Sole Soul

Reply to Terror Stars - Useful??? in Twilight of the Arnor GalCiv2 Forums

[quote who="ArchitectureFramed" reply="25" id="1876269"] Quoting Sole Soul, reply 24 I STILL think they'd be better -for the game-, while obviously not in a more powerful kind of way, if the terror star were destroyed when it blew up the star in question. They're no longer destroyed when used? Wow. That's a big change from the beta, where they were strictly kamikaze. Having played them that way, I don't think it would make them more useful or powerful. I think

Reply to Terror Stars - Useful??? in Twilight of the Arnor GalCiv2 Forums

[quote who="ArchitectureFramed" reply="25" id="1876269"] Quoting Sole Soul, reply 24 I STILL think they'd be better -for the game-, while obviously not in a more powerful kind of way, if the terror star were destroyed when it blew up the star in question. They're no longer destroyed when used? Wow. That's a big change from the beta, where they were strictly kamikaze. Having played them that way, I don't think it would make them more useful or powerful. I think

Reply to END OF THE WORLD COULD BE TOMORROW in Everything Else GalCiv2 Forums

@DalzK Clearly, you, like much of the rest of the populace, are unaware of how physics work . Black holes do not function as they are depicted in popular culture-the only time they're marginally close to this is when you're inside the event horizon. They obey the same laws of physics as everything else (although the no hair theorem is a source of confusion), and a black hole on this small scale would have insufficient mass to pull anything in before it ev

Reply to The joys of being computer literate in Personal Computing GalCiv2 Forums

[quote who="erathoniel" reply="9" id="1872537"]There's only one problem to being computer literate: Once you taste the most awesome thing in the world ("teh intrawebs"), will you ever go back? Before you argue: WoW.[/quote] I quit MMOs about...three months ago? It's been a -while-. And for the record, I never played WoW, and never will.

Reply to END OF THE WORLD COULD BE TOMORROW in Everything Else GalCiv2 Forums

[quote who="Anubis208" reply="24" id="1872515"]I don't remember where I saw it, but Sephen Hawkings, world's greatest physicist, says that it won't make a black hole.... Sorry to spoil the fun. Plus, a 100 solar-mass sun explodes = black hole. I'm pretty sure that 2 particles aren't going to do it...[/quote] Stephen Hawking is NOT infallible. "If the centre-of-mass energy of two elementary particles is indeed higher

Reply to END OF THE WORLD COULD BE TOMORROW in Everything Else GalCiv2 Forums

The worst part about believing in doomsday is that when you're finally right there's no one left to say "I told you so" to. Not that I personally believe in a doomsday, this way or otherwise, but it's something to think about. ALSO: REM - It's The End of The World As We Know It

Reply to END OF THE WORLD COULD BE TOMORROW in Everything Else GalCiv2 Forums

[quote who="Zunni" reply="6" id="1871446"]You must admit, it's very "Asimov". First thing that popped into my head when I read the article was his positron pump from The Gods Themselves, and the way all the scientists carry on with the experiment, since the potential gains outweight the unlikely losses. I wonder what he'd think of all this?[/quote] You win an Internet.

Reply to Planets in Twilight of the Arnor GalCiv2 Forums

25% in DL & DA, 1/5th (20%) in TA [at last check on TA numbers]. EDIT: As a note, 1/4 is taken in all versions from the first, but in TA only 1/5 is given to the second. I felt the original post might have implied less was taken, as well-which is not the case. (Also modified 16.67% to 20% per game experience.) It adds up oddly because it takes from both social and military to add to research (or vice versa), and truncates before multiplying bonuses, IIRC, as we

Reply to Terror Stars - Useful??? in Twilight of the Arnor GalCiv2 Forums

While I'm happy that they're not significantly powerful enough to be overused (which I feel is what the devs had in mind by all the restrictions that are placed on them), I STILL think they'd be better -for the game-, while obviously not in a more powerful kind of way, if the terror star were destroyed when it blew up the star in question. Especially given that you can't arm it, it does make more sense. And, personally, I have difficulty seeing how a terror star is supposed to s

Reply to Major Pirate Problems in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

@Dragoonkin At least the pirates can't invade you. If they could, now that would be broken. Also, for the record, this is the MEGA pirate event we're talking about here, for which you need to have MEGA EVENTS turned ON to see. In other words, if you can't deal with it, you might consider turning them OFF. The normal pirate event doesn't spawn fleets of more than 4 or so ships a piece, although there are still a significant number of fleets-nor are they anywhe

