Another factor that I haven't seen mentioned yet is that population growth drops to 0 on planets with approval rating less than or equal to 35% (red). Also, I think the advanced government bonuses (25% / 50% / 75%) apply whether your party is in the majority or not.
I am having problems similar to the OP. I'm using a laptop
Mr. Lucky, You make a very good observation. Without seeing the simulation results, I too would have assumed that a Frigate attacking a Battle Axe would win just a little more than half of the battles. But take a closer look at what happens each combat phase. The attacking Frigate is doing 0-5 hp of damage, while the defender is retailiating with 0-4 hp of damage. The attacker is damaging the defender at a quicker rate. I believe that this, more than the extra hp, results in the Fr
Mr. Lucky, This is implemented in the simulator. Otherwise a starbase would never win a single combat!
Thanks to the clearly documented combat algorithms in the on-line GalCiv user manual ( http://www.galciv.com/docs/ ), it was possible to create a Battle Simulator to calculate starship combat odds. Brad has graciously hosted this Battle Simulator on the GalCiv Metaverse website. To access the Galactic Battle Simulator, navigate to the Metaverse web page and select the "Simulator" link on the left hand side. You may enter combat values for the attacking and defending ships and view the
Disclaimer: I do not have the definitive answer, but I have played enough beta games to believe that the following conclusions are accurate. There is not enough information on the Domestic Policy screen to account for every bc in the expense column. Some data that is missing from this display (but can be found elsewhere) includes ship maintenance costs and empire bonuses and planetary improvements that modify Military / Social / Research spending. In the screenshot, the spend
Don't forget that one of the factors of trade route income is distance between the source and destination systems. Even though galaxy size does not affect the number of possible trade routes, each individual route in a larger galaxy has the potential to be more lucrative simply because of the greater distances involved.
Experience from the beta: Military expense equals military budgeting + ship maintenance. Thus the number displayed for military expenses is often larger than the percentage distribution would indicate.
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