To Stardock: I have to say, I really like diplomacy...

I just wanted to say that I really like how diplomacy and influence has evolved since the early days of GalCivII. I for one am a peaceful ruler who will generally never strike out at another empire. I focus on keeping the people happy and rich, as well as making key alliances that will unite the galaxy. Of course if attacked, we will fight back with a fierce fleet, but only in defense.

As I mentioned in another thread, I just finished a game on a gigantic map where my civilization never fired a single shot the entire game until I was 7 turns away from a techvictory. It was then that the back stabbing bugs declared war, though a little too late.

Because we never went to war with anyone, the Drengins handed over their planets to us after the Arceans wiped them out. Then the Torians did the same thing. It seems they felt safe in our hands. Soon, we had many planets and could compete with the largest of civs.

Anyway, what I am really trying to say here is not to forget about us peaceful civilizations. I would love to continue to see this area of the game grow. More types of treaties and ways to interact with the AI would be awesome.   

Also, thanks for being the best damn game devs around. I will continue to buy any new expansions for GalCivII you wish to put out! It probably wouldn't sell as well, but I would love a diplomacy expansion pack! Just any new way to communicate and deal with other civs would really enhance the whole experience for me.

-Jason
Atlas Alliance
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Reply #1 Top
i agree with this whole post, about more diplo options, more options for peacefull races and the buying of more expansion packs.
Reply #2 Top
I completely agree with the OP.

Now, I'm new to the game, so I've not had a real chance yet to explore all the possibilities, but I find that I can seem to win fairly quickly and fairly bloodlessly unless I get both the Drengin and the Drath on the same map (I always play on Small or Tiny map with EVERYTHING else set to "Random"...I like the truly random games instead of the ones that can be worked by rote) if I go for the Diplomatic/Influence win. I've not yet gotten the hang of building a big fleet with the economy behind it enough to keep to a positive cashflow...yet... to win before the whole galaxy is embroiled in bloody warfare.

Hopefully, I'll start to boost up the difficulty and see what happens, but I'd also love to see more variety in diplomatic and influencial features and AI manipulation/interaction.