Taslios

Reply to Crusade info Soon? in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

soooo Sooooooooon

Reply to GC3 Founders: Crusade Preview in GalCiv III Founders GalCiv3 Forums

[quote who="Old-Spider" reply="26" id="3665587"] I think the new invasion system will cause a lot of problems. I mean problems like this: I want to invade a planet. Is it defended or not? Who do I send - soldiers, regular citizens or specialist citizens? How many? If it's not defended, it doesn't matter. If it is defended and I don't send enough invaders and lose, all will be killed, and I just wasted my efforts and people.

Reply to An open letter to Stardock in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

I agree whole heartily. I am a founder because as my former roomate likes to joke "one more turn"... oh.. ok um "one more turn".... right yeah going to bed now... just "one more turn"... crap that thing out there in the sky.. that's the sun... it's now up again... One more turn.... Pretty much describes my experience with GCII I bought it right away... got each of the expansions as they came out and really really lov

Reply to GC3 Founders: Crusade Preview in GalCiv III Founders GalCiv3 Forums

So when do founders get to play it? will there be a beta period?

Reply to GC3 Founders: Crusade Preview in GalCiv III Founders GalCiv3 Forums

..... DROOLS

Reply to DEV DIARY GalCiv III v2.0 preview in GalCiv III Dev Journals GalCiv3 Forums

[quote who="aerez4546" reply="85" id="3664877"] I really think that just eliminating the over-lapping stacking effect of economy starbases would go a long ways to cutting down on the constructor/starbase spam. In other words, just make it so that colonies can only benefit from the effects of 1 starbase. Just that one change would alleviate many of the problems of tech research snowballing too fast late game, problems of the AI not being able stay anywhere close with player pr

Reply to DEV DIARY GalCiv III v2.0 preview in GalCiv III Dev Journals GalCiv3 Forums

I still support a soft cap rather than a hard cap.. Administrators represent free to build starbases.... once you run out starbases cost 1000 credits to build and say 25 to 100 credits a turn to support.... This can be reduced with research but never eliminated. if a player just REALLY needs that starbase, they will be able to build it. But at a loss of revenue or other options to spend money. &nbsp

Reply to Suggestion - starbase debris symbol in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

Debris field for major battles would be neat... Then either survey ships, or "any" squirrel ship can just go and salvage stuff.....

Reply to Crusade thoughts: campaign in GalCiv III Founders GalCiv3 Forums

.... reminds me some of the Man-kzin wars... can't wait.

Reply to DEV DIARY GalCiv III v2.0 preview in GalCiv III Dev Journals GalCiv3 Forums

[quote who="lyssailcor" reply="57" id="3664053"] Quoting tilyas89, reply 56 I do love AI updates and new features. However, I'm not finding the motivation play many games anymore. Its the damn end game mop up phase that always looms over my head. At a certain point I just start snowballing and would like to see some en

Reply to DEV DIARY GalCiv III v2.0 preview in GalCiv III Dev Journals GalCiv3 Forums

[quote who="leiavoia" reply="52" id="3664034"] Quoting Taslios, reply 51 Quoting lyssailcor, reply 49

Reply to DEV DIARY GalCiv III v2.0 preview in GalCiv III Dev Journals GalCiv3 Forums

[quote who="lyssailcor" reply="49" id="3663965"] Quoting charon2112, reply 48 Is version 2.0 the same as Crusades? No, 2.0 is a free update, Crusade will surely take some time still ... [/quote] I'm curious as to where it became written in stone what a version number was su

Reply to DEV DIARY GalCiv III v2.0 preview in GalCiv III Dev Journals GalCiv3 Forums

So... how about a happy medium.. In GC2 certain starbase components had a cost associated with them above and beyond the cost of the constructor needed to build the component. Because GC2 was on a grid based map rather than hexes it was easy to put a Max number of starbases per sector cap in the game, and it WAS capped. This lead to balance that is not currently found in GC3 Just because you can do something doesn't mean you SHOULD do it....&n

