starhunter83

Reply to GalCiv III: Beyond version 2.6 in GalCiv III Dev Journals GalCiv3 Forums

-maintenance: Civ 4's maintenance system should be considered a gold standard. In addition to paying maintenance for ships and buildings, each planet itself should have a ramping maintenance cost, so the marginal cost increases as you add more planets to the empire. That would make a hard colony rush more expensive to pull off, as the player would need to build more markets to cover the costs of expansion. As it is right now,

Reply to Quick rundown on the game in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

Oh wow, that changes everything! Thanks for that. Where do you find the detailed change logs?

Quick rundown on the game in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

I know Stardock employees actually read posts here so I'm going to give some feedback. In all other areas of life I would be embarassed to admit this, but here it is actually an asset - I've put thousands of hours into 4X games, including GC 1 and 2, and Civ 2-5. I like a lot of the changes in Crusade, some good work has been done, but there are a few things that bother me from a balance perspective. In Civ 4 and 5, two of the greatest games ever made, one gr