Sole, you should start posting all this info you have compiled to the GalCiv2 Wiki... Also, IMHO the best thing about custom races is picking your own tech tree without dealing with the pre-picked racials. Drath, I'm looking at you.
How did I know you would be the one to answer? Thanks - again - for the info!
As per the title... I'm sure this has been asked before, but Search being what it is... Is there a cap on sensor range at 15? And does the Eyes of the Universe GA automatically bestow that on every one of your ships?
I thought GC2:UE was the international (Europe/Asia) edition, distro rights were purchased by a third-party, etc...?
Well, the good: I'm just glad someone realized that ATX doesn't necessarily mean "rectangle". Or, if you're Alienware, "rectangle with curves pasted on." The bad: What? Back to the ca. 1985 horizontal desktop designs? With the added bonus that I can't even stack anything on top of it to save space? Super double ultra --! The ugly: That fan must HOWL like the winds of Nod...
[quote]Just as they have a right to beat the tar out of us b/c we dont care about our stats[/quote] [quote]There not alot 'strategic elements' elements in a race.[/quote] [quote]they dont makes games that rely on thought very much anymore.[/quote] [quote]Basicaly braggin rights IMHO.[/quote] [quote]Its turned into a spam fest.[/quote] [quote]Go be competitive and make your mommy proud.[/quote] ...and... [quote]I dont not [sic] hold that
[quote]I haven't had much experience with all-labs myself, but you might consider trying a variant thereof-namely, all labs but with 50% research funding and 50% social funding.[/quote] Wow. How did I never even consider this, before? I bet this would work really well, actually. Not as a permanent condition, but if you (er, I) aim the bright beam of science onto the economy branch early, and then push spending to social and fill up all but one or two of my worlds w
[quote who="-Ue_Carbon" reply="20" id="2045081"] I dont understand your logic behind your post. Im sorry, I thought I made it clear. Yet, you continue this jihad for a trend that the OP and many of us disliked. Its our opinion btw. All we were saying is why does RTS games have to be so fast paced. [/quote] The only argument I'm making is that there is a difference between subjective value and objective value. If you really want to take that differentiation as a "
[quote who="madman983" reply="17" id="2044998"]To be honest most new RTS have lost the stratagy bit. Take CnC3 for Example. For the short time i played it online after beating the campain every game comsisted of spamming tanks untill your finger fell off. [/quote] I haven't played the new C&C, never really got into that series. But as the series goes, I think it's always been really bad about tactical strategy and always completely centered on resource management
I just wish all of you would stop saying, "nothing against competitive players" out of one end of your mouth while dissing us repeatedly out of the other. Let's get some HONEST discourse first, right? Seriously, if you're saying things like competitve gaming doesn't require thinking, or it's just a mindless clickfest, or that we only care about stats and nothing else, or that it's basically ego-stroking IYHO, you are not allowed to then claim that you're not dissing us. Th
With a nod to Wyndstar . I decided to try this strategy out, but I can't figure out if I'm doing something wrong. I'm playing Medium, Abundant/Abundant/Abundant, Very Fast tech, on Challenging (hey, it's my third game) with 8 AI's. Here's how it went: I colonize eight or nine planets. Colony rush win++. I fill my homeworld with Research Centers. Eight or nine planets sit and do nothing for 60 turns. A coupl
...his parents get really mad. Har har. Please change the terminology in GC3. Ok, really, question: every time I take a Minor civ out, the hosting Major civ's sphere of influence just disappears. The entire thing (Minor civ and Major civ) just gets painted over by my area of Influence. Is that supposed to happen? And, if so, doesn't that imply that the Minor civ was really Influential? If it was, why didn't it suck up the Major civ? I
Don't worry; this game is, uh, it's got a lot going on. That's why it's awesome. Here're your answers: 1) Mining base sits on an asteroid. It gives you additional manufacturing points (mp). You'll notice that on your planet's factory, if you click on it, it shows you the MP it generates (in purple) and the BC it costs to maintain that building (in red). You use MP's to build things. What an mining base does it give additional MP's to the planet it i
[quote who="Sole Soul" reply="2" id="2042029"] That's not what I said at all, no. Against X/Y, the ideal setup is Z/X. Put as much defense on as you can, until you reach the fleet attack value. Then fill it out with weapons.[/quote] Sorry. What I meant by that was it does little good to have your Defense ahead of their Attack. So follow their Attack rating with your Defense rating.
