fleabitfox

fleabitfox

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Reply to Lets debate adding Multiplayer to GalCiv in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

So.. when are you guys going to add multiplayer to GalCiv? ;p On a more serious note, I've so rarely played any multiplayer TBS, it isn't funny. Hotseat is the ONLY way I've enjoyed playing any TBS game, and even that sucked. "Ok dude, your turn".. go and mess around on the playstation for 15 minutes on a late game turn.. "Ok dude.. your turn".. ad naseum. And online multiplayer for almost ANY game that isn't a FPS shooter, imo, is junky. Including MMORPGs. And I am

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Reply to AI maybe a bit too predictable? in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

I was under the impression that each AI does have a different strategy. Why do you think they don't force? It was clearly stated each major AI is its own entity. And indeed, each seems to employ a different strat to accomplish their goals. The Drengin bully, extort, go in the red to get war machines. The Arceans do something else entirely (and in fact, with 3, they do it much nastier, with whatever stats they reimplemented for them O.o ). Unless you are referring to every s

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Reply to AI maybe a bit too predictable? in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

There are 'cheese' tactics that have nothing to do with real warfare. How in the world could a few scout ships or colony ships completely encircle something to prevent your entrance? It seems one major 'cheese' is blockades of one type or another. Is there a way to correct blockades? It seems most of the cheeses I've heard of involve this. If they could get rid of this somehow, I would think cheeses would be reduced. But not elimininated. On the strat forum, you can read about ple

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Reply to Will Trade AI Ever be Worked On? in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

A little more playing around.. I can only assume some ship types are vastly tweaked to the neigh impossible in the 'trade for' category. For instance.. I offered ALL my systems at this point in the game (12), and those 4 trade goods.. for one empty colony ship en route to nowhere, and was given the 'This is a good deal HOW?' text. Uh huuuuh. I would consider this a good deal. ;p A freighter and a defender went for 1 trade good.. they apparently are willing to part with the

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Reply to Trade Goods Another Undocumented Feature in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Actually Dick is sort of um.. well, himself. He was pretty rude in another thread. But yes, a breakdown of what each trade good does for your empire would be a cool added feature. For if you go to any planet that has completed a trade good (under details), and select it, it does *not* tell you what benefits it gave you. This could be a concern if say.. you were considering trading it to another civilization, major or minor. You should be able to see what benefits you are giving anot

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Reply to The purple star in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

I think there are 2 types of purple stars, tho I could be wrong. A purple, and a slightly darker purple. The purple have normal planets typically (altho it always seems to have at least one habitable planet), but the influence is much higher (post-precursor world). The second type (the ones I like!) are those with awesome planets. I've found 'em later in the game, with 2 or more excellent planets in them. They are quite cool simply because the AI doesn't know where they are from the

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Reply to Will Trade AI Ever be Worked On? in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Yea.. ok, sure the AI trades wisely. :notsure: I mean heck.. just because I loaded the same game, and offered up the same 4 trade goods for ONE EMPTY COLONY SHIP that was parked around their planet and TURNED DOWN doesn't mean a thing. I'm sure that this empty colony ship was critical to their races survival, and the massive economic boost it offerer *far* outweighed the piddly bonuses of those 4 trade goods. Don't take my word for it. Load up a game.. make some outrageous

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Reply to Will Trade AI Ever be Worked On? in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

"but nothing the AI can't get by trading for technology" Wanna bet? How can they get trade goods if I don't trade them to anyone else? I can get all the same normal tech upgrades that they can, so as long as I keep up, I will *always* have those bonuses. You don't have the #'s anymore than I do.. but I feel that a +30% pop bonus will vastly outweight one starbase, no matter how much you upgrade it. More pop = more production = more money. And every planet gets this as well. Does a

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Reply to Will Trade AI Ever be Worked On? in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

How would it be stupid? You are telling me that the IMMEDIATE bonus of: +30% population +30% diplomacey +10% morale +20% ship hit points 3 systems .. is nothing compared to an econ bonus, which they WOULD need to milk the entire game to make up for it?! Do they REALLY think that I am going to let them keep a starbase in the sector where I have 3 systems? They should realize that is a HUGE target of opportunity for me. So instead of going to war,

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Will Trade AI Ever be Worked On? in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Just curious.. it still seems a bit out of whack. For instance.. playing a game, with all opponents on 'intelligent' I believe. Still early in the game, and the darned Yor have built a starbase in my starting sector which had 3 systems in it I had populated. I really wanted that resource (economic), where it could also benefit my systems. So I try to trade the Yor for it. He has not yet built any modules on this starbase. I offer him.. 4.. FOUR trade goods he didn't have, a

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Reply to Ship Sets? in Mods Stardock Forums

Awesome.. thanx CariElf. I guess I should read a bit more carefully, I didn't check to see what all goodies I got with the encoder. I loaded up a ship from a shipset for kicks, and it was a mess. I think I need to do some reading.. :p fleabitfox

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Reply to How is it possible to get THIS score?? in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Also, the newer version (.04) is going to make it so that the size of the map will matter a little less in your final score, and the difficulty will matter a little more. So those who want to crank out more games on a large map may well be able to do so. fleabitfox

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Reply to What good are new weapons in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Heh... In reality, the manual for this game (and MOST games anymore) could most certainly be better, of this there is no doubt. Manuals are a weak point in games anymore, mores the pity. At least Frogboy is making an effort to update and add to the manual (and if you had done a search for 'manual'.. you would have found it). A little bit of research and a few polite questions, and all your questions can be answered. This game (at least to a TBS fan) is hardly rocket science.

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Reply to Is There a Newbie Guide? in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Well make certain to check out the strategy forum (to the left). There really isn't one.. mostly because this game probably isn't as complex as say.. a 'hardcore' 4x game like Space Empires IV. Not to say it isn't deep, because it is.. and it is also just a lot of fun! LOL By the way.. if you are new to the genre, and would like to try the gamut of TBS games, do try out Age of Wonders II.. another very fun TBS game, imo. Btw.. what parts are confusing you the most? <br

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Reply to New GalCivver here in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

To the left is where you can find additional forums. Go check out the strategy forum, there is useful advice there, including early game strategies for different levels of difficulty. And welcome to your new addiction! ;p fleabitfox

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Reply to Help! Minor Races & Trade Goods in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Oh yea.. just one more thing. At intelligent at least, the other races WILL build constructors. If you have a resource in a sectore with your own systems, you might either want to crank military a bit longer.. or just outright lease a constructor, to at least nab one useful resource you need. That is one problem with this strat.. you won't nab all resources, at higher levels. But you can't do it all.. I feel the moral, ship, population and diplomatic bonuses outweight losing a 5% resource bo

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