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Reply to how do i take out an enemy terror star the best in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

the reason i refuse to build terror stars in the window version of Gal Civ is their movement speed of 1. they are totally useless in any galaxy size larger than tiny. its a shame because they look so much nicer than the old os/2 terror stars.

Reply to how do i take out an enemy terror star the best in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

I havent had Excaliburs in last few games (as you can tell by my numbers) but the defense module adds +48 to the starbase defense. It doesnt yet work as the module gets built but the defense bonus doesnt get added. Even if it did work, it wont be enough to save the base. A 2nd excalibur defense upgrade of +96 (48x2) might give the base a chance to survive: 210 def vs 300 attack. has anyone ever built an excalibur before the tech win?

Reply to how do i take out an enemy terror star the best in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

does the starbase Excalibur defense module works?

Reply to Can I rename planets? in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Do we really want to rename planets inside of star systems? I think it would be confusing.

Reply to AI difficulty question in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

They are stupid at protecting their planets. It makes no sense to have colony ships in orbit after colonization is finished. They are easily destroyed and the star system loses 5,000 population for each ship destroyed, making invasion easier. A good fix would be to absorb unused colony ships and build Defenders instead. BattleAxes and Defenders fair equally as well against Dreadnoughts but both stop transports.

Reply to AI difficulty question in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Doesnt that depend on diplomacy? As Maso, they get a 40% diplomacy boost so dealing with them is harder.

Reply to Morale 1 Planet in Strategies Stardock Forums

Will there be a cap on the size of colony ships? When a large AI system defects, I buy a colony ship and load it with 40,000 and sent them to Earth. This increases the moral of the system to 100 and Earth easily absorbs the ship upon arrival. A 50 shield ship to transport the equivalent of 8 or more full loaded combat transports is :notsure: The game needs a high speed civilian transport ship to ferry populations between star systems. This ship should be available with Dreadnoughts. O

Reply to GalCiv based COMIC STRIP is up! in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Excellent. You deserve some Aphrodisiac. :)

Reply to AI difficulty question in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Does this mean the AI are not really smarter at higher levels, they just get bigger bonuses?

Reply to Scoring question, Norm, Tiny. in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

It seems the metaverse scores need adjusting. Still, I like the challange of winning at higher levels. The games are not boring.

Reply to Scoring question, Norm, Tiny. in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

how much does the difficulty level affect scoring?

Reply to pop ups in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

:HOT:

Reply to Minimap suggestions in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

It would be nice to see just starbases without all the ships on the minimap. Is it possible to toggle the ship button on minimap to: On, Ships, Starbase, Ships and Starbases, Off?

pop ups in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Those little pop ups that appear when the mouse moves over an icon need an on/off switch. In my gigantic galaxy, I ended up near the edge. While trying to look at the stars on edge of the mini-map, the pop up covers whole sectors. (:(

Reply to Difficulty Levels Revealed in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

very interesting thread. one would think SD keeps these stats when games are submitted.

Reply to Battleships vs. frigates in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

I havent built either ship in weeks. I build enough Defender, BattleAxes and Starbases to keep the AI off my back until I get Dreadnoughts. Then I go offensive.

Reply to Planet/System Defense in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

I'd like to revisit this thread. I remember in the original os/2 game, the text in the various defense improvements applied to the ships in orbit as well as ground troops. The old text, if I remember correctly, stated that a defensive shield engulfs the planet and ships in orbit. Does this still apply? If not, should it?

Reply to You can only have 20 ships in orbit? in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

I rarely have more than 2 ships in orbit. :)

Reply to Captured technology question in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Since GalCiv is an a long term development project, I have a suggestion: A planet builds a unique improvement. If it survives the invasion, the spoils goes to the victor. Since we dont really know what each AI planet builds, this could be a bonus for traditional warfare versus core detonation. Sparing the planet's improvements could yield a surprise bonus! LOL BTW, I've captured planets with Manufacturing Capitols and got the extra 100% production bonus.

Reply to 1.09[b].001 Bug Report Thread in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

I've reached a point in my game where the Turn button locks up and all the game menus are all accessible. I can trade while Turn is busy. I tried quitting and restarting but there is no next turn.

Reply to rally point in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Who thought of Rally Points? They are a great idea!

Reply to rally point in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Rally points - great idea - needs tweeking. 1) There are unused buttons on the ship info screen. Rally points should also be set here. (see 5.) 2) Rally points need to show on the mini-map. maybe a pulsating dot. 3) I tried and dont care to set my rally points on the planet view screen. It auto-launched my defenders. 4) On the sector map, besides the new 'set rally point button', a find next rally point button should be added. (see 6) 5) All of my s

rally point in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

how do they work? :notsure:

Reply to Why does not the Skull go away. in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

I just conquered a System. On the very next turn, the Skull appears. 2 turns later, the rest of my fleet arrives and I conquered the other 2 systems in that sector, giving me complete control. Its been 36 turns and the skull is still there. I have 100% morale and 99% of the sector influence. My suggestions: 1) There should be no skull for 1 year after conquering a system. Its your troops on the ground. 2) After 1 year of owning 51%+ of a sector's influence, the skull d

Reply to Corvette technology: more useless than the 'leave U.P.' button? in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

This tech could be useful late in the game IF SD ever gives the Auto-Attack AI the option of attacking only ships with def = 0; basically freighters. While Overlords destroys the military, corvettes can bring trade to a halt.