How about an expansion that addresses all of the known bug issues as well as just bugs in general, that will run on a variety of computers with different operating hardware, and will be trouble free, out of the box (or from the download), with little if any tweaking necessary from the end user? Anyone else who loves this game agree with me on this one being the major sticking point as to why we should give Stardock our money?

Two words, Terror Star. At least thats what they were called in the manual for galciv1, I remember them as Doom Stars, whichever. I have searched the forums and the manual but I can't find these delightful stations mentioned anywhere. I don't have full tech so I don't know if they are in the game already, but if not I'd pay good money to regain the ability to destroy a single planet, even if it is insignificant next to the power of the force.

Please add a normal Multiplayer Mode

...it's really all i'm askin' for

As I had posted somewhere else, some type of "aircraft carrier" style ship with a huge hull and all kinds of points able to accomodate some number of small fighters and ferry them around the galaxy in search of a battlefront somewhere. Does anyone else agree with this? Not necessary for the game to function but something interesting when it comes to tactics.

I agree with more random events, I also want more customization for creating a race (more political parties and abilities foremost) and more ship styles.

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Things that weigh heavily upon my mind:

- More customization (Ie. more ship styles, abilities & parties).
- You decide how much money you start with (but not on the Metaverse).
- More things to manage (and by this, I mean things like adapting to planet's terrains and getting bonuses if youre particularily good at doing so, and asteroid belts of course).
- More options and stuff in Diplomacy.

Things that are pretty mandatory:

- Better combat viewer.
- Ships move kind of like in the Star Wars movies: currently they just either stand still and 'flip' around, be close to going through eachother and things like that. Have the fighters move fast and engage and move around the enemy ships and shooting with the capital ships forming a line behind or something... or even let you choose the formation.

Overall things I would look forward to in an expansion for a great game such as GalCiv2:

- More racial overall cuztomization (Priority 1, personally I would even play the game if you couldnt customize your race).

- Asteroid belts, special terrain types and stuff like that (Priority 2).

- ''Star Wars'' type of combat (Priority 3).

- Your continued listening to the customers, this is really great (Priority 4).

- MUUUUCH and I really mean MUUUCH more random events, everything from upon colonizing a planet to finding some artifact from when even the Precursors were kind of young, yes, seriously, the random events are about the third next to race customization and random events as to why I play this great game! INCREASE INCREASE INCREASE!!! AND vary!

- More ships classes! after a while, you simply decide that yes, you want that 500 space ship which is basically as large as a small country. (This would be really nice to see, but I give it a Priority 6).

Enuf' said . Good luck with the expansion, you have our hopes!

3. A meaningful espionage portion of the game. I gather this is in the next expansion anyway. This should be another valid path to victory ratehr than an interesting distraction. 4. New races/Better distinction of existing races. Either way works for me if the team find a way to genuinely make each race play differently via unique game mechanics, units etc. +20 production just doesn't do it for me I'm afraid. 5. Optional sidequests that pop up from time to time. All helps to make every game an original story.

What an awesome way to put it. I can't say much that hasn't already been said...



Most important for me, strangely enough - when I play a custom race, I want to feel like it. I want to be using my steampunk-styled customised as crap ships, play as MY original race...

1. I want the ability to have a genuinely story-driven...story! Talking with nameless-ish and faceless leaders doesn't have much appeal. I want to inspire my commanders to battle! I want to tell off the senatorial minority leaders!

2. Hero units. Yup. Or people like that -say, a technician expert on my Battleship would make it repair better, or a sexy general making my fleets more aggressive.

3. Only other thing - flavour text! As an evil or good race, I want to FEEL it! I want to hear colonists begging for mercy! I want to smash rebellions with legions of stormtroopers - or hear about it! I want to hear cittizens praising me in the streets!

4. Events. I love events so much. I need more. More anomolies, more ethical choices.

The first thing making me buy, first and before all, is to not just make the game a mix-match of user ideas. MOO3 sadly had some of this, while GalCiv really keeps the whole thing in mind (and the audience, of course). I think that it's really the most important success of GalCiv, and this is really at the level of those knowing the most of the whole game and process: mostly developers. So the main point would be to see this going on, since building a cathedral is not like building 10 different rooms and put columns in-between.

the biggest thing that i would VERY much like to see on this game would be a merging with the older game deadlock for the planetary invasions. instead of having just a grid of the planet, have two squares one for each side of the planet and have one city on each square (like the ones in deadlock). here you can build ground forces and actually have a better control over the planet. so when you invade a planet you can drop off your armys and have them attack what ever you have them set too attack or do. with this you can also put on there anti-spaceship defenses and what not. with the two grids only the enemy can attack one side and build up a defense of landing city and attack from the ground. this would also add to the vehicles in the game so you dont just fly around in space ships. but in short, a 2 city per planet grid and the battles and city construction similar to deadlock.

I'd pay good money to be able to play against the mind of another person instead of the stupid, 1 inch depth of the shallow AI... Be able to use the engine/mechanics of the game to strategize/politicize/cooperate/consolidate/trade/coerce/manuipluate other players. Line em up against each other, or allied with me. Break hard deals to keep em out of my galatic space. Maybe play cooperatively, teaming up against the stupid AI or against stronger human players, of whom I have no hope of beating on my own.

I'd pay the $10 measily bucks more then I am now to play humans instead of with awful AI, that can't be tweaked to play any more competitively then the level of even a 5 yr old chimp. (No offense to the chimps ages 1-5.)

So make it happen, I'll even buy two copies if the first one works out of the box/download, and you can believe it this time.

Multiplayer, even if it's only available through a LAN.

* Each race should have it's own "spokesman" like they did in Master of Orion. When you research something, starts a ground battle or something other of importance happens, a person from your own species told you what you just did. I miss that in GalCiv2.

* More hulls, design parts and all that. Even different looks for every weapon, engine and what not. Maybe even editable designs for them?

* Each hull itself should be customizable. Sure we can make impressive things with the current hulls, but imagine if you could have a minimum hull to play around with. Like just the skeleton instead of entire body. The more customization, the better.

* Ever played TrackMania? It lets you paint directly on the car with actual color, as well as add pictures. Imagine that in GalCiv2!!!   

* Each race should have at least a few unique technologies, like a few unique beam guns, a few unique missiles and so on. Make each race unique.

* Even more custom races would be sweet.

* Add more ship types. Six isnt' enough, even if you can make more. Or add a "minimum" ship type to allow as much customization as possible.

The thing I would like to see the most would be that upgrades (factories,research facilities, ect) should be voluntary. Like later in the game, you start a new planet, but it takes 30+ turns to build that 1st Industrial Sector. Should have the option to start with the basic factory and work your way up. Better control on how u build a planet. Also a manuel battle option would be great. Diplomacy could be alot better as well.