[quote who="Sole Soul" reply="24" id="2041976"] If you can match his attack with an equal amount of defenses, you're almost indestructable. Much beyond that isn't necessary, though it can help prevent bad rolls-to an extent. The 75% rule is in place because apart from early game, that's rarely achievable. You're better off with 1/4 then with 2/3 against a 4/0. However, you're better off with a 2/4 than with a 1/5, again against a 4/0. Make sense? [/quote]<
[quote who="Sole Soul" reply="22" id="2041953"] Defenses are only worthwhile when you can have defenses on a single ship equal to 75% or greater of the enemy fleet's attack.[/quote] Say, what's a good ratio for ATK/DEF, then? I mean, let's say you're up against a 4a 0d enemy fleet. Is it better to go 2a 3d or 1a 4d or what?
[quote]Trivia: IBM would not let their name be used in a movie about insane computers, so Kubrick and Clarke derived the name HAL from IBM by just taking the previous letter in the alphabet for each letter in IBM. I becomes H, B becomes A, and M becomes L.[/quote] MYTH! According to Clarke, that was entirely coincidental. How do I know this? Wikipedia!
I think if you subtract a little roar from his post, Alfonse is basically saying, "you don't have to like it, but don't disrespect it." And he's right; it's not "lazy game design" or whatever. What's there serves a purpose, even if it's not immediately evident. And it certainly isn't hurting the gaming market. SC2 is getting a LOT of attention. Ultimately, these games provide us with what we all want - a game we can really sink our teeth into. Now, maybe
I'm thinking about how WC3 plays, and I don't think the "rush" strategy and the "build up the tree" strategy are mutually exclusive. Nor do I think the purpose of the extended tree is for both sides to reach the top before bashing each others' faces in. Against really good (like REALLY good) players, what happens is both sides rush each other even as they build up at home. If the two opponents are evenly matched, they fight each other evenly throughout the build process.
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I don't do it after every new tech. I'll usually pop into the shipyard, tweak the design, look at the difference in numbers and ask myself how significant is the net change from old design to new. I'll also look at if my current designs are still outpacing the AI. If it is and the AI's aren't looking at any significant improvements anytime soon, then I can't justify the cost. If the AI's are about to catch up, I look at techs I can reach before the AI's catch me, pla
Dave is the guy who unplugs Hal. Your (main) income is from taxation, and that grows with population. You can see the numbers from your Domestic screen. Even with huge bonuses to trade and freighters scrambling madly across the universe, your trade income will probably not equal half of your tax income. You can also bring in a little extra cash via Economic Treaties with the AI's. Depending on the number of treaties, the size of the map, etc... this can easil
Rule the galaxy from a soft, fluffy recliner, anyone? PS - I bet that GameSpot blogger took the phrase from you guys. GC2: ToA is on his reviewed games list. Gave it a 9! High-fives all around! EDIT: nevermind. Review was posted in 2006. I withdraw those high-fives.
Hunh. I always thought of that particular definition as "dogmatic," not "warlike" or "militaristic." I have to admit it's catchy, though. I'm assuming, then, that it's not a reference, but a term coined in-house? Or is it a common phrase that I've missed out on?
This has been bugging me since the first time I saw it. "...rule the galaxy from an angular throne..." From the context, I undersand it to mean, roughly, "pwn nubs with violence," but what is this term a reference to? Any help would be appreciated.