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Reply to $ 20 expansion pack. MAYBE? PROBABLY NOT? in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Freya: I know there is talk of some new races and ships, but Frogboy has also said the main new addition it the scenario/map editor. If I'm not interested in the latter, and at the time of delivery the added races or ships (and others) doesn't seem that exciting to me, then I won't be interested. That's all I'm saying, as that's what this thread was originally about. Why would someone say maybe... Looking at the plans for the expansion pack, I'm not sure I'm interested

Reply to Difficulty Levels Revealed in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

I started at the lowest setting because at first I couldn't figure out how to play the game effectively. Then I upped the level each game until I won one at Maso. Having found that so difficult that I didn't have much fun, I lowered it a few levels and continued to play at a level I thought was more enjoyable. So I fit exactly into one of the categories originally described. Then I took a few months off... So when I came back I lowered it some more. I decided I needed to learn how to fi

Reply to Newest Patch - can you get it anywhere else? in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

You need to know the email address of who registered it. If you bought it from someone on eBay, try contacting him/her to find out what that was. With the email address and serial number you should be able to download the patch, unless the serial number has been banned or something.

Reply to $ 20 expansion pack. MAYBE? PROBABLY NOT? in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Really, like what? I'm not sure I'd be interested in that at all. I'm not really interested in scenarios at all personally. Not sure why I'd want a map editor either. I like having random maps. So I guess I just don't fall into the target audience for this expansion pack then. I'd be more interested in seeing things that enhance the existing game. i.e. more races, more ships, completely new stuff I can't think of, but maybe you can, etc... map/scenario edito

Reply to $ 20 expansion pack. MAYBE? PROBABLY NOT? in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

First of all, I would hope any fix type things go to all the people who already have GalCiv for free. I've been very insulted in the past with companies who tried to sell "fixes" as an added upgrade. As for new features that might get my attention as someone who is slowly losing interest in GalCiv. More ships, maybe option to customize ships, new races. I think you see a trend. If I'm going to shell out more money, I want NEW features, not just fixing what is already there. <br

Reply to $ 20 expansion pack. MAYBE? PROBABLY NOT? in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Give me a break. Obviously there are many reasons someone would choose maybe, or probably not. First of all, we can see that simply by the fact maybe is the 2nd most chosen answer, and also my answer to the poll. Why did I answer maybe? I like GalCiv, but over time, it's losing it's lustre in my eyes. This is nothing new and is not meant to insult the game. This happens with every game I buy eventually. In fact GalCiv has probably kept my attention longer than most. So would I

Reply to Look out Canadians - Euro's invading in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

...just when you think we're rolling over... It appears that we have an up and coming star player in our midst. Essex99 is got some pretty impressive scores in his first 10 days of submissions. 5 victories, includes 4 at Masochistic. wow.

Reply to Canadian Star Federation Thread in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Hockey season starts tomorrow. I don't know about the rest of you, but this isn't the only game I own. Right now, I'm enjoying WarCraft III: The Frozen Throne, Rise of Nations and Port Royale. Unfortunately, Galactic Civilizations has dropped out of sight for me, for the time being anyway.

Reply to Account number? Please help in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

For metaverse maybe but it's kind of hard to disable it from being installed period. Although they could prevent you from downloading the patches since that requires the cd key too.

Reply to Power Grid down. in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Why did this get so political... Always a bad idea, especially in a forum meant for a game that has left most of you locked in your rooms playing for hours on end. What do you know about the world? :-) That's a joke by the way... I did laugh when someone said that power was out in "southern" Canada. What an interesting concept. That's quite a stretch of territory! Of course as everybody probably know now, it was just most of Ontario which is tightly linked with the USA's power grid.

