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Reply to A terrible evil is growing in my strongest planet!!! What heck is that? in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Elrikk - fun is different for different people. In Civ terms, I'm a builder. The fun I have is building up my planets and empire. In this particular game, I just wanted to finish it up to see all the tech, but now I'll have to start a new game. I just don't see how a random event that just ends your game in the middle is fun in anyone's book. It's like running a marathon and someone kneecaps you midway through. Now that I've seen it, the surprise factor is gone and it's a totally

Reply to A terrible evil is growing in my strongest planet!!! What heck is that? in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

I just played my 2nd game of GalCiv ever today. Medium galaxy with all other civs set to beginner. I spent all day pressing forward with this game, trying to get some first hand experience with all the tech. Then I got reamed by a Draginol event (took a 4 planet system). They started with at least 6 dreadnoughts. I hadn't even built any yet because the AIs were so far behind me in tech. In just a few months they'd destroyed my entire fleet, destroyed all my starbases, and invaded o