Autistic Angel

Reply to Can't find Battle Station Mk1 in the Thalan techtree in Twilight of the Arnor GalCiv2 Forums

[quote]Battle Stations are on the tech tree, tucked away in the hulls research line (odd place, I think). Researching them doesn't give the module....[/quote] Battle Stations II, III, and IV appear on the Thalan tech tree, but none of these modules can be installed without Battle Stations I. That module is typically unlocked by researching Space Weapons, but since that technology does not exist on the Thalan tree, they can never acquire it on their own. I've posted about this

Reply to Please slam my game in GalCiv Journals GalCiv2 Forums

I only have one issue right now, but I consider it a significant one: 1) Per the discussion in [link="https://forums.galciv2.com/310575"]this thread[/link], the Thalan tech tree really needs to have Mk1 Battle Station starbase modules added to it. Mk1 Battle Stations are a prerequisite for every other starbase weapon system in the game, and without weapons, even a base upgraded with highly expensive Singularity Armor cannot survive an assault by a lone, lightly armed scout. Mk

Reply to The post-Twilight road map in GalCiv II News GalCiv2 Forums

Stardock's product support has always been superlative. Thanks for the update! As one of the balancing / housecleaning issues that needs addressing, I'd like to draw Stardock's attention to [link="https://forums.galciv2.com/310575"]this thread[/link] discussing how the Thalan cannot research MK1 Battle Stations for their starbases. In short: without Mk1 Battle Stations, the Thalan cannot install any weapons on their starbases, and without weapons, their very-expensive Singular

Reply to How do you create an Alliance? in Twilight of the Arnor GalCiv2 Forums

I have not played the campaign missions, but in a regular sandbox game, the only step you might be missing would be to raise your diplomatic relations even higher. Try gifting them a couple technologies or some money and see if that makes them more receptive to forming an alliance. -Autistic Angel

Reply to Can't find Battle Station Mk1 in the Thalan techtree in Twilight of the Arnor GalCiv2 Forums

I can accept the Thalan not having farming technology. According to their backstory, they come from a future where habitable worlds are practically nonexistent. They find the entire concept of planetary colonization rather novel: it's one of the reasons their population growth is so stunted. The gameplay balance is [i]supposed[/i] to be that they are very comfortable living in deep space and can develop uniquely powerful modules for their starbases, including economic modules which ca

Reply to Can't find Battle Station Mk1 in the Thalan techtree in Twilight of the Arnor GalCiv2 Forums

I know there are probably many technical and gameplay issues the developers are looking into right now so I'm not expecting an immediate fix, but I'd feel a lot better about quietly waiting for a patch if Stardock acknowledged that they're aware of the problem. Simply knowing this issue is on the "To Be Fixed" list would make me a lot more comfortable about letting this thread sink off the first page. -Autistic Angel

Reply to Can't find Battle Station Mk1 in the Thalan techtree in Twilight of the Arnor GalCiv2 Forums

Yes, this has really been bugging me throughout the beta. It isn't some minor 5% diplomacy bonus that isn't getting applied properly -- it's a cornerstone of the Thalan's technology tree which deeply cracked. Without starbase weaponry, the remarkably expensive Singularity Armor may well be the most useless technology in the game. It's completely nonfunctional: a cargo hull loaded with even one or two points of any weapon is [i]guaranteed[/i] to destroy a Thalan starbase every time.<

Reply to Twilight Feedback! Let us have it! in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

Is there any way to install Battle Stations or any other weapon modules onto Thalan starbases? Without weapons, their fancy Singularity Armor doesn't seem to do much -- even a minimally armed fighter can destroy a major starbase with ease. Am I overlooking something obvious? -Autistic Angel

Reply to Twilight of the Arnor enters final gamma testing! in GalCiv II News GalCiv2 Forums

As much as I'm itching to play the full and complete version of [I]Twilight[/I], I've enthusiastically supported Stardock's decision to delay its release until it meets their standards. This expansion pack is incredibly ambitious and has required numerous balance tweaks during the beta releases to keep things fair and fun, so whether Stardock needs another week or another month, they have my support. -Autistic Angel

Reply to Ahhh. The disparaged Thalans of TA in Beta Reports GalCiv2 Forums

I have a very newbish question about the Thalan as I try out their tech tree: although they have very powerful defense modules for their starbases, they don't seem to have any starbase weapon modules at all. In my current game, a single Iconian fighter with a total attack rating of *three* snuck around my front line and easily destroyed a military starbase equipped with singularity armor. Do the Thalan have starbase weapons somewhere in their tech tree that I'm overlooking? If not, I

Reply to No Technology Brokering in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

I'd like to toss in my vote for adding a No Tech Brokering option. Games have a very different flavor depending on whether or not Tech Trading is enabled and I enjoy it both ways, but this third option would still be a very welcome addition. Limiting races to trading technologies they've personally researched would give them more control over the spread of their unique technologies, keeping open the diplomatic option of trading valuable research but slowing the overall spread of techs

Setting a Ship's Homeworld? in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

Is there any way to set a new "home" world for a particular ship? Freighters, for example, always create a trade lane between an alien world and whichever planet constructed the ship -- is there way to, say, build a freighter on Earth and somehow convince it that it's home base is Mars? I've tried moving the freighter to Mars and re-launching it before sending it to an alien world, but that doesn't seem to do the trick....

