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Reply to Ship Yards...and some other stuff....please read in Ideas GalCiv2 Forums

I'd like shipyards. Planetary Bombardment is a topic thats been done to death though...

Reply to Show off your ship designs 2007! in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

Thanks, Galen. Yes, they are all weapons or weapon-related. Longinus was the name of the soldier who reported;y pierced the side of Jesus on the cross, hence the "Spear of Longinus". The gladius is a short Roman sword that more or less shares a silhouette with my frigate. A shamshir is a Persian variant of the scimitar, hence the ship name. And the Gae Bolga was the ultimate weapon of the Celtic hero Cúchulainn, sort of like a spear, but it would enter a man through on

Reply to Colony rush gone bad in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

I'am also filling 1-3 planets (size 4-6) entirely with economy buildings, I also buy my first 2 colony ships (I'am a consumer..), but I think my mistake is not keeping the taxes at 100% aproval at the very beginning since it gives a double pop growth...I didn't know this could make the difference...ok i'll try this way to find out Well, 100% approval helps, but keeping out of the red is also nifty. It seems (at l

Reply to Colony rush gone bad in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

I never run into that problem. When I get that red I start selling techs. Now that interesting and I also heard about others who do not have $$$ losses at the beginning neither... The problem is, even as a federalist and selling almost all my techs, I consequently face this issue for about some turns. It seems I simply can't avoid not going below 100%, which is obviously tearing me back a

Reply to Colony rush gone bad in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

Yop, at the beginning there is always (I think so) a shaggy time when you simply can't keep on working at 100%, you have to slow down and turn at about 60-70% for a while, but don't go bellow 41%, otherwise your people wont breed. You need your population to grow in order to get the cash in and also sell some techs away...and glorious days are about to come... I never run into that problem. When I get that red I

Issues Importing Ship Designs (Please Help) in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

I'm not really sure if this is the right place to put this, but I thought it was better then any other options I saw. I'm trying to import some ship designs from the main library (here at galciv2.com), notably the following http://library.galciv2.com/index.aspx?m=277 http://library.galciv2.com/index.aspx?m=673 http://library.galciv2.com/index.aspx?m=623 http://library.galciv2.com/index.aspx?m=544 http://library.galciv2.com/index.aspx?m=544 http://library.ga

Reply to The Flawed GalCiv2 Economy in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

Now I understand exactly why alot of the good players always built focused planets (all factories or all research) I prefer to use full research (I tend to find that with a five generation advantage in weapons and in armor tech there isn't much the A.I can do to stop me). Only issue is getting the game started up early when you have to buildup your worlds. The problem I've always had with all industry is

Reply to The Flawed GalCiv2 Economy in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

I don't believe that's correct though. Somebody please test it, or when I get home from work I'll test it. 100% on the economic slider means 100% of every unit you can produce of social, military, or research. You can impose self-limits by working the sliders wrong, but you should be able to use everything to capacity if you have the sliders set right. Somebody test this out and verify, but I believe it to be correct.

Reply to Do you play to the very end? in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

Gosh, Scintor, what difficulty level are you playing? I prefer to play on a level playing field, so I stay away from the higher levels where the AIs get considerable bonuses. I also play exclusively in gigantic, abundant everything galaxies. Most games take 100+ hours of playing time to finish. I realize that most players would not enjoy the play style that I like, but I really enjoy the fact that the ga

Reply to Game Play Example: Epic War! in GalCiv Journals GalCiv2 Forums

This map will be included in the final 1.6 btw. What will it be called and when can we expect to see it? Is there a built in map editor in the game? Any chance you could release more maps like that?

Reply to The Flawed GalCiv2 Economy in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

Excellent post my friend, you pretty well summed up the majority of the issues I have with the game. Like you said though, its still a great game and you can work around these problems.

Reply to Heres a Dumb Question in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

there is this little check box under the picture click that. It costs a lot of BC so watch out Hurry for being oblivious! Thanks guys.

Heres a Dumb Question in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

Is there a way to upgrade a class of ships across your entire empire, or do you have to do so individually?

Reply to The Last Battlefield in AARs GalCiv2 Forums

He's depicting the Krynn as religious fanatics, I don't think their are any plagues or virus's, instead I'd suspect their actions are religious in nature. At the same time, handing over my Doom Ray Weapons doesn't bother me in game, especially if I have fully researched shields... The Acrean's are acting stupid. You could argue they are trying to take over the Terrans so they have a larger force to attack the Krynn with, and to avoid having the Terrans fall to the Krynn (making the Kryn

Reply to Sigh....again in Strategies GalCiv2 Forums

Amusing, I've never had them spawn. Never gotten a Precurser ship either though. For some reason I always get the population boost, the xenophobia, the max speed 5, and the tourism ones.

Reply to The Death of Morale Buildings in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

The more you increase your population on each planet the more annoyed each planet gets. Depending on your tax rate and how well your civ is doing in the various category's (military strength, research, economy, ect) your people get more or less annoyed. Don't feel bad, I generally need at least one zero g stadium on most of my planets to keep moral up where I like it, even with a pretty decent racial bonus and a 20+ mining starbase for moral.

Reply to What am I doing wrong? in Strategies GalCiv2 Forums

Definately crank up the intel on your adversaries. I set it at beginner, which is still not quite "sits and drools" and I had both the Drengin and Yor thuggin' on me. I eventually attacked one of them, the Yor I think and got a nice scape going. After I got comfortable with the game, I use a large map, 5 AIs, at normal setting and I have the Yor and Drengin thuggin' and eventually one of them, usually the Yor, declare war. In this last g