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Reply to Ship design strategy in Strategies GalCiv2 Forums

Here's my 2 bc, on something no one has mentioned yet, and something which I only learned recently fighting the Dread Lords: the 4th defense - Tie Rule. The 4th defense, in DA(1.80G), is the tie rule. Whenever two ships fire killing shots at each other, the ship with the highest maximum HP survives unscathed. In fleets, this still counts on a per-ship basis, which means that 4 8-hp heavy fighters still can't take out a 20-hp frigate despite unleashing sufficient firepower. Thus

First Contact with the Dread Lords in AARs GalCiv2 Forums

I've recently began playing the old Dread Lords campaign in DA, after finishing my Altarian sandbox. I noticed that, due to lack of pictures and the incredibly essay-like and over-detailed text, the Altarian AAR wasn't going to be very interesting. Even I wouldn't care about a textbook Rare-setting game which ended with by backstabbing my allies and culturally conquering them all, if it were that dull. Here's a more interesting AAR, with pictures. It's the 4th mission in the Dread Lords

Reply to Dread Lords Campaign - Mission "Exploitation" in Strategies GalCiv2 Forums

I'm playing the DL campaign right now. The first mission("An Unexpected Visitor") was fun, with a small war between the equal forces of the Terrans(me) and the Drengin. Until I cranked up research, rolled out some heavy frigates, and stomped over the Drengin, on Painful. For the second mission, "Ixith", I set the difficulty to Tough, but due to some random bug, the Drengin AI kept getting stuck on Sub-Normal, and the mission was dull due to the ineptitude of the AI. The third mission("R

Reply to Planet Liberation in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

[quote] Well the way the invasion model works is that when you invade a planet regardless of your alignment pretty much all of the planets population is wiped out and the planet is resettled as a new colony by your own species. Which is kind of a kick in the pants for the Drengin plans for galactic domination isnt it? It also makes the subject of "Liberating" a planet a moot point... [/quote] In an invasion, you don't kill all th

Reply to Ai economy - I don't get it, some help please? in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

The Challenging AI is supposed to have a slight(5-10%) economic penalty. There may be a possibility that you had a 10x or 5x tourism boost event and the Terrans are getting tourism cash and are using a sky-high tax rate, along with racial bonuses and economic starbases. To stem the output of warships, destroy all their economic starbases and blow up their asteroid mines, while setting up influencer starbases to slashing their tourism revenue. Also, track down their mining starbases and blast the

Reply to In Need of Altarian Economic Advice in Beta Reports GalCiv2 Forums

I've played the Altarians often in DA, against Painful and Crippling AIs. Their inherent economic and morale bonuses mean that you actually shouldn't be having a problem with the Altarian economy, as it is among the best in the game. You must be doing something seriously wrong. Of course, no one can advise you without details of what you did that got you into the hole. And if your playing TA, then I can't help you since I don't have TA.

Reply to Population Growth in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

[quote] Did this change at all since this thread was made? I think its funny that 70%-74% approval rating would show as green and not give the growth bonus that the rest of the 'green' range does (i.e. all of 70 to 100% is color coded green in the colony overview.) [/quote] The color-coding has to do with elections, not pop growth. Green means you'll definitely win, yellow means you may win or lose, and red means you'll lose. Even with yellow rat

Reply to Even more questions... in Strategies GalCiv2 Forums

[quote] A few more questions on a few things...hope yall don't mind 1) What do the traits creativity and luck do? 2) Could someone provide an explaination or link to a detailed explaination of the different starbase resources do...I really just wonder if it is a global increase (like 5% resear

Reply to Jagged Knife Event was a bit game-killing in Dark Avatar GalCiv2 Forums

[quote] Let me add... I played further: the knives had almost all technologies and were just one away from scientific victory! I tried to capture back one planet - and guess what, the odds were against me. After this one I cancelled my attempts... BUT: The event seemed to be linked to a specific action, in this case the colonization of one particular planet (???) in just this round (???) Let's hear what the stardock guys will say about that. [Relo

Reply to False Alliances & Cultural Conquest in AARs GalCiv2 Forums

Continued: Eventually, the Yor's incessant tribute demands irritated me to the point that I began preparing for war with them. I could tell that they were also doing the same thing, as they had planted a fleet of heavy fighters in my territory and dropped relations to wary. Of course, they weren't in a position to attack me since they were stuck in 3 wars already. So I built a Tech Capital on Santraginus 5 and the Eyes of the Universe on Santraginus 1. With a Precursor Mine, a

Reply to Jagged Knife Event was a bit game-killing in Dark Avatar GalCiv2 Forums

In the War of 1812, Washington didn't rebel and get taken over by a criminal organization. The British invaded it.

