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Reply to The state of Galactic Civilizations in GalCiv II News Stardock Forums

Woah! Spelling error on the ad!!!! "Play as one of 10 different races or create you own" Should read "Play as one of 10 different races or create your own"

Reply to 1000 memory leaks bite the dust and GC2 now with spamblocker in GalCiv Journals Stardock Forums

Agreed. And to see that optimization happening before release, rather than in the third patch.

Reply to Tech build order? in Galactic Civilizations II Stardock Forums

Check the stats on your opponents... You'll find that most of them start with a major tech advantage over you.

Reply to POSTAL Returns in Game News Stardock Forums

LOTS of publicity.

Reply to again...why play a race that starts with no tech in Galactic Civilizations II Stardock Forums

As the edit function isn't working for me at the moment... My techs are Hyperdrive(50), Xeno Engineering(50), and planetary improvements (100). The thalians have... Hyperdrive, ion drive, space militarization, galactic warfare, starship defenses, general life support, xeno economics, planetary improvements, xeno farm construction, xeno industrial theory, xeno engineering, and stellar cartography. The tech balance seems a *bit* in their favor. Then

Reply to again...why play a race that starts with no tech in Galactic Civilizations II Stardock Forums

Why dont you start with your own race and start with the techs you want to start with. You can be anyone you want to be. Loooook at all the option screens in the race setup and find out what you can do before you complain about

Reply to GalCiv II: User Manual Draft 3 in Galactic Civilizations II Stardock Forums

p. 29 is a rather random place to put the government bonus table. It would make more sense to me back at either the political parties section, or the economics section. It could eve go later, on p. 33 where the main government section resides.

Reply to again...why play a race that starts with no tech in Galactic Civilizations II Stardock Forums

Balanced does not at all mean identical. For a great example, try StarCraft BroodWar. That game is generally regarded to be pretty much the best-balanced game of all times, and each of the three sides has a very different feel and strategy required for success. I'm not suggesting that all races be given the same starting techs, etc. What I am suggesting is that none of the races start with 8ish more techs than anyone else. They don't even have to

Reply to again...why play a race that starts with no tech in Galactic Civilizations II Stardock Forums

It would be VERY nice to get this "balanced" before the last public beta. I'm at a HUGE disadvantage if I'm a custom race against these others. They can expand at least twice as fast as I could.

Reply to Linux support? in Galactic Civilizations II Stardock Forums

Aw, come on. Didn't you see the movie "Independence Day"? We all saw how easy it was to write a computer virus which disabled the alien shields. Can't be that hard! As I recall, that virus popup looked suspiciously like a Mac, though...

Reply to Linux support? in Galactic Civilizations II Stardock Forums

Well, as the game integrates parts of Stardock's Object Desktop suite, and that suite is only available for Windows... That's another mark against Linux. I wouldn't hold your breath at all.

Reply to User Manual - Draft 1 in Galactic Civilizations II Stardock Forums

Looks decent but I see a few spelling issues and such. Should that kind of info be posted now? Sent elsewhere? Sent later?

Reply to Why can't they make cases like this? in Personal Computing Stardock Forums

If you're looking for a classy, good-looking case for office or home, take a look at the antec p180. I'm using that case on my home system, and it's a nice quiet case with excellent cooling.

Reply to Beta 4: BUG REPORTS HERE in Ideas Stardock Forums

Minor polish issue: When your ships are close to a planet with a moon, the moon will often pass through parts of the ship.

Reply to Can destroy all rivals in one turn! in Bug Reports Stardock Forums

No... All your base are belong to demolition crews.

Reply to Considering making a Pre-sell edition? in Ideas Stardock Forums

Do the extra components and theme apply to those with the TG.net rollover? And if not, is there anyway we could elect to spend a few bucks to get a boxed copy shipped to us that would get these goodies short of buying a second copy of the game?

Reply to Laser Mouse vs. Optical Mouse in PC Hardware Stardock Forums

I'm not sure about glass, but my MX1000 works wonderfully on wood, pants, walls, and just about everything else I've tried it on. It will not work on CD cases, however.

Reply to Space Hack Lands on TotalGaming.net in Game News Stardock Forums

I recall trying this one... The name varies depending on the country. I think the UK version is called Maximus XV or something similar.

Reply to To be Perfectly Clear... in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

Our veteran stream-of-consciousness poster strikes again.

Reply to Bioware & Pandemic Merge in Game News Stardock Forums

Give them time

Reply to What We Do For Games - The Civ 4 Battle in Gaming Stardock Forums

Well... other than the French tech tree and the mislabeled CD's, and the video stuttering, and the strange volume on music, the performance drop after about 4-5 hours of play... I played my first game yesterday... about 45 mins to get the game up and running, then about 7 hours in game before grabbing 3 quick hours of sleep. Sigh... I can't wait for the mod teams to start releasing.

Reply to Thompson Retracts $10,000 Charity Bid in Game News Stardock Forums

Ahhh... the joys of Penny Arcade.

Reply to EB Games to be Gamestop in Game News Stardock Forums

Very interesting... This is not what I heard from a friend working in an EB store... Even the EB employees have no idea about all the upcoming changes, it seems.

Reply to Free PC & Video Games in Game News Stardock Forums

It's UK only for now, it seems.

Reply to Free Strategy Games in Game News Stardock Forums

If there were only something worth playing... I have all the ones I'm interested in. On a not-entirely-unrelated note... Check out the ratings on cops 2170.