf hardware that is really bottom of the barrel. [/quote] Aye, but Dell bought Alienware. I do wonder if they are maintaining their quality levels under the new owners.

Reply to TA 3C Drath slow breeders and the econ crash in Beta Reports GalCiv2 Forums

[quote] Probably not the best race for turtling. [/quote] I would say that applies for higher difficulty as well. A lot of players start this game with the turtle approach. This id fine when the game is fair, because you can just build your forces and then attack on mass. However, as the higher difficultly give unfair bonuses to the AI if you try and turtle your be allowing them to race ahead of you and you will never catch up. I have found t

Reply to gh in Beta Reports GalCiv2 Forums

[quote] when can i play the game I #"¤#¤# payed for!!!!!!!!!!! [/quote] Your be needing the World of Warcraft Forums. Please behave here.

Reply to Will you add an Evacuation option? in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

There is one. Build Transports and move the people off.

Reply to Fun Self-Made Scenarios in Strategies GalCiv2 Forums

Does that work? Say a PQ12 with 18bn pop loaded to the gills with Planet defence? I gotta try it. (Although maybe it will be the Korath who will try first!)

Reply to TA 3C Drath slow breeders and the econ crash in Beta Reports GalCiv2 Forums

[quote] I appreciate the advice, but have you actually played the current TA build Drath on a setting of Tough or higher? I'm about to give up on them as a playable race. They're too much work and too much frustration, to get them to the point here I can enjoy what benefits they have as a race. I play this game for fun, not for frustration and uber-difficulty. [/quote] I just won a Huge/Occasional Stars/Abundant everything else/Normal Tech/Trading on

Reply to PC Recomendations... in Off-Topic GalCiv2 Forums

I've been round the houses with my machines. Some had custom built, some I've bought of the shelf, some I've pushed the limits by buying a top end machine with the latest and greatest. After my travels I've decided from now on instead of buying great machines, I'm just going to by mid level spec from a decent bulk provider, so yes maybe alienware. But it will be one of their more basic machines. Simple reason being: 1: Even their basic is good. 2: Their top end w

The Races are getting better? in Beta Reports GalCiv2 Forums

Its my impression that the last few races are 'better', i.e. more fun to play, because, they nudge you to play in a way that fits their back-story better. I was finding in DA that i played every race the same way. Since super breeder was perhaps the most powerful(??) power I usually played them or a custom race with Super Breeder. I found playing other races just followed the same path. and ethics was a simple choice of evil (easy-mode), neutral (normal-mode) and Good (hard-mode) <b

Reply to TA 3C Drath slow breeders and the econ crash in Beta Reports GalCiv2 Forums

[quote] Zenticutus, my first game with the Drath was a disaster. I played them as I would any other race with a quick buy, colony rush. My economy crashed and didn't recover, I stopped all building and spending and I was still running in the red. [/quote] I had the same thing, so I started another and did everything to boost population and economy early. I still did as much colony rushing as I could and got a decent amount of planets but not like normal.<br

Reply to Buying Boxed version in the UK in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

I was skeptical at first, but the whole stardock download process is much better for this game. I'm sure a nice card with the login details, or even a promise to hand over your card details 5 minutes later once he has signed up using his email would be just as good a prezzie. Mind you I'm not fan of xmas myself. I think the whole thing should be cashed settled on the day, just work out what everyone would have spent on everyone else and exchange the difference.

Reply to New mega event in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

Like the crystaline entity from star trek TNG. The one that wiped out data's home colony. Could be fun. Big badass alien that moves from empire to empire consuming their planets.

Reply to The ethical war -(suggestions?) in Strategies GalCiv2 Forums

What your describing is what you should expect if the galaxy is otherwise stable. There will be war sooner or later no matter how you play. The trap you fallen into is allowing you to be the one that they declare war on. You must be actively encouraging war elsewhere, preferably two well balanced empires as far apart from each other as possible. that way they keep busy, keep using up resources, and yet neither is likely to actually win. You should be using this time to grow your empire

Reply to Improve Minor Races in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

Yes It fine them having no empire ambitions, but at the moment they are just free gifts, they need a rock solid Homeworld at least.

Reply to Becoming and Maintaing your status as a superpower? in Strategies GalCiv2 Forums

Makes sense I suppose, what else could you do if you had a few planets left and the Korath or someone totally dominated the galaxy and you looked headed for a extinction. I think I might, give say a PQ14 build. 8 plant defense structures for 200% defense. 2 Farms and 4 Fertility Centers. In the hope we can breed enough soldiers fast enough to resist invasion.

Reply to How to Play in Gigantic in Strategies GalCiv2 Forums

Beware Huge and Gigantic maps with low numbers of stars if your new to the game. Thats how I started out playing, these maps are less aggressive and you can get away just turtling for a long time. Your then promptly get your ass handed to you on a silver platter if you try and turtle on a medium or smaller map. I would suggest you learn the game on medium, its avoids the extremes that means you have to relearn fundamentally latter.

Reply to Becoming and Maintaing your status as a superpower? in Strategies GalCiv2 Forums

You can set the victory conditions to military only, then just leave at least one major race planet available. Although you might need to build influence starbaes near that planet and gift them to that race so that they don't convert to you. But this game is all about winning the war, not winning the peace. It is normally dull for me as soon as I know that I can't loose, normally about 60% of the way through or less. It does not matter if they catch you in tech, indeed I normally win be

Reply to How many times have you been burned buying a crap game! in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

What worried me is the need to dumb down everything. Settlers 3, Sim City Societies, Empire Earth 3. All dumbed down to the point of being amazing shallow. But its not just games, I see dumbing down going on in most media, as if they don't dare lose any customers who might not be smart enough and/or too lazy to take on the slightest intellectual challenge. Good example, as a kid I went to the London Planetarium, it was amazing and you sat there watching the presentation and yo

Reply to Jagged, um... Knife? in Beta Reports GalCiv2 Forums

/signed

Reply to Snathi take up suicide bombings! in Off-Topic GalCiv2 Forums

Do you think maybe on the snathi homeworld they have little acrobatic hominian running around chewing through things?

Reply to Dregin Declare War but, no notification TABeta 2 in Beta Reports GalCiv2 Forums

I have had this several times in DA after the last patch, I assumed it was enhanced AI.

Reply to Detailed Suicide Medium Map DA AAR! in AARs GalCiv2 Forums

That's a great post, good work. I have read it through and will go back and read through in more detail, but so that I don't end up not being able to see the wood for the trees what would yu say is the essential core of your approach? I have started using an all factory approach and have been impressed by the results. However, I had thought on the higher difficulty levels you needed to resist extreme colonisation in order to let the AI bankrupt its self on planets which were on