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Reply to Idea for how weapons and defenses should work in GalCiv IV Early Access Feedback GalCiv4 Forums

maybe have shields protect extra against beams if beams become the new op, but the higher recharge rates for shorter range weapons should be able to balance it a lot. also, elerium seems to be rarer than all the other resources exept promethion, so maybe it's ok if beams are a little better than kinetic.

Idea for how weapons and defenses should work in GalCiv IV Early Access Feedback GalCiv4 Forums

I've been seeing a lot of feedback about how weapons and defenses work, and it seems like many people would like to see more diversity in how different weapons do damage, with less of the "rock/paper/scissors" tactic. this is very tricky because we want them to stay balanced, but it does seem like this is an area that people would really like "spiced up." (we're using dune puns too now, right?) so here's an idea i had of how to diversify our weapons... basically it's mostly combining

Reply to Onyx Growth Rate in Galactic Civilizations IV GalCiv4 Forums

yeah, i've commented about this a couple times too, and i think that they basically want them to have a very, very bad growth rate, like worst in the game by far. they want to counter this by having the race have more hp than any other by far too though, even though they cant heal regularly. prety sure of this because the change they made to the onyx in .8 didnt increase their growth rate at all, but it changed their ships from x2 regular hp to x3, showing that they want this race to grow ver

Reply to GalCiv IV Dev Journal #16 - The Battle Viewer in GalCiv IV Dev Journals GalCiv4 Forums

^ nice, i thought missiles were too op. the main thing i would recommend for tactical combat is a button that says "retreat." push it and your remaining forces try to leave the battle. this would be perfect for both when you realize the battle is lost and you should get out with whatever ships are still in one piece, or when you have something like an interceptor force that is just trying to take out a support or capital ship and then get the hell out of there. also, being abl

Reply to early Beta: who is your favorite civ? in Galactic Civilizations IV GalCiv4 Forums

I've tried quite a few so far, and my fav has gotta be the Barakat, although i think that the Yor and MImot are the best atm. Not only have i always liked treefolk, but that planet spore ability is my fav one so far, even though I think there are more powerful ones out there. It does a great job of pumping up core worlds, and unlike the Yor or Navigators, it pumps up all core planet stats, not just production. I just really like the versatility that it gives them to pick their fav planets as

Reply to Mimots in Galactic Civilizations IV GalCiv4 Forums

maybe if it was just their tiny and small ships that doubled if wouldn't be so overpowered

Reply to Galactic Civilizations IV Beta 2 0.80 Changelog in GalCiv IV Early Access Feedback GalCiv4 Forums

nice list, ty. I esp like the Commander traits for the different races. I think it does a great job of adding some good unique character to them. I think that because of the Onyx though that resources need to be balanced more so promethion shows up more, and the Onyx should really have a source of promethion in their starting solar system. TY for all the info! :)

Reply to Focus on Education: Bugged? in GalCiv IV Bug Reports GalCiv4 Forums

[quote who="Imperious-Leader-1" reply="4" id="3839013"] Quoting AdamMG, reply 2 the 0.8 update list shows this as fixed (not yet released). The update logs are your friends. Good to know thanks. Where do I find the update logs on unreleased patches? [/quote] those are

.77b YOR review and ideas in GalCiv IV Early Access Feedback GalCiv4 Forums

The YOR can start off a little slow (or fast, depending on nearby planets), but once they get going I think they've got a big snowballing problem and become too good too fast. of all the races i've tried the YOR have the potential to do the best. As long as they have good nearby manufacturing, that +50% manufacturing policy boost is insanely good, esp early on, and even if u cant find durantium to produce citizens faster, their military from that +50% policy will allow you to greatly build up

Reply to Hex based Map - Can we Have Hex Outline for Inclusion Range in Galactic Civilizations IV GalCiv4 Forums

[quote who="DerekPaxton" reply="11" id="3838599"] We are going to make two changes: 1. We are changing the circle logic to be more accurate. 2. We are going to draw the collection lines you see from starbases collecting resources when the ship is still in the constructor stage (so you can see what resources it would collect if you places a starbase there). [/quote] sounds great, thank you!

Reply to A nearly complete game of 0.77b in GalCiv IV Early Access Feedback GalCiv4 Forums

wow, #14 sounds like a big issue. I'm curious, did you have any treaties with the other civs in the game? more than just open borders treaties? was there any civs you had actually been able to form any alliances with before they all turned on you?