Reply to Twilight of the Arnor Beta 3C Change Log in GalCiv Journals GalCiv2 Forums

[quote]The new TA tech trees are strongly based on racial history and inherent qualities. I don't know how Stardock is planning to get around that for custom race creation.[/quote] I've been wondering that as well. I've been assuming that it would be similar to choosing a ship style, where custom races simply select which of the established ship styles (or tech trees) they want to use. The trouble is, while ship style is purely a matter of aesthetic preference, the custom tech

Reply to Sins Beta 2 - Technical Feedback - *Post Here* in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

When queueing LEV duties via clicking on a planet that has more than one LEV, only one of the LEVs does everything, leaving the other LEVs idle, thus resulting in massive inefficiency. Not seeing this myself--I very often have multiple defenses under construction at once and I always give the orders via the planet. I have the same experience as kyro: when I issue build order from the planet, the LEVs automaticall

Reply to Home Planet distance penalty in Beta Feedback Sins Forums

I think the distance penalty exists to prevent players from simply maxing out the population on every planet in their far-flung empire and depending on taxes for all their income. Instead, larger empires will need to use orbital trade depots to draw additional income from their more remote colonies. I haven't played enough on larger galaxies to see how this balances out, but that's the concept.

Reply to Planet Shield flips the skybox image vertically. in Beta Feedback Sins Forums

It looks like it's rotating the skybox image 90-degrees. If you view the planet from above or another angle, does that image stay static or does it change to reflect what's on the other side of the planet? -Autistic Angel

Reply to Some small feedback in Beta Feedback Sins Forums

Maybe it's just me, but building and research seem very quick compared to how long it takes to gather the resources required to initiate them. A suggestion would be (but I'm not sure how it'd be implemented) is Civ4-like 'Game Speeds', where a longer game has longer production/research times, but units can still move around at the same speed. I'm personally happy with the game speed so far, but I agree 100% that adding "New Game" sliders to adjust produc

Reply to Sins Beta 2 - Gameplay Feedback - *Post Here* in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

I actually wound up playing Sins for about four hours last night. When you consider that I don't typically play games for more than about 90-minutes before I start getting restless, that's pretty impressive! As betas go, this game seems really mature. The tech tree has a lot of technologies and takes a lot of time and resources to climb, the existing units seem clearly defined and perform well in their intended roles, and the AI seems capable of launching attacks, retreating in

Reply to Pirate Kamikazi rush. in Sins Modding Sins Forums

I think there should be some more defense mechanism for planet against this kind of attack. Right now the hangar doesn't really do a lot, the Guass platform is formidable ... but only to those who challenge them. They're feel like anti-capital ship defense right now, and these attack will just ignore them all together. Maybe we can have another gun platform to guard against frigate or cruiser, or maybe give the planet some kind of surface-to-orbit weapon to defense its

Improving Espionage - A Suggestion in Dark Avatar GalCiv2 Forums

The way espionage currently works in Dark Avatar , the player needs to manually place a spy on a planetary improvement. This selection allows him to to browse through every foreign planet on the map, regardless of whether its even in sensor range, and see a map of *exactly* what each colony has. This information is really only supposed to be available after you reach a rather high infiltration level with a particular civilization, and it really gives the player a strategic advantage he i

Reply to Galactic Civilizations II: Dark Avatar 1.6 released! in GalCiv II News GalCiv2 Forums

RoPa, I was having the exact same problem at first, but it seems to have resolved itself. Give it another try and let us know if it's working for you, too! -Autistic Angel

Reply to BUG: Asteroid Mining Bases Not Showing in Beta Reports GalCiv2 Forums

I am also experiencing this bug, both in a Beta 6 game I loaded up over the weekend, and in a new game I started earlier today. I don't see any error messages in my debug.err -- I'll be happy to post the entirety here if anyone thinks it would be helpful. -Autistic Angel

Reply to Starbase NEEDS in Dark Avatar GalCiv2 Forums

I like the idea of allowing starbase weapons to fire on individual targets rather than shooting simultaneously on a single enemy. This would logically make them more difficult to destroy since a heavily armed station would probably inflict critical damage against multiple ships in the every round, so if that's too unbalancing, I'd also support some sort of upgrade to their hit points and their repair speed. Destroying a heavily fortified immovable base really should take a significant effort o

Reply to How do I form trade route for my freighters? in Strategies GalCiv2 Forums

I tried that once, Mistralok, and as I recall, it didn't work -- the source of the trade route was still the planet that manufactured the freighter.

Reply to Wow have the econ and research treaties changed in Beta Reports GalCiv2 Forums

I think the "out of thin air" approach makes sense as it is. If I ask my scientists to send some of their findings over to a friendly race once in a while, that would help my friends without diminishing any of the work they're doing for me. As for the economic bonus, just think of it like passing trade policies which are favorable to the target government. Time is money, so simply waving their cargo and tourist vessels through customs rather than subjecting them to a thorough screenin