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Reply to MOO3 debate in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

I wouldn't agree about SEIV being the best. It might work for you, but I vastly prefer MOO 1. SEIV is far too fiddly for me.

Reply to GalCiv vs MOO2 (for GalCiv 2) in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

No, I'm talking about MOO1, from SimTex. I don't need DosBox, it plays fine on XP (without sound, which I don't want.) You obviously play a very different strategy in MOO1 than I do. I never build attacking ships that early as they are so slow, and if an opponent does get missile bases up they are so much dead meat. Since I usually play on Impossible, they often get missile bases up quite quickly. I usually don't build attackers until I have sublight drives or better, though occasional

Reply to GalCiv vs MOO2 (for GalCiv 2) in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Star Pilot, I don't think MOO1 and GC are quite as similar as you are making out. There are a number of similarities, but there are a significant number of differences as well, most of which IMHO are strengths MOO1 has that GC lacks. For instance, In MOO1, you can't blindly pick the same path through the tech tree every time. Some games you may find that you have no automated factories until very late in the game, or no missile tech (always a significant problem!) This makes for a challenge find

Reply to GalCiv vs MOO2 (for GalCiv 2) in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

GalCiv 2 could do a lot worse than simply copying MOO 1's tech system. It has yet to be bettered in any space TBS strategy game I've seen, especially considering that there are a variety of ways to get techs you don't have in your tree, each a viable option but with its own challenges to overcome. [Message Edited]

Reply to GalCiv vs MOO2 (for GalCiv 2) in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

I don't think tactical battles are really in the cards for GalCiv -- they don't really suit the game as it stands right now. If it's still one ship against one ship, what's the point? If not, (a) how do you resolve a lot of small battles happening all on the same turn, without slowing the game down tremendously, and (b) how do you avoid the megafleet problem? Tactical battles are all fine and good when there is a nodal movement/combat system, so that battles can only take place at certa

Reply to Realms Beyond GalCiv Succession Game 4: (almost) ALWAYS WAR! in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Good question, didn't think of that. :( I guess we'll find out when we capture some... I'll bring it up on the game thread.

Reply to Realms Beyond GalCiv Succession Game 4: (almost) ALWAYS WAR! in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Hi, Aaberg! I believe there is still one slot open, so feel free to hop on over to CivFanatics and sign up!

Reply to GalCiv vs MOO2 (for GalCiv 2) in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

The things I most miss from MOO1 (also my favourite Space TBS, gameplay-wise, including GalCiv): 1) Ability to manage the economies of individual planets. Rather than a single slider for the whole empire, I would like to see a system where I can set everything globally with one set of macro sliders, and then go and tweak spending on individual planets that I want to have do something else. I'd also like the ability to lock the sliders on a particular planet so that when I go to play wit

Reply to Trade Goods and Wonders in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

I know when the Drengin built the Eyes of the Universe, and I captured the planet that had it, all my ships could suddenly see farther. Never tried destroying it though.

Reply to The Next Level of Succession Gaming - Masochistic - GalCiv Standard in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

We're nearing the end of our second rotation through the roster and are in a position where we can start thinking less about survival and more about how we want to win the game. Lots of interesting discussion has been ongoing as well, if you haven't taken a look already, you might want to do so!

Reply to Culture drowning out tech in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

You can't win a culture victory while at war... but you could win a military victory if you flip all their planets. Keep giving their last few planets back to them.

Reply to omg this game is hard.. help please in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

In fact, always war might be a good theme for our next sub-maso SG... :)

Reply to The Next Level of Succession Gaming - Masochistic - GalCiv Standard in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

I won an abundant medium maso solo game recently... an SG might be a bit different, but probably not so much that an abundant maso is unwinnable. [Message Edited]

Reply to The Next Level of Succession Gaming - Masochistic - GalCiv Standard in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Ready to go...

Reply to Succession Games - Q1 2004 - GalCiv Standard in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Team N would like to report game complete -- cultural victory in Jan 2192 AD, sans conquest option. Our final alignment was around 45 or so, and never saw much movement from center except for a single evil PQ bonus event. All in all, a pretty smooth ride; you can see the results here: http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=76737

Reply to Succession Games - Q1 2004 - GalCiv Standard in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Regarding the G team, usually the good team allies against the evil team even without player interference. You just need to make sure that the good team is the winning side. You always have the option to out-tech the aliens. If you have maintained relations with the other good civs, you can then allow relations with the evil civs to slack off until they declare on you. You could even innocently park a few ships in an alien's territory (with no intention of attacking, of course, just on

Reply to Travel to Realms Beyond Your Ordinary Gaming Experience in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Yes, RBD2, Japan, small map, Monarch diff, rocked the world with many caravels full of Samurai. :)

Reply to Succession Games - Q1 2004 - GalCiv Standard in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Heh, no worries, I am sure with Sirian at the helm providing helpful suggestions and bringing the team back on track, you won't wander too far afield. Unless you get fubared right at the very beginning of the game, you should have no insurmountable trouble. Sirian, if we wind up with too few participants, my vote is to axe the N team and divvy up the players, as the N team has the least interesting variant rules and easiest victory conditions. I would prefer teams of 5 if possible so we

Reply to URGENT :STARDOCK PLEASE NOTE : SECURITY in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Given how often some people swap empires... :)

Reply to Succession Games - Q1 2004 - GalCiv Standard in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

I expect the answer is yes, on both counts, AmulekBird. BamBam already indicated he'd put up a "proces primer" at CivFanatics, so no worries there. As far as reports go, the better the report-writing in the thread, the better the overall experience both for the participants and for the spectators. This doesn't necessarily mean recording every last detail of your turn, but you need to provide enough info to give the reader a sense of how your turn went. Pictures are very helpful here as well. For

Reply to Succession Games - Q1 2004 - GalCiv Standard in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

I'll sign up, no preference to which team I wind up in. If you need a leader and no-one else wants the job, I can take that on too.

Reply to You are Cordially Invited to Tune In to Watch the first GalCiv Succession Game in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Well, folx, the game is now complete. Use the link at the top of the page to see the outcome. Stay tuned, RB will likely be sponsoring more SGs in the near future.

Reply to Travel to Realms Beyond Your Ordinary Gaming Experience in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

[quote]My first darksider was a female rogue/consular. She couldn't hold anything heavier than a short lightsaber. But she was overflowing with force points and would dominate the battle field with her group stun and force kill. [/quote] My current lightsider is a male rogue 5/consular 15 who I built to be a stun god. He has access to the stasis and push lines for stunning powers, plus kb/damage in the latter case. He also has a high level critical strike, good if not exceptional stren

Reply to Travel to Realms Beyond Your Ordinary Gaming Experience in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

[quote]Edit: Ah Zed, if you play a darksider without force powers, you will miss many funny stuff Go heavy on the force persuade (evil grin) [/quote] Note, I said no force powers in combat. :) My Queen B will hate the Force and everything to do with it, so she won't be playing with the other Jedi characters, though certainly Canderous and HK-47 are possible. She might even eschew the use of a lightsaber! Dominate Mind, however, she probably just considers to result from he

Reply to Travel to Realms Beyond Your Ordinary Gaming Experience in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

I'm playing KoToR at the moment, it has a nice story so far. Reviews give it good marks on storyline as well. Since it's by the makers of Planescape, this is not surprising. If you're looking for a good RPG storyline you might want to give it a shot. Going for strong options will also make the combat relatively easy, but it looks possible to variant it if you like. My current (first) character uses strong options, but at some point I may try a non-jedi game, i.e. using no jedi NPCs and