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Reply to Some grip with GalCiv in Strategies Stardock Forums

"Auto survey does mean search around, find anomolies, and explore them. At least, that's what my survey ships do when I tell them to auto survey.... " So you mean to tell me that your survey ship will explore every corner of the galaxy and that you dont need scout ships huh? Survey ships will 'auto-survey' which means they will automatically go survey any "visible" anomoly. Once all of the visible area of the map is void of anomolies they stop and wait for orders. They do not e

Reply to ship combat - one thing I really hate :( in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

whsv, though you have some interesting ideas, I think it overcomplicates things and the AI wouldnt be able to take advantage of such features. And the way you explained how fleet combat would work is similar to how armies in Civ3 work. Wrath_of_Dog, yeah Brad did say that, but his only arguement was 'super-fleets' and as I pointed out, that argument is moot with proper implementation. I would hope he would keep an open mind about most ideas, but then again he is an android, so yah never

Reply to What do you thinks the best 1pt civ bonus...... in Strategies Stardock Forums

I got the 15% PQ and 1pt for 10% pop growth. I find early expansion to be much easier when my people breed like rabbits. With less habitable planets I'd definitely go sensor bonus.

Reply to Supporting economy with high spend rates... in Strategies Stardock Forums

Keep the amount of infrastructure you build only to what you need. Saves cash. Build production bonus starbases, this helps increase production and lower costs.

Reply to ship combat - one thing I really hate :( in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Does no one have any creative solutions? The main argument against this is the idea of 'super fleets'. blah blah blah That is so easily countered. No fleets to start. Make it a military technology. Have fleets work just like in Civ3. The first fleet tech allows 3 units. A Higher up tech increases this to four. Maybe another one makes it 5. Sprinkle in a tech or two dealing with maybe defense or hitpoint bonuses of fleets and voila, problem solved. Place a limit on the number of

Reply to How long does it take a newbie to get the hang of the game? in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

If you've been playing Civ/Moo type games then I'd say within a few games you should have a good grasp on it. If yer new to this genre of games, I'd give it 4-6 games before having a good grasp of the concepts. But to have a great understanding of strategy and being able to adapt well takes a lot of practice.

Reply to Tips, faqs, help, and questions for people new to the game. Plz help in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

3. In each building's description look for 'maintenance', you pay that every turn for that building for all of eternity. Obviously if you build every single building, yer gonna be paying a lot of it! Thus, you should really concentrate on the free maintenance buildings, and those buildings which further your victory type goal.

Reply to 1.02.040: Instant updates on trade in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Yet another reason why everyone needs to join Arizona and just say no to Daylight Saving Time!

Reply to Show all button on trade screen is supposed to do what? in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

I think more buttons that do nothing should be implemented, just to screw around with people. I remember a game called Suikoden for the Playstation, it was an rpg and in one town there was a building, that had some stairs leading up, but they were blocked. Well people assumed there was some quest involved to unblock the stairs, so people searched high and low on how to open this up. People went nuts looking for a way to open this thing, just because it was there. Turns out it was nothin

Reply to Proposed Redesign of Autopilot in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

I too would like to see a 'stop for enemy' option.

Reply to Multiple Starbases in Strategies Stardock Forums

lol, if you can move a single ship with 20 constructors into the enemies territory while you're at war then you need to up the AI to something realistic. ~SDC~

Reply to All4x games use the same cheesy cheat in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

ctrl n

Reply to +15% PQ trait had an interesting effect on a culture push game I played. in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

The PQ bonus can be verrrrrry nice if you chose a lower number of habitable planets. Go back to any one of your games and look at all the 13/14 planets that you could have colonized. Something really nasty you can do. Colonize those class 14 planets in the AI's territory, which will be bumped up to 16 for you, then give them to the AI. *cackle* ~SDC~

Reply to Something odd I noticed in ship combat last night. (BUG?) in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Nah, its suicide bombers who snuck into the warp core. Yet another reason to barcode all citizens to keep track of them! Is it at all possible that you had some off/def modules on a nearby starbase? I havent seen this phenomena just yet. ~SDC~

Reply to New CHEESE from the Diplo-CHEESEMEISTER: in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Maybe it should invoke a minimum time you have to be at war before you start receiving payment or payments stop once yer at peace with the target. Or you could go the CivIII route. They use a 20 turn base for agreements like this. Break one early, and the AI wouldnt trust you next time and payments immediately stop. Plus, the other AI's would hear of this and be less likely to trust you with such an agreement. Given how much Brad has put into this AI, I would say this concept o

Reply to Brad - Easy Fixes in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

I second the idea of negative values. I was actually quite surprised this wasn't implemented already. ~SDC~

Reply to Question about repair and repair state in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Argggg, ye be having a problem with pirates matey. But early in the game . . . hmmmm . . . I dont know. ~SDC~

Reply to Losing an invasion despite a large advantage in Strategies Stardock Forums

This is why you check out planets before you send an invasion force. Even with better tech, overwhelming numbers can win. With your tech advantage I wouldnt have gone in with less than 5b, preferably 10b just to be safe. This is why anytime you have morale issues, just build a combat transport, load a few billion and ship them off to the front lines. >:) Teach them to complain about overcrowding. ~SDC~

Reply to Simple combat formula: in Strategies Stardock Forums

Uh, there's a combat simulator on the site. :) http://www.galciv.com/metaverse/simulator.asp ~SDC~

Reply to Some grip with GalCiv in Strategies Stardock Forums

I like the idea of the UP enforcing peace treaties for a minimum number of turns, but he's an added idea. If you want to attack before that time, either leave the UP or all remaining members will turn on you for breaking the treaty. Arturus, there is no auto-explore. And 'search for anomolies' is not the same as auto-survey. What people want is the survey ship to explore unexplored areas and survey anomlies as they are found. ~SDC~

Reply to Metaverse Scores in Strategies Stardock Forums

Mythor, The trick Solitair posted is nothing new to gaming. The same thing has been done since the days of Warcraft and Civilization. Plus, if he was really abusing the system, do you think he's so dumb as to post it on an open forum? Come on now, dont be pointing fingers before you get all the facts. ~SDC~

Reply to Losing an invasion despite a large advantage in Strategies Stardock Forums

Thats why you use the combat transport and send 5b down to invade. Or better yet, group some regular transports so they invade as a group. ~SDC~

Reply to Multiple Starbases in Strategies Stardock Forums

Ok, so you have 1 buff sector. I'll go around it and destroy the rest of your empire. Or I'll turn everyone against you so you have no trade income. Or I'll just destroy your precious starbases and eat your constructors alive! ~SDC~

Reply to Possible BUG in company purchase agreements: in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Different loan companies offer different rates and terms. And as far as you end game situation, just remember, the AI can do the same to you. :) ~SDC~

Reply to BUG/loophole: Cheesy way to get AI's to make peace with each other in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

First off, you can only win by alliance if ALL surviving civilizations have an alliance with everyone else. It dont matter if they all have an alliance with you if they dont have it with each other. ie there needs to be little blue alliance lines connecting every civ to every other civ in every combination.