MaxAstro

Reply to [TA Beta1] The Proliferation of Global Passive Bonuses in Beta Reports GalCiv2 Forums

I think TriPp has the right idea, that's definately an option I'd like to see. Giving the player more choices is always a good thing, I think.

Reply to Question about TA tech in Beta Reports GalCiv2 Forums

Some techs already do this (For example, the Drengin version of Planetary Improvements is completely different, despite effectively being the same tech; also, Xeno Anthropology for the Arceans is, IIRC, just another name for Xeno Business, and it also has a different description). I imagine techs that are the same between different races will keep the same description, while more unique techs will have different descriptions for each race.

Reply to [TA Beta1] The Proliferation of Global Passive Bonuses in Beta Reports GalCiv2 Forums

I think I would agree that race-unique techs should either be not tradable or at least be hugely valued by the AI and require an arm and a leg to trade for. Being able to trade for race-specific techs allows you to get around the inherent uniqueness of the races (For example, playing Arceans and trading for a Terran engine techs = scary)... it should not be something that is as simple as a few clicks in the diplomacy window and a bit of cash to do. Also, I think that if you tra

Reply to Unusual Event in Beta Reports GalCiv2 Forums

Stupidly absurd, even; I'm surprised your pirate fleets had stats that low. I'm used to seeing pirates with 100+ attack in one weapon and +100 defense in EVERY defense... They usually show up around the time I have ships with 10-15 attack, given my luck.

Reply to No profit pop up over bank TABeta 1A in Beta Reports GalCiv2 Forums

I noticed the same thing... Boy did it bug me, as I'm used to constantly looking at my income by mousing over that. This bug bothers me enough that I fully endorse it being posted again.

Reply to Re-worked race design in TA? in Beta Reports GalCiv2 Forums

S T K: Ah, I see, that makes sense. Still, since ship style DOES make a difference (what hulls you get, and what parts are in the "your style" tab, plus I always try to build my ships fitting the style I've chosen), it would be nice to have some extra styles. And perhaps even the ability to add new player-usable styles if someone wants to take the time to make new hull models, or a unique list of "style parts".

Reply to A Couple Major Drengin Issues in Beta Reports GalCiv2 Forums

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Reply to Re-worked race design in TA? in Beta Reports GalCiv2 Forums

Spare ship styles would be a nice thing to have for custom races... Also, I've always noticed that there is a "create custom ship style" button in DL/DA, but that button is always grayed out for me. Is this a feature that hasn't been fully added yet, or is there something I need to do to make it work? Is it something that will be among the editors in TA?

Reply to [TA Beta1] "...But I don't *want* your crappy tech..." in Beta Reports GalCiv2 Forums

I'll agree on this one; it should definately be up to the player.

Reply to Feedback on ship leveling in Beta Reports GalCiv2 Forums

Amen to that... I tend to use "swarm" tactics a lot, and they work great... until my enemy hits a certain level of tech above my swarms, at which point my entire army is rendered impotent and useless... >.<

Reply to Post your TA suggestions here in Beta Reports GalCiv2 Forums

Not to mention the Auto Mining Conga Line... (Miners should really head towards the nearest asteroid they can upgrade when you click Automate, instead of always going for really-far-away unbuilt asteroids first...)

A Couple Major Drengin Issues in Beta Reports GalCiv2 Forums

Well, I just had a very interesting game as the Drengin... First of all, some of their improvement ordering is out of whack. The game refuses to upgrade Arenas into Arenas of Pain because it thinks Arenas are higher tech... Also, I somehow ended up with BOTH Entertainment Networks and Arenas (Not because of tech trading; I didn't even have Universal Translator researched). The second (and much bigger) issue came when I invaded a planet (it belonged to the Arceans). After the

Reply to Post your TA suggestions here in Beta Reports GalCiv2 Forums

Personally, I don't see trade as underpowered; on the contrary, it is often a life saver for me. I tend to run my economy into the ground expanding early game, and usually I start to get trade networks up right as the extra bit of money is enough to keep me from going bankrupt. Later in the game trade becomes less useful as tax revenues go up, so maybe more ways of increasing trade revenue would be in order? And a suggestion: Can the Super Trader ability please please PLEASE

Reply to Warp Bubbles ???? TA beta1 v1.8c in Beta Reports GalCiv2 Forums

In related Terran module glitchiness, the Sensor Array is not properly limited to one per ship, which results in some REALLY good scout ships... EDIT: Also, the Integrity Grid does not seem to show up in the list of modules after being researched (It's also missing a space in the tech description).

