Alf Melin

Alf Melin

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Reply to Strategy Help from experienced players in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

You seem to have a good grasp already and yes, you are right that with little or no military you will become the target of demands and threats. A couple of suggestions: - Never pay tribute. - Use some money / tech / trade goods to get a war started between the worst bullies (Altairian / Drengin usually) as soon as you get the first threat. - If your people are unhappy try building a colony ship, take half the population off the planet and send it to a planet

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Reply to Tech victory too easy? in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

The point about the AI players attacking a player which is approaching a tech victory is probably valid, although on Gigantic galaxies its unlikely that even a coalition of aliens could trash a player empire fast enough to stop the research from completing unless they started the crusade rather early.

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Reply to Wasted Resources Solved in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Well I see your point, but surplus population has its uses (colonisation, invasion, resettlement) and alternatively you can simply increase tax rate to offset morale/pop boost ie welfare state, you are investing in your populace but taxing them for it. Makes sense to me (I'm Swedish but fled that country...) LOL

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Reply to Wasted Resources Solved in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

IMHO let the "Nothing" project give a boost to morale (equivalent to Propaganda) and population growth (as investment in health care, infrastructure etc improves living conditions). This ensures you get something for your money and avoids the issue of using colonies as cash generators to exploit the system.

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Reply to Replayability in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Events, events, events... take a look at EU2 (with the EEP project) and HOI (with the C.O.R.E. project). Complex event chains add great depth to playability and makes sure that no two games are ever the same.

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Reply to Early game military rush in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

http://www.galciv.com/forum.asp?BID=GS&id=43564 Early planetary invasion are costly in terms of future manpower growth loss if that makes sense ;) Think compound interest... Personally I stick to crippling the enemy fleet / starbases and then settling for terms (all tech, loads of cash, influence).

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Reply to Excess Colony Ships - What to do? in Strategies Stardock Forums

Go find a third-rate planet (PQ 13-14) and colonise it. If you get a PQ bonus event and don't mind a little evil, great! If you don't get an event, disband the colony at once. This is of course best done with small number of colonists. BTW the game checks for colonisation events every time you land... so you can land, disband, land, disband until you get a good event. Very cheesy and not very rewarding unless you are really short on good planets or unless you are desperate to shift your

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Reply to Things you would like to see in a Galactic Civilization expansion set in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

When the chosen project is "Nothing" let spending increase Morale (ie function as propaganda) and maybe a Pop Growth bonus. This makes sense to me as spending on education, health, infrastructure, the arts etc instead of great planetary projects and starships would work to improve living conditions. This way the player gets something for his money (better pop growth, better resist vs culture take-over, better morale for invasions etc).

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Reply to Things you would like to see in a Galactic Civilization expansion set in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Allow the player to mark a military or social project as "Obsolete" so that it no longer appears in build list. Saves a lot of late-game scrolling for those of us who like to rotate build (ranger, combat transport, range switching) if we can remove useless ship types from the list. Player ability to control how common random events are. Sharper contrast on main map between fog-of-war and areas where you have sensor info. Minimap shading to show fog-of-war vs areas wher

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Reply to Where are the "Space Sharks"? in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

I've also not seen any Space Sharks in the last couple of patches :( and I *love* (space)shark-fin soup LOL Maybe a player-set parameter "Random Event Frequency = None/Low/Normal/High/Scary" would help those of us who hate/love random events.

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Reply to What is the logic behind Phoenix ships? in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

"It takes 4 Phoenix to defeat 1 Combat Transport" I see the Phoenix as a CT-hunter (just like the Starfighter/Corvette are transport-hunters), but unfortunately it doesn't perform well in that role unless you have +300% military bonus :( Now if it was able to lay mines or bypass escort ships to attack CT's then maybe... ;)

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Reply to Economics, Economics, Economics in Strategies Stardock Forums

Try PQ 10% + Economy bonus as ability picks and then pick the party that gives extra Morale. It's a potent combination that allows 70% taxation and 100% spend. Make sure you improve your government type as quickly as possible.

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