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Reply to Is the Eyes of the Universe too powerful? in Dark Avatar GalCiv2 Forums

Since I build dedicated sensor ships early and often, it doesn't usually give me that big of an advantage.

Reply to The reasoning behind nerfing defense? in Dark Avatar GalCiv2 Forums

I agree, defense seems very weak now. It is made much worse due to your point 3 - the combat algorithm focuses fire on one target till dead. If the combat spread fire all over it might be okay. It seems like it isn't even worth investing in at all. Your research dollars, as well as the ship space, are better spent elsewhere.

Reply to Never building?!?! in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

Was this planet one that you had only the first level of extreme colonization for?

Reply to Re - Epic Generator in Dark Avatar GalCiv2 Forums

An ancient game called King of Dragon Pass did this and quite well. I am sorry that this didn't make the cut, because reading the AAR that it wrote was usually enjoyable.

Minor bug that has been there since the beginning in Dark Avatar GalCiv2 Forums

That one frame of white that flashes when the Yor viewscreen animation loops. I know that this is minor, but it has bugged me since GC2 came out and has never been fixed. I figured that since there would need to be new animations this would be fixed, but it wasn't.

Reply to Abhorent technology details / descriptions in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

I find that they add to the charm of the title.

Reply to True 3D playing area? in Ideas GalCiv2 Forums

the only 4X game that i know that did this was Ascendency. It was awesome. It was not the only one. Imperium and Star Control 1 (marginally a 4x game) did it much earlier. MOO3 had it later. IMHO, all it does is slow down your game playing as you are spending a lot of time fiddling with your camera. FWIW, Ascendency had the dubio

Reply to $30 Expansion.. Will you pre-order? in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

In a heartbeat.

Reply to Any Help Please.... in Bug Reports GalCiv2 Forums

I had this same problem. It seems that it thought I had the new stuff and didn't download everything. A total reinstall did the trick.

Reply to 1.2 significant changes? in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

Attack will still beat defense in the long run, but being the attacker (something the AI was not as good at as the human players) will not be as huge an advantage as it was before.

Reply to To download or brick & motar purchase the game? in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

I think that Brad and Co. get to keep more of the money if you download it.

Reply to Moving the My Games Directory in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

Just because brain dead microsoft has a suggestion doesn't mean you have to follow it. Actually, you do. There are certain versions of XP that will not allow non-admins to write (i.e. save your games) anywhere but these directories.

Reply to What was your first love TBS game? in Off-Topic GalCiv2 Forums

For me it was Empire

Reply to If GC 3 is being thought of> in Ideas GalCiv2 Forums

Like SpPace Rangers 2? I hope not. That weakens the whole game. I wish SR2 left out those missions as well as the other mini-games (text adventure and hyperspace combat) and used the effort that went into them to make the main game even better. (Note I like SR2 a lot, but the mini-games are mediocre),

Reply to I hate how "good and evil" works in this. in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

Good gets plenty of bonuses.

Reply to I will never play the campaing again. in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

Still one guestion lingers. Why do modern games tend to put stuff into the "my documents"? Seems to me bit stupid to have game files in two separate places or am I missing something? Because that is where Microsoft wants you to put them. There are certain versions of XP that do not allow non-admin users to write anywhere but there.

Reply to Combat stuttering in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

I had this problem till I added RAM (I had 512 MB). It went away once I had more memory.

Reply to Galactic Civilizations II: Would you purchase a multiplayer expansion? in GalCiv II News GalCiv2 Forums

I play lots of multiplayer games and I would absolutely not spend $20 for a multiplayer only expansion to GalCiv2. I would gladly spend that for an expansion woth more content though.

Reply to 'Spore' : One all designers will be thinking about. See the video links! in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

Wow, you guys are slow getting the word on this one. WW was demoing this last year at GDC.

Reply to About the no tech trade option and if the AI cheats in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

In the report window, there is also a mention of some of the techs the other races has. You obviously need to up your espionage spending. I can see every tech they have.

Reply to 1.1 - AI still not challenging :( in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

You could turn on TT since the AI was programmed with that in mind (turn it off makes the AI much weaker in my experience). You could also try playing with a non-Yor race since their mini-bonus makes them pretty much the strongest. Even so, the AI does some things a bit wrong (not putting enough emphasis on diplo techs for example)

Reply to Stardocksucks!?! in Bug Reports GalCiv2 Forums

Name one Firaxis game where they offered AI upgrades for free Civ4 in its patches. In addition, they even gave out a lot of the source code (including all of the AI code) to modders.

Reply to What priority should multiplayer have? in GalCiv Journals GalCiv2 Forums

Since I likely would never play it multiplayer even if it were free, to me it should have a near zero priority.

Reply to Tactical Combat? Did anyone say Tactical Combat? in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

I enjoyed MOO2, but the tactical combat was the hugest player exploit available. If you thought you would lose a battle all you needed to do was go into tactical mode to fight it out. If you wanted to lose, all you needed to do was auto-resolve it. The one truth is that if this feature were to be put in something else would have to be taken out. Stardock (like all game companies whose name is not Blizzard) has time and money constraints o

Reply to Does everyone play the races, as is? in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

Call me boring, but I only play stock races.