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Reply to Wasted Resources? in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

With maybe a % deduction to "pay unemployment claims". ~SDC~

Reply to Wasted Resources? in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

"Even when you're not actually building something, you still have to pay your workers, maintenance on your plants and machinery, etc." That doesn't fit with the fact that I can set the social slider to zero and then all the production does go into Military or Research. For the WHOLE empire. Thus choking out the *one* planet that needs social spending. Put me down for either a: automatic transfer of money between Soc and Mil when either is empty, or b: sliders for every planet.

Reply to n00b: trying to learn to play, help me out in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

If you build six Colony ships at 60/20/20(mil/soc/res) with 100% spending, then push Research instead of Military you can finish up several techs before you have to cut spending because you used up the $1000 starting bank and you'll have a head start on things like Manufacturing Centers. ~SDC~

Reply to Wasted Resources? in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Yeah, that stinks. It's *waaay* too expensive in maintenance to keep all your planets working on building something, but you can't focus the resources on just the few planets that need the work, and then there's waste if you don't build anything at all? Stinks. Put the unused dough back in the bank or figure out how to allocate it among the active projects in the selected categories. ~SDC~

Reply to Most useless tech - nominations please in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Corvettes aren't so bad. They're great for taking it to your enemies while you work on BattleCruisers or Frigates. Just don't sit around trying to *defend* with them. Use them like Cavalry in Civ3. Best thing is they're cheap. Like the man says, two 'vettes give you 20% more attack power than a BC for the same build cost and less maintenance. ~SDC~

Reply to Drengin: the bad (and the good?) in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

"But don't turn your back on them." They turned their backs on me. I've already invaded three systems in two sectors because they sent practically their whole fleet clear across the galaxy to fight the Torians. ~SDC~

Carinoids left no defenders at home in Strategies Stardock Forums

At Normal difficulty this was just too easy. The Carinoids had two systems in a sector right next to me. I had sensor drones and scouts all around. Once I had my fleet built up (Corvettes and Transports, a couple of Axes), I checked them out and no thanks, too many Axes for my taste. Just wait and see... Sure enough, the Drengin declare war on them. The C's must not have been looking at my fleet assembling in the sector next to them because they send *all* their combat ships out to atta

Reply to Is SDC Down? in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

It's down again.

Reply to Drengin: the bad (and the good?) in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

They didn't suddenly turn good, they grovel a lot when you're *much* bigger than they are. ~SDC~

FAQ for Metaverse? in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Is there a FAQ out there somewhere for how the Metaverse thingy is supposed to work? How to upload, what the symbols mean, which Empires are for what... ~SDC~

Reply to Early Strategy in Strategies Stardock Forums

I understand from somewhere that if you manage to devote more cash than the manufacturing capacity of a planet it'll basically go to 10 for 1. Giving the Drengins presents when they're strong would probably make them even more likely to threaten you if you don't keep up the goodies. It would me. :) ~SDC~

Reply to Good, Evil or Neutral? in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Neutral, unless I've got an advantage otherwise in the game. Then I go Good. Evil is *very* tempting sometimes but I just don't like the background music. :) ~SDC~

Reply to Early Strategy in Strategies Stardock Forums

If I had played chess as hard as I play some 4x games I'd be Bobby Fischer. :) The usual tech trading with the AI and standard military tactics seem to apply. I'm still trying to wrap my head around the fancy bonus points system. I'm not used to Scouts that can suddenly fight back. The best special tactic I've used so far is to give good defensive ships to the Drengins' weaker enemies. A couple of BattleAxes won't win the war for the Altarians but it'll put a dent in the Drengi

Reply to Espionage and destabilization - questions in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Does destabilization increase the odds of getting the "Lord so-and-so was assassinated while visiting one of your planets" event? Either that or it's related to the fact that I changed alignment from Neutral to Good and our relations were cooling rapidly. ~SDC~

Reply to Trading with AI totally screwed... in Strategies Stardock Forums

What were your relations with them at the time? And how was your Diplomacy relative to theirs? ~SDC~

Reply to Early Strategy in Strategies Stardock Forums

Fleabit, that works *great*. Thanks! That's just the kind of hint I was needing to get off the ground. That and "Don't build all the improvements on every planet." ~SDC~

Reply to Influence trading? in Strategies Stardock Forums

Oh, OK. That's what the big blip on the Influence graph is about, too. It seems to go right back where it was the next turn. ~SDC~

Reply to Influence trading? in Strategies Stardock Forums

Is that for one turn or a permanent transfer? If it's just for one turn and the UP isn't voting next turn, it's not worth beans. ~SDC~

Influence trading? in Strategies Stardock Forums

What exactly am I buying/selling with Influence on the trade screen? ~SDC~

Reply to Can you fool them with corvettes? in Strategies Stardock Forums

I had just ordered up some BattleAxes. ~SDC~

Reply to Can you fool them with corvettes? in Strategies Stardock Forums

Once when the Drengin were making threats and showing a *huge* military on the graph, I looked at their fleet on the trade panel: One battle cruiser and about two dozen colony ships. ~SDC~

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

Those sharks can turn out to be useful: My zoo planet was in the same sector as some Altarians and the space sharks killed their starbase that was on the resource in that sector. Naturally I grabbed it once the sharks were killed off. They ate up almost my whole fleet, that's OK I needed to clear out the deadwood. :) ~SDC~