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Reply to Tiny masochistic walkthrough v1.01 (patch 1.04). in Strategies Stardock Forums

Thanks for posting this guide. I will try it out on my saved Tiny/Aboundant. I really want to get a win playing against MASO.

Reply to ANZAC's News From The A.S.S. in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

[quote]Newfy, ANZACs stand for Australian and New Zealand Army Corps.[/quote] Hope that you don't mind a Canadian in your ranks. I did join the Canadian Star Federation but I felt that they had enough canon fodder, found you guys and tossed my hat in. ;)

Reply to Too Hard, Too Hard, Too Hard!!! in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Solder don't give up on this game. It is hard right now mostly because you do not understand all the game mechanics. Read through the GC strategy forum for ideas. There are many good ones. Message #11 of this thread has a link to EBZ's Cranking Guide. It has ideas that are useful for almost any style of play. Here is a bit a of guide that you may find helpful. - Make sure that you have the latest version of the game. Available in the download section. -

Reply to Maso Strategies in Strategies Stardock Forums

Tried MASO on tiny today. I tried it at least 7 times and every time I got my butt handed to me. I had an amazing start but about 5 years into it I usually had 3 or 4 of the 5 attacking me and no way to bribe them to stop. I really do not understand how to take the AI on playing MASO. Once, I even beat all but the Dregin to Frigates and just started massing my fleet to take them on. But then they just wore me down. Perhaps I will try again when someone posts something like a

Reply to terror stars and trade in Strategies Stardock Forums

It works, I tried this about 2 weeks ago. Yup, I was bored! I had upgraded to 5 terror stars with full trade and a pile of other bonuses. I then killed all my trade routes, built 10 new freighters from one star and then sent them 3 sectors away to a MINOR that I was protecting. I kept the freighters and terror stars together for 1 complete revolution before I got tired of micro managing. During this time I was raking in the cash. One tip if you do try this: Do not put any SP

Reply to Maso Strategies in Strategies Stardock Forums

[quote]Now, you 'just' have to beat maso and play the gigantic map in less time than Ray to beat him[/quote] Unfortunately my computer is rather old and I am limited to medium or smaller maps. Today I played my first crippling game all the AI set to Genius (I think). It started out similar to my other games with a dumber AI but it got ugly fast. The Dregin got really agressive fast. After a long defensive battle I bought their friendship with the Aphrodisiac trade good. T

Reply to ANZAC's News From The A.S.S. in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Hi ANZAC'S, sorry that I have not posted a hello before. I was asleep and never noticed the ANZAC thread. Woke up rather abruptly when my ship bumped into an European Alliance ship that I was sneeking up on. I do have a question ... what does ANZAC'S stand for ? Austrailia, New Zealand and COTAL's ? ;)

Reply to Do Galciv MODS make the game easier ? in Strategies Stardock Forums

Thanks for the information. I think that I will not install these mods. I think that Stardock did a good job in balancing the game play and a MOD may unbalance it.

Reply to Alliance Rape in Strategies Stardock Forums

[quote]eventually just cost of them will start to eat into their economy and you dont have to worry about building his military [/quote] I like that. Can't wait to try it out. The AI really needs to learn to disband ships it doesn't need.

Do Galciv MODS make the game easier ? in Strategies Stardock Forums

I have not tried any of the GC Mods yet. I have downloaded a few and will install them soon. I have followed some posts and it seems that there are mods that make the game easier and allow higher scores. Do Galciv MODS make the game easier ?

Reply to Maso Strategies in Strategies Stardock Forums

My congratulations go out to Ray the Wanderer for surpassing the 200K mark in the metaverse. Mr. Ray the Wanderer can you tell me how you are playing so that you are now getting scores of 30,000. I have been following this thread with interest but I really still do not understand how you are getting these scores. I have tried MASO and have come close to winning. I have been trying new strategies lately and will attempt MASO again very soon. Are you building lots o

Reply to Bug Reports for 1.05 (put expansion pack bug reports in the other thread) in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

I have found a few issues (in v1.05) I have never seen mentioned before. (1) Landing on an unclaimed planet and getting an event that gives a research bonus. The research bonus does not get added either to the planet or to your stats screen. (2) When landing on a planet and getting the event that gives production bonus. Is the production bonus for military or social or both ? Please be specific. If both list both. (3) When landing on a planet and getting the event

Reply to Bug Reports for 1.05 (put expansion pack bug reports in the other thread) in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

I have a game that keeps crashing. It is currently saved and crashes within about 1 - 5 turns. I have tried rebooting the computer but that did not solve the problem. The problem started after I reloaded the game to try a different approach. The YOR aka The Bully declared war on me. I was in a very weak position with 2 planets deep into YOR territory. I decided to abandon the planets. On the star Martzia (sector 0,0) I canceled all social projects and then destroyed the planet.

How do you change the name of your ships ? in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

I thought I read in a FAQ someplace the you could rename your ships. How can you do that ?

Reply to 1.04.59 or later bug reports in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

I have just encountered a very annoying bug. I am trying to send a freighter to a YOR planet to trade but every time I do the game CTD. I have 2 available trade routes left. I did try sending the freighter to a different YOR planet and it did the same thing. If you want the save game let me know who to send it to. I have the latest v1.05.071 installed from Stardoc Central. I have not had any significant problems other than some of the minor issues reported in this thread. I have

Reply to How are people getting 11,000 point (or more) game scores ? in Strategies Stardock Forums

Thanks for your help, I am limited to medium size maps because my computer is a P3-600. Any size larger the game bogs down too much. I will be upgrading soon, but Galciv runs just fine on it now.

How are people getting 11,000 point (or more) game scores ? in Strategies Stardock Forums

I have seen some very high scores with v1.05. One was in the 20,000 range. I have managed as high as 8000. How are people doing this ?

What starting abilities do people use and why ? in Strategies Stardock Forums

I usually pick max speed +2 and diplomacy +20. Speed helps greatly in colonizing and later in the middle of the game once the war starts. I can usually move my damaged ships back to a planet for repairs much faster than they can chase me. Diplomacy and the Diplomatic Translators make my bargaining much easier.

Reply to 1.04.59 or later bug reports in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

I have noticed a few bugs / problems. I have installed the v1.05 from Stardock Central. I did get the new govenor screens so I know that I got the upgrade. #1 - When in the Menu screen at the top it still shows v1.04. #2 - When viewing the planets tab (planets shown down the right side of the screen) there is a major problem with the refresh of what is being built. #3 - When I submitted my score to the metaverse it was listed as v1.04. I am playing as Bradley@maple