Reply to Canadian Star Federation Thread in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

What is it with GROSS anyway? They seem like people who really like the sound of their voice, or in this case the look of their characters? Got to give them credit though, they really rack of the scores even while blabbering in every thread in the forum! :-) I don't know about other people, but Galactic Civilizations isn't the only game I own, and frankly I'm getting a little tired of it now. I'm sure my interest will be re-energized when they release the expanded universe to

Reply to Oh my goodness - they did an awesome job with the expansion! in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Why are people offended that they can choose to be a beta tester by paying, but get the same product within a couple months for free if they don't pay? I mean for a lot of game companies, you can not choose to be a beta tester, you have to be selected. I am NOT a Drengin.net subscriber. I'm happy to let others eliminate some of the bigger bugs while I wait.

Reply to Some major empire alignments revealed! in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

We are too polite to polute all the discussion groups talking about ourselves. Our empire name makes it clear who we are. Canadians can clearly see us, and we're an open group, so there is no need to constantly search out new members. Our sudden growth may have also been influenced by the end of hockey season(s). We'll slow down again in September as we start playing and watching hockey again...

Reply to A Canadian Odyssey is formed in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

That's the same stuff we do, Canada Day is our equivalent to July 4th. Generally speaking fireworks are at night.

Reply to A Canadian Odyssey is formed in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Well that's probably due to all the Canadians having the day off and playing GalCiv all day. The Americans will likely have a surge on the 4th, but they're split up into many different groups, we're concentrated.

Reply to A Canadian Odyssey is formed in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Did I miss something, what the heck does Canadian and undead have to do with each other?

Reply to A Canadian Odyssey is formed in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Well what interesting timing. Today is Canada Day, for at least part of the day, we are the #1 Empire in the Galaxy! Be afraid, for we may yet unleash our most devastating weapon yet. The concentrated Celine Dion audiotronic Cannon. Able to blast her screaching to the far corners of the galaxy!

Reply to Canadian Star Federation in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Wow, I went away on a 3.5 week vacation, and when I come back, my fellow Canadian have driven our empire way up there. Way to go guys! I guess I should start playing again soon, I'm becoming the weak link of the team. :-)

Reply to how to get peace without a treaty! in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

That is cool. I personally think the Senate over-ruling you is bogus anyway. If you want to do it, you'll find away. You could also simply insult them so bad they get angry and start a war with you. I think you should be able to over-ride the Senate in exchange for a temporary morale hit.

Reply to Paying extortion, is it ever worth it? in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

I think I'm in a vast minority here, but I would say I pay the tribute about 50-60% of the time. Although I agree that if the computer is demanding tribute, your best bet is to determine why, and fix it, so it doesn't happen continually. That is, increase trade with him, increase your military spending, etc... I try to avoid wars a lot, so I often pay tribute, plus in my better games I have such a strong economy the tribute is often small to me. In some of my better games I've

Latest Poll Question in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Odd that there is no choice for something like "I don't have any other software from Stardock, and am not interested." It assumes you either have it, want it, or don't know about it. There is no choice for knowing about it but not interested.

Reply to Early stage strategy for large map? in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

I use 75-0-25 or 80-0-20 in the early phases on a gigantic world. I don't claim to be an expert though. I have difficulty with games higher than Painful.

Reply to Scoring Question in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

It's been said before, but how you win is also very important. I.e. in my last game, I finished beyond human and scored 1471. I went back to a save game 7 turns earlier, gave 3 planets away to the Torians to get him to sign the alliance, and scored 3572 for the alliance victory. I obviously had less planets and population in the latter but scored more than double anyway because it wasn't a Beyond Human win. This basically means there you don't want to win with Beyond Human (at

Reply to A Canadian Odyssey is formed in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

The people voting for the top 2 choices clearly cheated. I find it exctremely difficult to believe we had 160 people who voted, and almost entirely for 2 chocies over a couple days. We may revisit the empire name in a few more months, and I'll ensure there is no cheating next time. For now, it will do.

Reply to Invitation to 1st Masochistic Challenge to 94 players in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

I see that you ask that it be an Iron Man game. Obviously that's on the honour system. That's fine. Do you mind if we try more than once, as long as it's done in Iron Man style, or do we only get one try? I only won one Masochistic game, and that was in about 15 attempts.