Galactic Civilization and Multiplayer
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If you are intersted in having multiplayer for Galactic Civilizations (as I am) there appears to be only one option. Do not buy (and hence support) any more Galactic Civilization products until multiplayer is introduced.
I'm not calling for a boycott or protesting Stardock; but the Devs have expressed over and over again that they will not do multiplayer basically because they believe the costs of adding multiplayer will not be worth the benefits. It's not an unreasonable thing to do on their part, granted I believe their polling/market research methods are highly skewed, but the point is no amount of messaging on these boards will change their minds.
I have even pre-ordered Sins of Solar in hopes it bought a lot of Gal Civ with it, but sadly no... it's a slow paced RTS. Nothing wrong with that, it's just that it's not what I wanted (multiplayer Gal Civ). I wish I could un-pre-order, but oh well.
I love Galatic Civilization... bought from Gal Civ 1 through and including DA. But I will not buy anymore of the series until multiplayer is added. Simply taking the current Gal Civ 2 and adding multiplayer would get me to buy a whole new game because the replayability of playing with my friends is what I desire. If there is enough of a financial response, I'm sure Stardock will add multiplayer. But if you want multiplayer and keep buying their added expansions, you are just solidifying their opinion that there is no real demand for multiplayer.
Please don't hate on this post. If you are anti-multiplayer, just keeping buying their expansion and ignore me. I'm just offering advice to the multiplayer crowd based on the devs constant response to multiplayer request. Thanks.
I'm not calling for a boycott or protesting Stardock; but the Devs have expressed over and over again that they will not do multiplayer basically because they believe the costs of adding multiplayer will not be worth the benefits. It's not an unreasonable thing to do on their part, granted I believe their polling/market research methods are highly skewed, but the point is no amount of messaging on these boards will change their minds.
I have even pre-ordered Sins of Solar in hopes it bought a lot of Gal Civ with it, but sadly no... it's a slow paced RTS. Nothing wrong with that, it's just that it's not what I wanted (multiplayer Gal Civ). I wish I could un-pre-order, but oh well.
I love Galatic Civilization... bought from Gal Civ 1 through and including DA. But I will not buy anymore of the series until multiplayer is added. Simply taking the current Gal Civ 2 and adding multiplayer would get me to buy a whole new game because the replayability of playing with my friends is what I desire. If there is enough of a financial response, I'm sure Stardock will add multiplayer. But if you want multiplayer and keep buying their added expansions, you are just solidifying their opinion that there is no real demand for multiplayer.
Please don't hate on this post. If you are anti-multiplayer, just keeping buying their expansion and ignore me. I'm just offering advice to the multiplayer crowd based on the devs constant response to multiplayer request. Thanks.
