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Reply to Pink Blob of Doom in Beta Reports Stardock Forums

You guys that are finding the AI Thalans to be a threat, what difficulty are you playing on? It must be really high or really low, because at Tough and Painful the AI Thalans are absolutely useless. Even with embassies everywhere their influence isn't great because their morale is terrible and their population never grows. They don't have the economy to build up a military and anyone with Planetary Invasion can just walk right over them.

Reply to computer technology chat in Off-Topic Stardock Forums

There's a Radeon 3870 X2 coming out soon (next week I think) that looks interesting -- two 3870 GPUs on one card. MSRP is $449 and early previews say the performance is about 25% better than an 8800 Ultra.

Reply to "Information Overload" is unbearable - A complaint and solution in one! in Galactic Civilizations II Stardock Forums

While we're fantasizing, let's be able to drag this info display to a second monitor :D

Reply to Twilight of the Arnor Beta 4b in GalCiv Journals GalCiv2 Forums

You have no idea how much I'm pouting over the continuing absence of the Hyperion Starbase modules. It's quite disgusting, really.

Reply to Update this week or still working on the Sins? in Galactic Civilizations II Stardock Forums

Kyro said they're trying to get an update out today, but no guarantees.

Reply to Influence Lost when Loading a Saved Game in Dark Avatar Stardock Forums

It'll come back next turn.

Reply to Update Today24 Jan? in Beta Reports Stardock Forums

I hope so. My new Logitech G15 keyboard and 24" Samsung LCD will be here this morning and a new beta would be perfect for breaking them in :D

Reply to Negative Creativity in Beta Reports Stardock Forums

[quote] Negative creativity. I can just see the pop ups now. "Your civilization has lost 5 weeks of research due to the new fad belief that 2+2=5." [/quote] As a cutscene, it should play the scene from Family Guy where the Irish scientist invents whiskey. :D

Reply to Negative Creativity in Beta Reports Stardock Forums

[quote] I just wanted the TA Thalans to be good at -something-. There hasn't even been a balance patch since they were implemented. This isn't the release candidate. I mean, jeez, problems with what is the first release of a product in a beta? :O [/quote]Even with so much wrong with the Thalans, I've found them interesting enough to play them through several games. So perversely, they will probably seem

Reply to Negative Creativity in Beta Reports Stardock Forums

[quote]Plus, how would you have a negative War Profiteering ability? It seems like it would be something that you're either good at or you're not. [/quote] Maybe it would make more sense to implement a big hit to tourism during wartime.

Reply to Spore ships vs Extreeme Worlds in Game Talk Stardock Forums

I think it can be justified by saying that invading with troops, rather than sporing, will damage the terraforming infrastructure even if it doesn't destroy the factories and whatnot. Maybe we need an Extreme Environment invasion tactic that doesn't give a soldiering bonus, but instead allows a successful invasion to keep whatever level of environmental adaptation the planet had under the old regime.

Reply to When Did the Game Start Cheating? in Dark Avatar Stardock Forums

Accusing the game of cheating when it's just using an option you've got enabled is a nice bit of self-ownage. This can be cured by a little old-fashioned RTFM.

Reply to Spore ships vs Extreeme Worlds in Game Talk Stardock Forums

[quote] Without having hybrid worlds, I don't see how you could have it accomplished 'logically'. The spore module shouldn't be a module to change ANY non toxic world into a toxic world. None the less it should make it toxic...but it should still hold any requirements as before. Ok, so the air is toxic...how did that evaporate the water? How did it lessen the gravity? How did it grow more plants (ok this can be twisted to work lol)? How did it lessen the radioactivity?

Reply to Restoring Planet After Invasion Damage in Dark Avatar Stardock Forums

In TA, most races don't have minisoldiers anymore. I think the only time I've ever had them in TA was when I stole Ultimate Shock Troops from the Drengin. Here's an idea -- how about after using extreme invasion tactics, the ruined tiles show up with a big red X on them, and can be repaired by building some kind of improvement on them (like an extension of the terraforming techs). Kind of like the pollution/cleanup in Civ.

Reply to The 20,000 bc limit officially sucks in Economics Stardock Forums

So what is the benefit of having a large amount of money saved up (beyond the obvious -- you have lots of money!), and how does it compare to the advantages of having less than 20k -- higher cash flow, and the use of whatever ships/improvements/projects you've spent the money on instead of saving it?

Reply to "Information Overload" is unbearable - A complaint and solution in one! in Galactic Civilizations II Stardock Forums

Nice work. :CONGRAT: Now if the survey report named the ship and right click took you to it, that would be perfect. Also, you need an Espionage Report in there.

Reply to The 20,000 bc limit officially sucks in Economics Stardock Forums

So instead of letting it slowly grind down, spend it until you get down to 20k again. Buy some warships or Galactic Achievements, or max out your espionage spending and cripple everyone with spies.

Reply to Whats your fav game. in Off-Topic Stardock Forums

Strategy: GC2 of course, Civ 2, 3, 4, SMAC, Dungeon Keeper 2 RPG: Daggerfall, Morrowind, Oblivion FPS and FPS/RPG: Deus Ex, System Shock 2, Crysis Simulation: Eurofighter 2000 v2.0, Longbow 2, Silent Hunter III, Tie Fighter Collector's CD

Reply to Semi-major bug with 'other races' in Beta Reports Stardock Forums

Get the Altarians and the Drath in the same game and it's all war, all the time.

Reply to Feeding the Thalan in Beta Reports Stardock Forums

In my current game I decided to not build any colony ships at all, since it would be a long time until I could build anything worthwhile on them. Instead, I built the Hyperion Matrix on my first colony world to give me 2 worlds with a decent pop cap, then poured everything into research and rushed Planetary Invasion. I was lucky enough to have a morale bonus on Thala and with the Temporal Entertainment built there I was able to keep morale at 100% so the population grew fast enough to fill tra

Reply to TA .95b.002 - minor race behavior in Beta Reports Stardock Forums

The minors have always been resource hogs as far as I can remember. It would be nice if output from a mining starbase was treated as a trade good.

Reply to Can we tone down the unique tech trading some? in Beta Reports Stardock Forums

[quote]shittapalooza[/quote] :CONGRAT: This forum is usually a lot more polite than most, but unfortunately that also makes it a lot less entertaining.

Reply to Feeding the Thalan in Beta Reports Stardock Forums

[quote] I've yet to play Thalans, but I've noticed every game against them, they have a military 2x bigger than anyone else, at any given time. [/quote] I haven't seen the Thalans do anything but build embassies, and their colonies never even get close to a billion pop. If they've built a single warship since they arrived in TA I haven't seen it.

Reply to Feeding the Thalan in Beta Reports Stardock Forums

I think I'm going to try building the Hyperion Thingy on a colony next time. A 16B planet and a 14B should be more useful than a single planet with 24B.

Reply to Post your TA suggestions here in Beta Reports Stardock Forums

[quote] 2. Is it possible to have a switch so that you can drop into Windows temporarily and then back into the game?[/quote]You can do this already, just alt+tab or use the Windows key. I can also do it with the QuickFlip function on my mouse :D