.77b Onyx review and ideas in GalCiv IV Early Access Feedback GalCiv4 Forums

Onyx def need a boost. organics can greatly outbreed them, and Yor can use all its citizens right away and then build more pretty fast, assuming they have good durantium and production. Here's a few ideas i had for them... 1. Put promethion in their starting star system. - It's the rarest resource in the game and they need it really bad and have no other reliable way to get it. 2. Make their starting world Low Gravity. - Their lore already says they love low gravity

Reply to Hex based Map - Can we Have Hex Outline for Inclusion Range in Galactic Civilizations IV GalCiv4 Forums

agreed, the circles and "smooth curves" can be very inaccurate.

Reply to Saved game not loading in GalCiv IV Bug Reports GalCiv4 Forums

yeah, you can't load a saved game of an old version of the game after the game has been updated. If you play the Test Edition version, it's going to update every week or 2. the version that just says Galactic Cizilizations IV, and doesn't include Test Edition, updates less often though, and is better for people who want to play longer games right now.

Reply to Oceanic Worlds and Precursor Worlds? in Galactic Civilizations IV GalCiv4 Forums

yeah, but you're prob going to have to restart every week or 2 anyway if u want to play the newest version. If you want to play a longer game though, click on the version of the game that just says Galactic Civilizations IV, and doesn't include Test Edition. The non-test edition version is updated less often so that people can play longer games. It just got upgraded to the newest version too so now is actually a great time to start a game on that version.

Reply to Oceanic Worlds and Precursor Worlds? in Galactic Civilizations IV GalCiv4 Forums

i just started a game as the terran resistance to check, and it does show up for me there. a couple weeks ago they actually took out oceanic worlds for a min though, and you might need to verify your files to make sure you have the current version with oceanic worlds back.

Reply to Oceanic Worlds and Precursor Worlds? in Galactic Civilizations IV GalCiv4 Forums

oceanic worlds are unlocked through the following path... Space elevators -> Planetology -> Extreme colonization -> Oceanic Worlds

Reply to Leader Pool Variability in GalCiv IV Early Access Feedback GalCiv4 Forums

i think that being able to remove leaders from the pool is a great idea. considering how rare it is to find decent leaders for the stuff you want unless you have their cost reduced, even using the exec order, i think that this would make it a lot more fun for a lot of players. having to wait 30something months for bad candidates to leave, when like all you have is bad candidates, can be really discouraging. have a short cooldown on it if you think it's too good. at the very least, lower the t

Reply to GalCiv IV Dev Journal #10 - Do we need a battle viewer? in GalCiv IV Dev Journals GalCiv4 Forums

[quote who="j.starz4511" reply="68" id="3837710"] Fleets that have a commander you could have one time special abilities introduced where you can press a button and release an emp charge or shield buff or teleport to a different part of the screen. ps. I love how the game is developing so far keep up the great work! [/quote] i really like these ideas. U could have one time artifact uses for in-combat, and one of those could be to instantly

Reply to Culture Points, a handful of missions then nothing? in GalCiv IV Early Access Feedback GalCiv4 Forums

an extra culture point via a random event or something is nice, but yeah, i think there should be a more consistent way to earn both culture points and the levels that you need to spend them. and stuff like galactic achievements isn't very useful for players at higher difficulties where the AI is usually going to outbuild you if you actually try to build one.

Reply to RNG producing broken start clusters in GalCiv IV Early Access Feedback GalCiv4 Forums

agreed, resources are greatly needed but very few, far between, and inconsistent. i think a good easy fix for this would just be to have a lot more resource stars, but have those resource star systems have a lot more habitable planets. maybe even have planet types kinda match what resource stars systems they're in. for example, a star system that has durantium could have a much higher chance of having a planet with a durantium cloud.

Reply to Proximity of AI Civilizations in 0.77b in Galactic Civilizations IV GalCiv4 Forums

yeah, i had this happening to me every game in 0.77b too. and yeah, not just same starting sector but 1-2 civs within 2 star systems.

Reply to GC4 EA Feedback Test Branch | VERSION 0.77b.277637 in GalCiv IV Early Access Feedback GalCiv4 Forums

started a few diff games, every one had closest player supposed to be distant, but every game had 1-2 civ start right next to me.

Yor, Onyx, and all civ population growth rates in GalCiv IV Early Access Feedback GalCiv4 Forums

When it comes to population growth rates, a lot of things still seem kinda unbalanced and dont really make a lot of sense... as your world grows, the population growth rates get slower and slower, even though the actual "growth numbers" might be getting much bigger. when you're sending your people off to other planets and starbases, it doesn't make any sense that everyone on your big worlds suddenly decides to stop breeding very quickly while there's still a decent population to breed from an

Reply to GalCiv IV 0.77B sneak preview in Galactic Civilizations IV GalCiv4 Forums

nice, esp looking forward to seeing what defensive bonuses ships will get from Defensive Studies