erischild

erischild

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Reply to Turning Off Tech Victory in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

I do Immense Galaxy with variable number of opponents. Working with 4-6 nowadays. 80 planets would be the extreme top end of settled planets. I use build lists a lot for planet management. I fine tune planets that need attention and the rest just fill in the list. I have no idea how many ships I have. I do one or two per planet for defense and reactive swarming. I set up one or two invasion fleets for all other military ships to rally to.&nbsp

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Reply to Removing Ship Hull Size in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

I understand that you want more and more option. I hope you understand that to me you are just asking for more and more complexity. The three sizes work well for me. The variation of what I can do within those three sizes seems more than sufficient to me. Big ships with lots of hit points and little guns. Little ships that are nothing but a gun and a hull. All have been done and all have been both useful and entertaining. Please do not break tha

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Reply to Deemphasize Starbases. in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

[quote who="Tridus" reply="13" id="3410863"] Quoting NorsemanViking, reply 7 Anyways I want to underline this: The best strategy games have interesting micro. The worst and most soulless ones are streamlined to death. You may find yourself in the minority if you put "interesting" and "constructor spam" into the same sentence. [/quote] Here's a vote for the minority. Constructors swarming slowly across immense galaxies.

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Reply to Repetition kills games in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

Repetiveness is a subjective measure. So that part I can't speak to. However, I do think that playing only at easiest levels will aggravate that situation. At easiest levels, the game has less chances to affect or change your play. You overcome all too easily all of its challenges. It is only when the game can challenge you that you get the feeling that outcomes are variable from game to game. Try going up just one level to see if you get a little more

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Reply to Minor Races? in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

[quote who="MarvinKosh" reply="3" id="3409233"] Minors can be much less of a pushover if their tech development is accelerated.[/quote] I use the Tolmekkian mod with smart Minors. It does make a difference.

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Reply to Minor Races? in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

I like randomizing the number of minor races. They never break a game, but they add lots of opportunity for individual actions that shape the game. If nothing else, it changes things according to who gets the resources they often claim but can't hold against determined aggressors. They do get conquered a lot. Sometimes it just doesn't work out that way and that adds to the variation from game to game. Then again, the maj

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Reply to Lead Designer Paul Boyer Interviewed in GalCiv III News GalCiv3 Forums

Put me down as someone who considers Jagged Knife a not-fun event. I will live with everything else that happens, but Jagged Knife is a guaranteed reload. I guess that is one way to individually mod out that one event. on topic content for this forum.... Galciv 3 is coming! Just let the Jagged Knife try to stop that!

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Reply to Galactic civilizations 3 in Ideas GalCiv2 Forums

[quote who="michaelwhittaker" reply="22" id="3407223"] I just bought Galactic civilizations founders elite edition and it didn't even let me download anything was it supposed to do anything[/quote] You get a shiny badge under your name on the forums. What more do you want? Actually, it says it will notify you of a key for Steam download when the game is ready. Now, we have to pretend to be patient. Some of us will do that

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Reply to Please vote - GalCiv 3 on GOG in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

[quote who="MottiKhan" reply="31" id="3406007"] There's nothing wrong with wanting a GOG version of the game. It doesn't preclude a steam version, it adds to it. [/quote] As Frogboy points out, that is not correct. Steamworks is built into the game and those functions are NOT available on GOG. It would not be the same game. However, that won't stop anyone from making non-Steam demands, both reasoned

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Reply to Please vote - GalCiv 3 on GOG in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

Stardock made a business decision to use Steam. They have explained that business decision clearly on these forums. It is based on their real numbers and experience that show sales and profits using Steam. How does a petition change those money decisions? Are you claiming that your petition will represent an actual significant percentage of projected sales? Are you factoring in any cost or efficiency trade-offs for Stardock going GOG? Are you claiming some so

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Reply to The UI request list! in Fallen Enchantress Elemental Forums

Little things.... The selected unit pathing display should not be there when I am hovering over a button or element of the UI When I select a city, I should always have a left/right arrow to scroll between cities. If you were really good, the darn arrows would not jump and down just because the build lists are different. I have my mouse over the arrows and would love to scroll two cities over. Nope, the arrows moved out from under me. E

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Reply to Opinion: Bunny Slippers don't Fit. Solution: Please Remove in Legendary Heroes Elemental Forums

I am not upset about them, and I do love gags and gag items to a point. I did just get them in a game, though, and did find it immersion breaking. I can just go ahead and sell them if I want. That's not a problem, but yeah I can understand how jarring it would be to see them on an opponent. Not that I pay that much attention to opponent look other than "That looks neat." However, once I noticed, it might get hard to un-notice. Ah well,

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