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Reply to Trade routes stop working? in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Try posting this problem to the v1.21 and AP v1.51 thread as a bug report. I have seen this as well.

Reply to How nice are the other races to each other? in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

[quote]Do they freely hand over techs to anyone who asks, allowing them all to essentially collude against the human player? [/quote] No, the AI will not hand over techs to the human player unless you are meet some of the following conditions. Militarily you are huge, Economically you are huge, Diplomatically you are huge. Even then they may not hand over the tech depending on the type of tech you are asking for. [quote]especially in the early going, h

Reply to What happens to social spending if a planet isn't building anything? in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Tech, I have never noticed that spending social money on nothing gets translated into population. I think that on my next game I will try a little test to find out what happens to that money. There has been discussion that the money goes into a pit never to be seen again.

Reply to Gal Civ 1.21 and Altarian Prophecy 1.51 in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Carielf, do you have an idea when some of these bugs may be fixed?

Reply to MASO Gigantic 60k points help in Strategies Stardock Forums

[quote]I've also tried giving away my own freighters that are near my planets in the hope that other civs will use them to start trade routes with me.[/quote] I think that the AI first takes them back to their own planets then send the ships back out. I have seen this happen when giving offensive ships to the AI.

Reply to Minor Civs in Strategies Stardock Forums

[quote]Even when the minor has as many planets as a major, they seem to fall far behind.[/quote] You can help adjust that during a game by having several trade routes to the AI minors. I think that they tend to buy things then instead of build. This allows them to research more than normal.

Reply to MASO Small/Rare/Tight - strategy review in Strategies Stardock Forums

[quote] What is the benefit to being good when everyone else is evil? [/quote] I am not sure that there is much of a benefit to being good other than the techs. I have read that people feel that if your alignment is oposite of the AI majority you can get a higher score. I doubt that. [quote]Also, why buy freighters on a tiny map?[/quote] Money is crucial in my strategy and most strategies. The sooner I get trade routes going the better. It is cheaper for

Reply to Beginners Difficulty strategy help in Strategies Stardock Forums

There are several strategies that can help. Here is a basic one. Pick a political party that has some social building. Some other picks include some diplo, more social building, maybe some research. Make the map medium\rare\tight. Play with all AI turned on and set them to the same intelligence. I find that more AI is actually easier than less. Set your spend to 100% and play with your tax rate so that your morale does not drop below 100%. You will have a negative income fo

Reply to Better late than never! in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

[quote]They don't make any decisions for you[/quote] You have to turn the govenors decision making off in the menu area first.

Reply to MASO Gigantic 60k points help in Strategies Stardock Forums

[quote] I tried boosting my speed bonus up to +2 from +1, it helped a little[/quote] I think that you would have a better time of it if you were at a speed of +1 and then put those extra points to diplomacy.

Reply to MASO Gigantic 60k points help in Strategies Stardock Forums

I play small maps and it takes me 2 hours to be play a game. I have to win via military because on a small map an alliance win does not get you a lot of points.

Reply to tech whoring in Strategies Stardock Forums

[quote] If I am the power house in the quadrant, then I kick alien butt![/quote] The problem is that when playing MASO your strategies are more limited. In the early game you can't get strong enough to take on a MASO head to head. You have to wear them down by having them fight eachother first. Then you can strike and take them out.

Reply to Social Building order in Strategies Stardock Forums

[quote]oh and i wouldn't recomend going if u don't plan on going back it becomes way to easy at the lower levels.[/quote] True if you play the easier levels the way you play MASO. Just the other day I set up a normal game and the played offensively the whole game. I never traded for techs. And my starting picks were geared to production and morale. I had no extra diplo or influence. That is good game. [Message Edited]

Reply to Getting Tech's from other Civs in Strategies Stardock Forums

I never bother trying to trade for military techs. If the AI offeres a trade that includes a military tech offering to me I will usually take it. My MASO games are not very militaristic (is that a word?) ;)

Reply to Minor Civs in Strategies Stardock Forums

Actually once I figured out how to beat the AI with diplomacy they are all fairly easy. The Dregin and the korx seem to be the most agressive in my games. I have found that the minor AI bargain almost as hard with the alexians being the easist traders. The AI never complain if you park offensive ships outside thier planets and they seem to avoid starting a war with anyone.

Reply to Which should I be playing? in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Tyveil, you should submit your games to the Metaverse. There is plenty of information in the strategy forum to help you out with your money problem. Try this http://www.galciv.com/forum.asp?BID=GS&id=112754. Some info is a bit dated but still good.

Reply to Off Topic, Random Olympic thoughts. in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

[quote] the next event will be synchronized rhythmic gymnastics. OMFG noooooo.[/quote] Be careful ... talk like this may give them an idea that we actually want to see it.

Reply to Which should I be playing? in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

If you have a choice, go with AP. You can turn of the 2 new AI if you do not like them. AP gives you a better score.

Reply to MASO Gigantic 60k points help in Strategies Stardock Forums

[quote]Sure, it's _possible_ to finish in 2-6 hours since there are people clearly doing that. However without some kind of idea of what to do differently than i'm doing now, it doesn't really help me much to know that.[/quote] You really need to search out some MASO strategies in this forum. The strategies are months old. So be patent when looking. I do not play MASO on anything bigger than small right now. Here are some tips that should help you with a new game on huge/giga

Reply to MASO Gigantic 60k points help in Strategies Stardock Forums

[quote]And likewise, what flags could i trip that would give me an anomalous score?[/quote] Use only Stardock approved mods. Using unapproved mods or creating your own mods are risky. Mods need to be balanced an unbalanced mod will yeild flags that will give you a zero score.

Reply to How to use inteligence in GalCiv? in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

After you have reached advanced there is a chance that you might steal some technology from the AI. Of course for this to work they must have some technology that you do not possess. I usually do not use espionage because the cost does not balance the benefits.

Reply to Crippling difficulty? in Strategies Stardock Forums

The AI has some flaws. You are right, the AI should never put its planets in jeopardy like that. At this point you can either exploit that cheese or not. I think that they will not fix it until Galciv 2.

Reply to Social Building order in Strategies Stardock Forums

[quote]Another good strategy for keeping your morale high is to lower your tax rate. Be careful doing this because, of course, it lowers your overall income. You want to always strive to keep that number above zero. [/quote] Just to clarify, the number that Chipperoo is talking about (I think) is the surplus income you have left over during your turn. During the mid game, experienced players (depending on playing style) will find that even at 100% morale the tax rate can be se

Reply to GC 1.21 Stand alone in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

They have v1.20 as a download. That is probably a patch. Can't you use stardock central to do the rest of the upgrade to v1.21 ?

Reply to Gal Civ 1.21 and Altarian Prophecy 1.51 in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

I have not seen the anomolies return even after a reload. Auto survey still doesn't work. I like auto survey and it is very useful. It would be nice to have that feature working again.