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Reply to confused on morality in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

[quote]Mindyou, from that day forth any of the honor found in millitary conflict was lost for-ever . . [/quote] Honestly I think you could probably point to a dozen events in WWII that were far worse than dropping the atomic bomb. On both sides.

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Reply to Newbie influence bonuses question. in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

The bonus given by mining a resource is empire-wide--so the influence bonuses are empire-wide if you get them from mining those blue cubes (ie Mining Barracks, HQ, resource refinery, and so on), and only sector-wide if you get them from things like Foreign Relations Centers and Culture Palaces (though they will affect adjacent sectors as well).

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Reply to The ANZAC Republic in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

oops, somehow I missed your post, Rick. I'd say the opposite of Blue, actually. Occasional large gifts of tech, combined with trade, get you me up to close or at least friendly fairly quickly.

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Reply to One of my frustrations with GalCiv... in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

You do not need to be a war power. You can win completely peacefully on all difficulty levels. Check the strategy forum: there is a thread called called "Maso strategy with no military" by Jeff Desilva and one called "pacifist conquest strategies" by Matthew Downie.

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Reply to One of my frustrations with GalCiv... in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

No! Japan spends over $40 billion on its military annually, putting it in the top few nations (second place as of a few years ago). It's constitutionally restricted from *using* it in certain ways though, and for that reason the US is obligated by treaty to come to Japan's aid if it is attacked.

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Reply to Question for the Stat Junkies in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

I don't know about what Pontius does, but I don't think it's a good idea to stay in Imperium. You raise more money and can spend more money in the higher forms. Even though the percent you can spend may go down, your overall economy is still increased by a transition to a higher form of government.

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Reply to One of my frustrations with GalCiv... in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Well also, even in the real world, weak countries often end up doing what strong countries tell them to. The "tribute" isn't as overt as it is in Galciv, but it's there. Canada is (in general!) going to support or at least not actively oppose the US on most fronts, because it absolutely must maintain good relations with the US. Same goes for much of the rest of the world.

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Reply to desparate help in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

[quote]Unfortunatly Mailer, there are many others who are not as honest as you. It is esitmated that 90% or more of all PC games being played are not legal copies.[/quote] I'm curious where this figure came from.

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

Mmm... what I meant was that in Civ3 the cultural route was horrifically boring on low levels and impossible on the high ones. Maybe others disagree, I didn't play the game all that much before moving on. I don't remember anything about scoring in Civ3, because since there was no Metaverse there was no reason to care. I do like influence in Galciv a lot--it's a big part of what makes this game different from (and better than!) other 4X games.

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Reply to Was wasted production ever fixed? in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

[quote]Do we get an official response to things on this board?[/quote] Sometimes. The devs post here fairly often. They've said that redoing the economic system is not a high priority for them, but I don't think they've given any definitive explanation of why things aren't changed. [quote]Finding the best strategies might be tricky [/quote] Depends on the change, I suppose. I for one would prefer that the devs improve the current AI rather than make changes which would

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Reply to Was wasted production ever fixed? in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

[quote]The explanation as to why nothing has been done was that the AI would need overhauled to be able to properly account for this and use it to its advantage.[/quote] I don't think this is an "official" explanation, just the forum's favorite theory. I think it probably won't happen. They're going to rewrite the AI to play the current game better, not to play a greatly revised version of the game.

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

Rick, Congrats on the game. I think you're back up to #3 by player score. Hopefully Stardock will update those servers soon and you'll have your bronze back! About the IP gifts. I do see this as a bug, because you get something for nothing. Imagine if you could hit control-I and improve relations with all the AIs, without penalty to his civilization or to his score. If some player found that such a cheat code was active, it would universally be considered a bug. Gifting single influ

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