Reply to [TA Beta] How best to use fleet modules (ship design theory) in Beta Reports GalCiv2 Forums

Easy way to make command ship feasible: Have a module called a "Target" module, or "ECM" module or something like that. Basically, ships in fleets that have Target modules have to be attacked first by the enemy. So with a module like that you could force your opponent not to attack your command ship until the other ships (which you would attach these modules too) get taken out. Or have it work in reverse - a ship with the module cannot be attacked until every other ship in the fleet

Reply to Interplanetary Missiles in Warfare GalCiv2 Forums

Well, planet-based guns are also on my list of things I'd like to see. And I wouldn't want the missiles to be truly devastating, just damaging enough that you generally don't want to get him by them (For example, a missile hit kills 10% of the population of the planet and destroys a random 10% of planetary improvements (minimum 1)). Just so that there is a way to attack planets without invading them. Or you could have mo

Tech Trading Feedback for TA in Beta Reports GalCiv2 Forums

First off, I love the new tech trees, especially the Arcean one. However, tech trading has suddenly gotten... complicated. There are so many strange and new techs (and that's just with three races) that I barely am able to tech trade effectively anymore, especially since many techs have poor descriptions when viewed in the trade window (Xeno Slavery). What would really help: Color code the techs, so that techs you have that are unique to your race are one color, "shared techs"

Reply to [TA Beta 1 (Feedback)] Minor Issue:{Resolved} in Beta Reports GalCiv2 Forums

Also, several techs have very undescriptive... erm, descriptions. For example, what does the Cathedral of Valor do? Is it supposed to give an Improvement? Also, when trading with other races it can be very hard to tell what certain techs do by right-clicking them; for example, Xeno Slavery has a blank effect description.

Reply to Trivial documentation and interface oddities in Beta Reports GalCiv2 Forums

That's odd, I've played games where the Drengin get absolutely devastated influence-wise. I had one where their average influence range was about three parsecs from their PLANETS. o.O EDIT: Also a UI thing, in the Abilities section the Speed bonuses are incorrectly listed as Parsecs/Month instead of Parsecs/Week.

Raising Planet Quality in Beta Reports GalCiv2 Forums

The Arcean tech that raises planet quality by 10% correctly ups the listed PQ number for existing colonies. It does NOT, however, seem to add new buildable tiles. Not sure if this is intentional or not, but the tech would be much more useful if it added tiles... EDIT: Also, are the Arceans supposed to start the game with the ability to research Adamantium Plating? o.O

Reply to Raising Planet Quality in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

Update: Well, what do you know. In the TotA beta, there are techs that raise Planet Quality. They affect existing planets. However, despite the fact that the number goes up, the number of usable tiles does not seem to properly increase... Bug or lack of a feature? Inquiring minds want to know...

Reply to Raising Planet Quality in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

So that planet quality could reasonably be affected by researchable techs?

Reply to Raising Planet Quality in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

Drat. Well that renders those tech completely useless... Perhaps that will be changed in TotA?

Raising Planet Quality in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

I have a question that I haven't had the time to extensively test, but I have a sneaking suspicion it doesn't work like I think it does... I am making a tech tree mod and one of the things I am adding is techs that raise planet quality. My question is, does anyone know if raising PQ will add additional tiles to an already colonized world, or only to worlds that haven't been colonized yet? Here's hoping it's the former...

Interplanetary Missiles in Warfare GalCiv2 Forums

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 across the galaxy map at a certain speed, on au