charon2112

charon2112

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Reply to Evening the odds... in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

[quote who="Mumblefratz" reply="17" id="2697803"] I was a big XP fanboy and hated the idea of Vista/Win7, but after building a new PC, I bought Win 7Not quite the same thing that I said. I said "I'm still with XP and currently feel no need to upgrade. There's nothing about Vista that I've heard that makes me think I'm missing anything. Win 7 seems like it may not be all that bad". What I'm a fanboy of is being in control of my own PC. I'm using XP both at home and work and at

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Reply to Evening the odds... in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

[quote who="Mumblefratz" reply="11" id="2681616"] easier said than done with vistaI'm still with XP and currently feel no need to upgrade. There's nothing about Vista that I've heard that makes me think I'm missing anything. Win 7 seems like it may not be all that bad but who knows perhaps I'll make it to Win 8 before being forced to change. I can understand not wanting to go back and forth however it seems a little strange not to be able to manage my own start menu, but then

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Reply to Evening the odds... in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

[quote who="Mumblefratz" reply="1" id="2680670"] ...The more major thing is that the AI does know where the good stuff (resources and planets) are. Again this may seem like a big deal but in practice it's really not all that big. As long as you start as a race with stellar cartography you can tell where the stars are and how many planets they have from the mini-map. You don't know the PQ of the planets or whether they are immediately colonizable (DA or TA) but if you blindly send a colon

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Reply to Help WIth Odd Spaceship Graphics in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

this happened to me too. It happened after a processor upgrade for some reason, it was a pretty old PC. The only way I could ever fix it was to turn off high resolution ship graphics in the options. Now, I have a completely new PC and things are back to normal.

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Reply to GalCiv III tactical battling in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

[quote who="yikes_scoobie" reply="3" id="2648906"]There is a simple solution and actually I think it is the best solution is that you have a checkbox in the game options so that you can turn on or off tactical combat. [/quote] My problem here is that doing this will take resources away from some other aspect of the game or it's development. Resources better spent improving AI, diplomacy, any number of things.

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Reply to GalCiv III tactical battling in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

[quote who="qrtxian" reply="1" id="2644496"]Well, I'm on the record as being opposed to any form of tactical combat in GalCiv III for (mostly) the same reasons that Stardock didn't put it in GalCiv II. But it is in Elemental - although that doesn't necessarily prove anything - and if it is in GalCiv III, this would be pretty much what I would want.[/quote] I agree with you, GalCiv isn't about tactics.

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Reply to How does this compare to Sins of a Solar Empire? in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

[quote who="Cougarshamn" reply="5" id="2632458"]ok, have to be honest, the very first impression was "eww, why do people talk so highly of this?" It is VERY overwhelming if you just dive in and try to figure it out. However, after watching through the tutorials, and actually reading the manual a bit, and giving it a second chance, I can say this has potential for some awesomeness. Adjusting to the change of pace is a challenge though. Is there any way to speed things up, especially

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Reply to The Music in War of Magic Elemental Forums

I haven't heard Elemental's score yet, but I looovvvve GalCiv2's music (I keep the CD in my car on repeat, it's so cinematic, it's like a great film score). I can't wait to hear it though, is the music available anywhere yet?

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Reply to Scratch Civ V off my buy list. in PC Gaming Elemental Forums

[quote who="lackoo1111" reply="432" id="2627606"]Elemental: " Rich, single-player campaign with over 30 hours of gameplay. " I hope it will be more than that .[/quote] All I want is a great sandbox mode with a ton of options. The campaign means nothing to me.

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Reply to Scratch Civ V off my buy list. in PC Gaming Elemental Forums

I don't know, I don't mind being forced to install something. When I bout Fallout 3 game of the year edition, I had to install windows live. Guess how many times that bothered me while spending 180+ hours on this fabulous game and it's expansions...zero.

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Reply to Scratch Civ V off my buy list. in PC Gaming Elemental Forums

This doesn't affect my desire for Civ V in any way. Of course I'll get it. Who cares if you have to use steam? That's like complaining that a game is only available on DVD and not 3.5" floppys. This is a non-issue. This is no different than having to use Impulse.

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Reply to What would you like to see in Galactic Civilizations 3? in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

I agree 100% [quote who="BvBPL" reply="118" id="2613408"]I can’t say I see the appeal of tactical combat for Gal Civ III. I understand it is cool and all, but… …it couldn’t be used in any three or more person multiplayer match. I have no idea if multiplayer is planned for any Gal Civ III, but if it was, you couldn’t reasonably include it in any match with more than two people as it would just leave the other p

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