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Reply to What are you going to name your star? in GalCiv III Founders GalCiv3 Forums

[quote who="Trachinus-Draco" reply="158" id="3440507"] I'll name my star "Inara"[/quote] Not sure if the company will appreciate that lol

Reply to Valentines Day! in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

[quote who="Wizaerd" reply="2" id="3440567"] It's a cute thought, but if I gifted a turn-based epic strategy game to my domestic partner, I do believe she'd kill me. Slowly and painfully...[/quote] I think you know what to do... USE A MEAT CLEAVER TO GET THROUGH THE BONE, BE CAREFUL NOT TO GET ANY BLOOD ON THE CARPET. <

Reply to Please keep in the snarky remarks, I love them! in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

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Reply to Please let the fleets be epic! in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

[quote who="Hausser_" reply="12" id="3440505"] The problem with Sins of a Solar Empire was that there were so many ships, and they were difficult to micromanage in battle. Personally i am OK with smaller fleets when we are free to design our own ships.[/quote] There won't be any micromanagement in battles; everything is set up beforehand.

Reply to I am worried about what they said about space battles in the interview in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

[quote who="Lucky Jack" reply="45" id="3440275"] Again, Tridus, you are coloring this with your own personal play style. You should never assume that everyone else enjoys the same play style. It varies widely from person to person. That is why options are so valuable in games.[/quote] More options isn't always a good thing; there's an important opportunity cost involved with implementing such things.

Reply to Thalans in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

[quote who="Gaunathor" reply="6" id="3440199"] Quoting ParagonRenegade, reply 5Do you take the general rule "Copy everything interesting into notepad" one huge step further? I never thought of doing that. It would actually save me a lot of time. Good idea. [/quote] You didn't answer my question, sly dog.

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I'm intrigued by the idea of having mutually-exclusive research tasks, but I'm not sure if you should be completely locked out of, say, weapons tech. Maybe have it so that there are separate branches, with "non-specialized" branches being weaker than if you chose the opposing "specialized" path? For instance, if you specialize in weaponry, you get pulse lasers which do 2 damage at 100 cost, while someone who doesn't gets particle lasers which do 1

Reply to I am worried about what they said about space battles in the interview in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

[quote who="Fate" reply="42" id="3440133"] It's a testament to how much we all love this franchise that we keep having animated discussions about this, but perhaps if the mods could pin this post with Brads response in it and kill off all other posts like this we could avoid this cycle of community fracturing fun! Fate,[/quote] This idea is far too sensible and reasonable to ever happen.

Reply to Thalans in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

[quote who="Gaunathor" reply="1" id="3439888"] Thalans are from the future supposedly, from a parallel dimension from which they time travelled to our own(GC one, that is). But how can you witness the destruction of something and set yourself a goal to prevent it, and do what Thalans did, supposedly time travelling and orchestrating plans to create a time paradox(going back to change their future), if you haven't actually survived? I think you misread something. The

Reply to Please let the fleets be epic! in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

Not saying I disagree (I don't, the idea sounds great!), but unless each "ship" we build represents dozens of actual vessels, getting hundreds of vessels together is going to be a real bitch on any map size smaller than huge, or in any appreciable length of time. That being said, I would like for my aforementioned idea to be execute; have each "ship" represent a fleet of vessels its class.

Reply to I am worried about what they said about space battles in the interview in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

[quote who="Frogboy" reply="30" id="3439753"] What you'll have here is if you have support ships in your fleet you'll be able to set up some battle options before the fleet battle begins. its hard to describe, it's a bit magic the gathering (select what you want to do at the start). but you won't be controlling the ships directly. The problem is that people would feel forced to micro manage their battles in order to get an optimal result.[/quote] ala&

Reply to Good vs Evil is too simplistic. in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

[quote who="ForesterSOF" reply="52" id="3439490"] Each side has many shades of grey in it. These shades give each empire and side a special quality. Along with this look at how it works in the real world. Many shades of grey broken into two groups. Just look at the way we made sides for each war.[/quote] Well... very few wars have "Good guys" and "Bad guys"; most have two parties which are responsible for both good and evil, so it's nt fair t

Reply to I am worried about what they said about space battles in the interview in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

[quote who="Space Voyager" reply="27" id="3439310"] Ah, but I need to intervene. You know, because I don't agree and this is the internets and you should bow to my opinion as I am RIGHT. Anyway, on the serious note; Sword of the Stars is far from being a tactical game. It is a strategy game, a far deeper game of strategy than GC in all its incarnations has ever been. And I loved GC2... Some see strategy as the number of races and differ