Reply to DEV DIARY GalCiv III v2.0 preview in GalCiv III Dev Journals GalCiv3 Forums

Hey Brad... first thank you for all the work you do. As you nitpicked the ship designer a bit in this post... can I direct you to this? https://forums.galciv3.com/480848/page/1/#3659595 I really wish the game would see a ship design that we upgraded from a pre-existing design as an UPGRADE that we could then go into the ship

Reply to Map Size Balancing Philosophy in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

You are both right. One of the things that has bugged me about the way the Ideology system currently works is that it is very very dependent on map size. The different size maps should play differently However the tools in the game should be balanced so that when a player is making choices the size of the map does not automatically choose for them. I think the Ideology trees need a lot of help to actually work right... &nb

Reply to AI performance (early game) 1.90 Opt-in in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

[quote who="Frogboy" reply="18" id="3660209"] I have a lot of thoughts on this as I took a look at how this was coded. Basically, imo, it's backwards. The AI goes into a planet already deciding what it wants to build and then tries to find the right tile for it. If it were me, I would look at the best tiles on the planet and then use that to decide what to build. [/quote] There has to be a empire wide balance/need look back function t

Reply to GalCiv III v1.9 continued updates in GalCiv III Dev Journals GalCiv3 Forums

On the Research... I've posted dream lists before about how the trees should be more inter-connected... Make there be Prerequisites that are outside the direct tech path. Make the focuses actually a genuine focus that branches so if I research say Faster Engines I might get "Plasma Conductor" as a child branch research that gives me a minor reduction in energy consumption (cheaper upkeep on manufacturing)... Currently

Reply to GalCiv III v1.9 Changelog in GalCiv III Dev Journals GalCiv3 Forums

The Change to Influence growth is really a bit harsh... Playing Krynn 151 turns in on a loose cluster map and none of my planets have enough influence to even make a territory... Yes, the improvements are more powerful, but the net effect is still massively stunted influence growth... How is anyone supposed to planet flip if the influence never grows even when playing an influence race?

Reply to Does 'Tactical Speed' have any defensive benefits? in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

Is the fact that thrusters are basically useless being looked at for balance? I'd love for a fast nimble ship to actually have a chance against a slow lumbering hulk... Just a thought

Reply to States and/or Regions in GalCiv3 in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

bump

Reply to Better AI through humanity! in GalCiv III Dev Journals GalCiv3 Forums

So what about custom races that use say the Torian ship templates? would that simply be Torian ships then?

Can we Upgrade our own ship classes properly now? in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

So I never use the base ships in game. I always design my own ships. So one of the features of the shipyard is completely useless... that would be the "use current design" If I make a ship design and name it "Yormuncher" and then get better engines and go back to the ship deisnger, there is not a "upgrade design" option.. only a use this design option. So Yormuncher MKII is seen as a totally new ship. &nb

Reply to DEV DIARY: AI Walkthrough of 1.84 in GalCiv III Dev Journals GalCiv3 Forums

[quote who="leiavoia" reply="30" id="3659272"] Quoting neilkaz, reply 23 "Starbase minimum distance reduced from 5 to 3 tiles" Please NO!! A billion times NO!!! This one change will go far to make sure that I will rarely if ever play this game again, which in its current form I have nicknamed Age of Starbases.</

Reply to DEV DIARY: AI Walkthrough of 1.84 in GalCiv III Dev Journals GalCiv3 Forums

I'm just confused by the use of both Frogboy and Draginol avatars... Why use two different avatars? That said, I am very excited about everything here. Though I do wonder why the size of the maps is being decreased so much? The map size and the vast scope of the maps is one of the highlights of the game in my opinion. Is this simply to increase the speed of the game, or d

Reply to Tech Trees - Which is your favourite and why? in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

The Altarian tech tree is underwhelming.... it is only their traits that allow them to be playable. Most of the rest are good for specific things... like Iridium for money/influence etc..