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Reply to question on bonus tiles in Galactic Civilizations II Stardock Forums

These questions should be in the manual.I don't know.

Reply to Ship classes in combat in Galactic Civilizations II Stardock Forums

The fighters in GC2 are really frigate class starships in sci-fi terms.

Reply to Mmm ship design mmm in Galactic Civilizations II Stardock Forums

Looks like that ship from the Blackhole movie.

Reply to Terror stars? in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

You should wait for a stardock comment before claiming there are no terror stars in GC2.There is none in the beta.

Reply to Some more AI battle test results.. in Galactic Civilizations II Stardock Forums

Nice read. Am i the only one who thinks the new green turn button looks way out of place? I'm all for having a change in the turn button colour, but green clashes badly with the grey interface.In civ4 the green turn colour suited the bright coloufull interface. Nitpicking maybe.

Reply to So much dialog, so few spell checkers in GalCiv Journals Stardock Forums

The Drengin have a pink skin fetish.

Reply to Galaxy Size in Galactic Civilizations II Stardock Forums

I like playing on a large galaxy size with all races but don't have it set to abundant.With all those planets it makes money an irelavent gameplay factor in the mid game and onwards, because you have so much cash.

Reply to MOO3 = FUN in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

Each to their own. I tried the mods,it does make the game better,but it's still slow and boring.

Reply to Importance of espionage? in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

When i look at the others empires(A.I) spending in beta5, they don't use espionage at all.

Reply to Terran vs. Drengin Wars in GalCiv Journals Stardock Forums

Oh! I have noticed the A.I building the capitals in planets with no logic, when i invaded their worlds in beta5.It seemed the A.I placed them random and didn't utilize the power they give.

Reply to Terran vs. Drengin Wars in GalCiv Journals GalCiv2 Forums

Looking at the planet screenshot, the planet is going to build a manu capital on a world with only one factory.There seems to be no logic by the A.I on where these powerfull capitals are built.The A.I should wait untill the planet is developed to a degree and then use a tech capital on a planet with loads of research labs,etc.At the moment the capitals seem random placed. Nice story BTW.

Reply to AI vs Human in Bug Reports GalCiv2 Forums

The A.I has been improved to another level since beta5 according to the designer.The A.I in the last beta5 was pants in the military strategy side. I am curious if the A.I has a separate code for attacking or defending trade networks.I don't recall any of the A.I journals mentioning it. There was another exploit of destroying an enemy resource bass,putting a fighter on guard by the resource and then waiting for another expensive constructor to come and then take it out,wast

Reply to Check out my new Fansite for GalCiv 2! in Galactic Civilizations II Stardock Forums

It's the best Galciv2 fan site out there! ohh it's the only one.

Reply to V 0.95 Beta 9 in Bug Reports Stardock Forums

You are not worthy,citizen.

Reply to My thoughts on the three weapon type feautre in GalCiv 2 in Galactic Civilizations II Stardock Forums

The Galciv1system is just a race to the tougher ship, who has tougher ships wins.You have even less of a chance to stop the empire who builds the ubership in the first Galciv.The new system adds greatly to the strategic depth.

Reply to The home stretch in GalCiv Journals GalCiv2 Forums

"We know what your doing" looks odd in that report screen.I would prefer a more clear line like "Aggresive military maneuvers".

Reply to Galactic Civilizations II is consuming us.. in GalCiv Journals GalCiv2 Forums

It seems a shame all that hard work with the movies,ships,ect because of the Dreadlords, just to have them in one scenario that most people will only play once.We need them in the sandbox mode.

Reply to GalCiv II vs Sword of the Stars vs Sins of a Solar Empire in Strategy Stardock Forums

The games you mention are military games that focus on tactical battles.That will most likely have lame duck A.I like the rest(RTW,etc) and very little depth in other parts of the game.Aka diplomacy,economy,planets,tech,culture.The only 4X game that has some of my interest (apart from GC2) is SpaceEmpires5. Galciv is a true 4X game that will have equal focus in all parts of the game(like civ4)and will still be played in 5 years, or untill GC3.

Reply to Galactic Civilizations II is consuming us.. in GalCiv Journals Stardock Forums

Will we see the Dreadlords appear in the normal sandbox game?

Reply to More on Planetary Invasions in Ideas Stardock Forums

You are taking about small army units or barbarian tribes,not whole civs/races.There are still 60+ million Germans,100+ mill Japs,Native Americans,etc.I repeat, no race fought to anywhere near the last man. The Romans(and others) just slaughtered for political reasons on rare occasions.The people never fought to the last man either(Carthage). There is an argument that the Yor could maybe fight to the last,don't think any bio races could.

Reply to New weapon effects in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

1/10 for starship design. EDIT.Frogboys design, not the artists base designs.

Reply to Lessons from Civ4 in Galactic Civilizations II Stardock Forums

In my tests with GC2 even the very slow tech option seems way to fast for my liking.

Reply to Tactical Combat, Curious in Ideas Stardock Forums

The game that won most of the awards for best strategy game of 2005 never had tactical battles either.

Reply to Realism problem within warfare in Economics Stardock Forums

I would not be so bold to predict the economy at the galactic level, to say what is realism or not.

Reply to More on Planetary Invasions in Ideas Stardock Forums

History has shown that humans certainly wouldn't fight to the last man,because it never happened, even with brutal leaders like Ghengis Khan or even the brutal invasion by the Japanese in WW2, where terrible atrocities where commited.The people would never fight to the last person,not even close.People are generally gutless cowards without leadership or weapons, as you should know with life experience.. I think the system should be changed.There should be lower influence and morale on