Reply to Fertility Clinics in Dark Avatar GalCiv2 Forums

Fertility clinic costs 25. Rush buy cost is build cost ^ 1.1 (truncated) * 6 for 204BC. However, the minimum UPGRADE cost (i.e. overbuilding on an existing improvement) is 50 industrial units (with the exception of factoring in previous rush buys, but that is beyond the scope of your current question and in addition has been addressed elsewhere), which gives rise to the 438BC rush buy cost. You'll also notice this with starports, as they only cost 20BC (156BC rush buy) o

Reply to Major Pirate Problems in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

[quote who="Balancer111" reply="1" id="1868965"]Heya. I'm a beginner in GC2, having bought the entire package only a few weeks ago. But have you tried stacking military starbases?[/quote] In combination with tiny/smull hulls, and if it's TA some HP modules on them to maximize firstly firepower and secondly survival rate, that's actually a very good suggestion. You might also consider (in TA only) using an Atlas module and either one or zero weapons on a h

Reply to Of Twilight and Enjoyment... in Twilight of the Arnor GalCiv2 Forums

I played TA Thalans when the hyperion matrix didn't improve your planet quality. When they didn't have battle stations and couldn't have starbases with weapons. When colonies still only had 6B max pop by default. I've been in on TA since late beta 2/early beta 3. (For the record, it was kind of crashy then, which is only one reason why all of these things haven't come up before.) I'm open to playing the races as the devs intended them to be played, but some of

Of Twilight and Enjoyment... in Twilight of the Arnor GalCiv2 Forums

[rant] I like TA. I really do. But the changes it brings are harder for me to get used to than those from DL to DA-and even after I got DA, I was still playing primarily DL games for several months. In the end, the super abilities sold me, and I have to say I actually like the DA spy system BETTER, although I appear to be in the minority. Part of the problem with TA is I can't really find a tech tree I like. Part of the problem is that every tech tree h

Reply to Tech Tree Incentive/Improvement in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

Halving is entirely too much incentive, IMO. Cutting by 10% or so sounds reasonable, though.

Reply to Can i control battles? in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

[quote]Does this mean EVERY planet get the bonus when u build it?[/quote] [quote]Hyperion fleet defense can only be built once per civ, but allows all ships in orbit of said planet to function as a fleet regardless of logistics.[/quote] Notice the part about "said planet". In answer to your question, [B]no.[/B] It only works that way for the planet you build it on.

Reply to Can i control battles? in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

Not a tech, exactly. Orbital fleet manager allows up to your logistical limit to function as a fleet, and can be built one per planet. Hyperion fleet defense can only be built once per civ, but allows all ships in orbit of said planet to function as a fleet regardless of logistics.

Reply to A new personal best in Twilight of the Arnor GalCiv2 Forums

Question...why are you playing Thalans? Wanted a challenge? ;)

Reply to Any Patches? Where? in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

I'm still using SDC, and as far as I am aware, it still works for updates. You can get it from [link="https://www.stardock.com/products/sdcentral/"]here[/link] or [link="http://sdc.stardock.com/sdcentral_setup.exe"](direct link)[/link] if you have not already done so. If SDC isn't working, then I don't know what to tell you. I haven't migrated to Impulse yet myself. Or you could just listen to Kryo. Yeah, that sounds like a plan. :)

Reply to Starbase Defense in Twilight of the Arnor GalCiv2 Forums

Do you have Battle Stations (Mark I)?

Reply to The Jagged Knife in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

They agreed? Interesting. I can't get them to give up anything. Then again, it's an impromptu game in a tiny galaxy where they only have two planets. (Giving them planets allows them sufficient planetary variety for them to allow me to buy them again.) How many did they take total? Did you DEMAND it from them, or did you offer to pay them for it? Very very rarely will the AI accept demands, and only if you're in an extremely dominating position. As

Reply to Starbase Defense in Twilight of the Arnor GalCiv2 Forums

Unless something has changed (which I doubt), Ray Shielding, Combat Armor, and Missile Defender all require I before II and II before III. Not so with the weapon modules. Do you have the I modules available?

Reply to Rings and moons in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

Rings give a 10% bonus to research output, while moons give a 10% bonus to industrial output (military/social).

Reply to The Jagged Knife in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

1) Turn mega events off. Or just use them to get essentially "free" planets (as in not having to go to war with any of the big guys; they don't take planets from just you, you know). And yes, they can take any of your planets. 2) What? I'm confused. You asked for a planet back from...the Drengin? The Jagged Knife? Elaborate, please? 3) As far as I remember, autopilot moves happen at the end of the turn (but before the next one), so you'll always see them at full m

Reply to The Balance Theory in Everything Else GalCiv2 Forums

One electron universe.