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Reply to The Fellowship Halls (Fellowship of the Ring Empire Thread) in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Yeah, in my current game the Scottinglas picked up a PQ26 planet two sectors from earth. They didn't keep it for long though :D

Reply to G.R.O.S.S. communication thread. in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

In the lab I'm working in, we had contractors install a door. When they left, we tried to shut it... and it wouldn't close all the way. Not even close--it was maybe thirty degrees away from shutting. Granted it was a special kind of door, but that's why we were paying them to do it. Sheesh. I can't fathom the sort of mind who could look at that kind of job and say, "hey, we're done."

Reply to The Fellowship Halls (Fellowship of the Ring Empire Thread) in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

It wasn't intended to be a test. If someone wants to draw some data from it, it was played completely under 1.11.

Reply to The Fellowship Halls (Fellowship of the Ring Empire Thread) in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Fellowship council is fine with me. I really like 1.11 so far. It does seem significantly easier to me though, do you agree?

Reply to G.R.O.S.S. communication thread. in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

No doubt there were massive cost overruns during the construction of the Academy. You know how contractors are...

Reply to The Fellowship Halls (Fellowship of the Ring Empire Thread) in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Great! A couple more games and you'll get yourself a shiny new top-25 medal, too!

Reply to Galactic Civilizations: Altarian Prophecy in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

You have made me a very, very happy man.

Reply to Governments in Strategies Stardock Forums

Yeah, I don't really like the government system the way it is--there's no strategy in government choice and no harm in moving to a higher form. By contrast Civ did things nicely.

Reply to The Fellowship Halls (Fellowship of the Ring Empire Thread) in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

*yawn* I've been pretty quiet today since I've got a minor cold. [quote]Is everybody cool with the name Council of Four? [/quote] My one reservation is that it seems to be very slightly elitist. That said, I don't mind that much, and I don't have any better ideas offhand.

Reply to The Jedi Academy in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

[quote]Surachk Gashionet Malkijch Sarach Albizin Surachk[/quote] translation?

Reply to Do they cheat? in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Are you sure all the AIs are set to basically the same level? That sounds like the behavior you get when you set one AI to Incredible and the rest to low levels. (Incredible AIs get huge bonuses.)

Reply to The Fellowship Halls (Fellowship of the Ring Empire Thread) in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

I'm halfway through a medium, when I can find time to finish it...

Reply to The Fellowship Halls (Fellowship of the Ring Empire Thread) in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Wombat, your post was nice, but not nice enough for me to forgive you for stealing fifth place back from me.

Reply to Tech Limits in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

The only really transformative thing in the game, in my opinion, is Eyes of the Universe. You're right, and it does greatly decrease the excitement of exploring the tech tree when you know there's nothing really revolutionary along it. It does help the AI play better, though, since it doesn't have to deal with a whole bunch of different types of tactics.

Reply to Tech Victory Scoring - The Ubernerf? in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

The original idea was that since you get points for techs researched, the penalty for the tech victory is partially offset by the higher tech score. I agree that the nerf is *way* overdone though.

Reply to Maso Games - how to survive? in Strategies Stardock Forums

It's the worst exploit in the game imo. I put it in the bug report thread. Carielf said she'd look at it again--there might have been an issue with file versions.

Reply to In-game Difficulty (and a gripe) in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Mine are named 0,1,2... And a preemptive no to Mayito, I'm not joining the Academy ;p

Reply to The Fellowship Halls (Fellowship of the Ring Empire Thread) in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Michael, Your old scores don't hurt you. The scoring system got revised in such a way that the scores in each thirty day block are independent of each other.

Reply to The Fellowship Halls (Fellowship of the Ring Empire Thread) in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Oh, and there's certainly no need for you (or anyone!) to apologize for jumping into this thread. Especially given the defections and retirements we've seen recently--this thread would be pretty sparse if no one else came here.

Reply to Metaverse score of "zero" in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

It's been a persistent problem for as long as I remember (I've been here since 1.04). Whatever algorithm Stardock uses to catch cheats is just a bit too sensitive. It seems to strike at random and there's not much you can do to avoid it.

Reply to The Fellowship Halls (Fellowship of the Ring Empire Thread) in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Time of Troubles! From "Forgotten Realms."

Reply to Do they cheat? in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Will look at it tonight.

Reply to Bug report thread v1.11.078 in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Correct. Some people are giving these gifts every three turns. It's really abusive. It's most effective with a high diplomacy rating.

Reply to The Fellowship Halls (Fellowship of the Ring Empire Thread) in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

[quote]From here on out, I'm through apologizing. I'm through trying to understand what some of these people are doing. And I'm through feeling bad for these empires. This crap has gotten so ridiculous that, at least for the time being, I'm initiating a Monroe Doctrine for myself.[/quote] My thoughts exactly--I tried a bit last night but it didn't go anywhere. People don't seem to be in the mood to be reasonable. I'm only posting in empires I consider "sane" The person who I do

Reply to Pirates of the Southern Seas in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Hehe, thanks, TheQuack, I appreciate that. I've been feeling rather abused lately. [Message Edited]