Reply to I am worried about what they said about space battles in the interview in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

[quote who="Tridus" reply="24" id="3439162"] Maybe nobody has said it in this thread, but people have said it. The phrase "shoot-em-up" is kind of a joke around here because of that sentiment. It's pretty silly. Games like AoW 2 are clearly strategy games, despite having tactical battles. MoO 2 is clearly a strategy game. Civ V is clearly a strategy game. There's lots of ways to do this and still wind up with a strategy game. Saying it'll make it i

Reply to Founders discussion topic: Colony control in GalCiv III Founders GalCiv3 Forums

[quote who="Zydor" reply="89" id="3439014"] 3. Full Management - every planet has the option available to micro-manage (Lord have mercy on the Souls of those on the biggest map size rofl)[/quote] Having taken two hours on one GC2 turn...

Reply to Part 1 of the Galactic Civilizations 3 Community Interview is Up at SpaceSector in GalCiv III News GalCiv3 Forums

I think we can all agree on one thing. [e digicons]B)[/e]

Reply to I am worried about what they said about space battles in the interview in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

[quote who="Lucky Jack" reply="20" id="3439029"] What I don't agree with: The idea that tactical combat has no place in a strategy game. [/quote] I don't think anybody here has ever actually said that; most (including myself) old the position that it is poorly suited to this series in particular. The examples you mentioned (90's Era GalCiv, MoO, Civ) did not/do not have the same sort of strategic depth as Galactic Civilizations 2, with

Reply to Founder's Vault Love in GalCiv III Founders GalCiv3 Forums

[quote who="Frogboy" reply="46" id="3438822"] Yea, my cold has actually gotten worse. Actually had to take the day off (today). Let me see if I can find some new goodies to put up there.[/quote] I'm guessing the campaign ends on a relatively good note given the End Credits song? :3 It would be great if we could get some more gameplay screenshots.

Reply to Recommended Requirements for GCIII in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

[quote who="Lucky Jack" reply="9" id="3438883"] Sorry it took me so long to get back to you. There is some truth in this at a superficial level, once the number of programs running exceeds a threshold (and this can be a very arbitrary threshold). In Actuality, the computer does not slow down. It just has more work to do, and the programs may be competing for the same resources and that will slow down the apparent rate at which programs will complete their tasks.<br

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If I had a nickel for every tactical battle thread... OT; I don't want to sound like a holier-than-thou jackass, but I don't think you know why people like this game. Tactics are a very small part of the series, the main emphasis being placed upon grand strategy and management, alongside planning and inter-player interaction. Honestly, this is why I like GC2 over every other TBS, and why I paid a hundred freaking dollars for the third one without even se

Reply to Distant Worlds Universe in PC Gaming GalCiv3 Forums

I've not had the privilege of playing this game, though I've hear a lot about it. Since this is the "Wrap-up" DLC and is standalone, will it include the content of the previous game and expansions? It wasn't very clear, and this looks very interesting. Still, don't exactly have the cash to throw around a hundred bucks.

Reply to Alpha Testers Need a Dev Console! in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

[quote who="Tridus" reply="12" id="3438329"] What you mean is cheat codes and diagnostic tools. "Dev kit" has a specific meaning in game development, and this isn't it. (Admiral - a console in this case is a box to type commands in to the game, like enabling cheat codes or tools to debug the current game state. It's not a piece of hardware.)[/quote] I have to say, you're always very knowledgeable and quick-to the point Tridus. Much appreciated s

Reply to Alpha Testers Need a Dev Console! in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

[quote who="admiralWillyWilber" reply="8" id="3438277"] I use a mouse and don't have a console.[/quote] Sometimes I have major difficulty telling if you're serious or not.

Reply to Starbases in Galactic Civilizations III in GalCiv III Dev Journals GalCiv3 Forums

[quote who="WIllythemailboy" reply="59" id="3437978"] Why would you assume I'm building them rather than buying them? Once your empire is at that stage dropping 35,000 bc on a ships isn't that big of a burden. One per turn until I have the fleet I need, then the production rate at that planet doesn't matter much.[/quote] ...I may or may not have thought of that. Now that I think about it, I have about ten quadrillion credits stored away in my current game..

Alpha Testers Need a Dev Console! in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

Hey! :D So the alpha is coming out soon, and that's a good thing. I'm almost trembling with anticipation honestly, but there is one problem. Presumably, Stardock is releasing the alpha to the public so the really dedicated/gullible Galactic Civilizations fans such as myself can tear the game to shreds and point out its every flaw in minute detail and suggest improvements. This will produce, ultimately, a damn fine game if I have anything to say about it (which I do, an