Reply to Wish list in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

Right, here's what I had forgotten: [U][B]7. Make homeworlds important![/B][/U] - Homeworlds should be a big deal for their respective races, more than just a planet with a fancy Civ Capital building(as they are now). My suggestion is that the pre-game racial bonuses you and the AIs choose with your ability points should be stored in your Civilization Capital building. Therefore, if you lose your homeworld, it's a massive blow since you lose those racial bonuses, and have to retake your

Reply to Thalan Discussion in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

Here's my theory. It's totally derived from bits and pieces of backstory posted from time to time by Frogboy and from the new TA race descriptions and tech descriptions. _______________________________________ In 2228(TA), the Terrans somehow break out from the impenetrable barrier around Earth. Apparently, a Terran ship meets an Arnorian, who possibly helps them break out from the barrier, and tells them how the Dread Lords got their power. The DLs power, according to said Arnorian

Reply to Culturial Influence question in Dark Avatar GalCiv2 Forums

[quote]Other civs would declare war on me, only to find that the civ that said was declaring war on me wasn't the one that actually did, and other issues involving mistaken identity.[/quote] ! What does this mean? The Drengin send you a formal declaration of war and Yor ships come to shoot you, or something like that? Or Drath-style manipulated wars, where they don't even know who the target is? Please elaborate on 'mistaken identity'.

Reply to Wish list in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

Here's my list: [U][B]1. Shipyards[/B][/U] - These would be special starbases built in a similar manner to Terror Stars. They would take resources from asteroid mines and use them to build ships. Extra modules unlocked from the Space Mining tech line would give percentage bonuses to the shipyards, similar to PowerPlants or Aul Incinerators on planets. However, shipyards would be completely unarmed and limited to 1 per sector. Obviously, the closer you build them to asteroid mines, the b

Reply to Invasions in Off-Topic GalCiv2 Forums

The strangest thing is how Information Warfare would work in one turn. Propaganda AND invasion, all in a week? [quote] Quote: it took 4 years to win that, 4 YEARS! Damn Americans first you arrive late TO BOTH WORLD WARS and then you have the nerve to state that the war was shorter then it was. WORLD WAR 2 STARTED IN 1939

Reply to Minor civilization to normal civilization in Off-Topic GalCiv2 Forums

Lentzlandians Akilians Carinoids Paulos Scottlingas These 5 should actually be given personalities to match their description and should actually struggle for United Planets recognition and major race status. There should also be a search to unravel the mystery of why the Lentzlandians and Terrans look so similar. Here are other 'civilizations' who I'd rather let be as minor, and why: Snathi - These guys are squirrels who haven't progressed much since the Dreads

Reply to Dread Lord Ships in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

No, the Dread Lords themselves don't invade. There are only 100 of them! They make their Dread Knight pawns(of which 1000 were created by Draginol) do that dirty work. The Dreads just oversee the entire master plan of how to get rid of the useless younger civilizations(like trapping Earth, controlling the Korath, etc.). Their life-force crystals create ships and buildings for them, and they probably don't need money anyway so economy is a non-issue. Yes, you do see one of them in the in

Reply to sorry but the game story has it wrong about Stargate's. in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

According to Draginol/Frogboy backstory or tech descriptions, the humans' real innovation was inertial confinement fusion("Hyperfusion"), which was more efficient than the magnetic confinement that the Drengin and Arceans had used. The laser-beam tech required for IC Fusion to work so well came apparently as a byproduct of beam-weapons research by the divided nations of Earth. This "Hyperfusion" is what made the extreme miniaturization of stargates possible, leading to Hyperdrive. As of

Reply to Components size weirdness in Beta Reports GalCiv2 Forums

Use Psyonic Beam. It's pricier, but has a better smash-for-size rating than Phasors 7 or Disruptors on Medium Hulls. See [link="https://forums.galciv2.com/?forumid=346&aid=152431"]HERE[/link].

Reply to False Alliances & Cultural Conquest in AARs GalCiv2 Forums

Well, after looking at that first post, I guess the in-depth turtling section was way too deep. Anyway, here's the continuation: I held ANS Horizun from attacking until all my Transports had arrived. Along with my transports, a pair of Arcean heavy-fighter fleets and two Yor fleets also arrived. In accordance to a UP law, I declared war and waited a turn while the Arcean fleets launched a suicide attack against an economy starbase and the Yor fleets took out a frigate before getting des

False Alliances & Cultural Conquest in AARs GalCiv2 Forums

Hi! I haven't posted here much of the past month, but I haven't stopped playing GC2. I only stopped visiting this place because the massive TA advertisements were freaking me out. I know I can't get TA before March, so the more advertising I read, the more it stings. Anyway, here's the AAR of a game I played over the last 2 days and completed today. The screenshots are still on my laptop, so I'll just be posting text today. Settings: GC2: Dark Avatar v1.80G with... Hug

Reply to Alliance in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

You cannot bribe them to give you a 'Close' relation status. It comes by staying Friendly for a long time, until they randomly upgrade you to Close. Their's nothing you can do about it.

Reply to Interplanetary Missiles in Warfare GalCiv2 Forums

[quote] So, this is something I'd really like to see: The ability to build "Interplanetary Missile Silo" improvements on planets. This improvement would allow the planet to (with some kind of firing cost/delay between shots) fire missiles at other worlds (possibly with some kind of range limit, but it would have to be a big range to be useful; maybe upgraded levels of the improvement with stronger missiles/better range?). The missiles would move

Reply to Terror Planets? in Ideas GalCiv2 Forums

It is possible to pick off single planets. Build a Spore Ship. Kill all ships orbiting the target planet. Move the Spore Ship to the target planet. Open up the details screen for said planet and click 'Destroy Colony'. Anyway, having Terror Stars attack whole star systems is obviously better as it requires more tactical thought and consideration(ships, planets, and who you are willing to go to war with).