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Reply to Killing of a Tech Superior Race in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

You don't always get an advanced tech. You just get a tech they have that you don't - this could be Death Ray, Sensors II, or anything in between. It is usually NOT a good idea to do this more than once because they steal tech from you when they invade. If they get logistics, then its pretty much game over. Doing this once or twice is ok, but if you rely on this method to win, you will probably lose. You could give the planet to your allies first, however, pre

Reply to Hyperion Shipyard in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

As noted before, build the shipyard on your manufacturing capital [planet]. It might not make much of a difference for super-speedy ships like that, but it does have some effect. If that planet has a high military production rate (and it should) then you get another miniturn for all ships produced on that planet - remember, the ship's movement points can also be used to initiate combat, which is a great advantage if you need that extra point.

Reply to After 1.11 upgrade, I periodically get "The application failed to initialize properly (0xc0000005)" in Bug Reports GalCiv2 Forums

The same thing happens with me :/

Reply to campaign game, 4th chapter in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

Get all your soldiering upgrades right away! This includes the Planetary Defense series, Tidal Disruptors, and Tir-Quan Training Center. You may want to take a soldiering ability as well, for good luck. Watching my troops fight the Dread Lords on the ground (or even in space) is quite entertaining, in a macabre sort of way: my guys shoot lasers and missles, they use what appears to be a Crimson Lightning Ray Of Doom that usually takes out at least half of my troops if I have only researched a fe

Reply to Do new anomalies ever occur? in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

Planet Quality doesn't change by itself; if you research Soil Improvements, Habitat Improvements, or Terraforming, the PQ will increase on any worlds you occupy (at least it will when you upgrade the tiles), and PQ will decrease when you use destructive invasion tactics (IE Bombarding the planet with asteroids, nuking the core, biowar, etc.). I don't think the number of anomalies changes, either.

Reply to Destroy Planets!!!! in Warfare GalCiv2 Forums

Instead of just blowing up planets and stars, there should be an 'Orbital Bombardment' option or module available It wouldwork like this: you just take a ship (presumably one with at least class 7 weapons, or a special module) then blast the planet from space with missles Instead of all that messy invasion, y

Reply to Beating the DreadLords in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

You might be able to take out the individual fighters that way, but even the escorts usually have 27+ shields Get Privateers. Immediately. It was my best investment, ever On some games, like Salvation, where you only have two planets to work with and Earth is beseiged by Dread Lords before you can g

Reply to Good is Evil in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

What have I done? What have I unleashed? Let's not debate evolution and creationism here. There are plenty of other nice forums where we can debate this (I've even seen a few where they keep death threats out of their insults!). The Ten Commandments controversy boiled down to this, really: it wasn't about suppressing religion. It was because the object in question was a ten fo

Reply to Dread Lords Campaign - Escape in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

I was bored during Escape while waiting for the Dread Lords to 'wake up' (they never did : P I still have the saved game, in fact) so I just maxed out my entire tech tree

Reply to Good alignment and planet events in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

Good gives you a diplomatic advantage when dealing with other races (if they are aligned good as well - it is a powerful influencer and usually results in good alliances teaming up on bad empires). Evil gives you a planet-by-planet bonus but alienates some of your allies (usually). Neutral results in indifferent relationships and gives you either a minor bonus or minor setback. It is probably best to go either to evil or good, though; many neutral benefits can be researched anyways (neutral woul

Reply to Thoughts on the Campaign (major spoilers) in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

I feel the same way about the campaigns I'm not even sure who the Thalans are, actually When were they introduced?

Reply to Reducing population??? in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

What we really need is: a.) a Death Ray tech or something that lets you blow up planets or make stars go nova b.) the ability to bombard a planet with any armed ship; no invading, just blast the hell out of it

Reply to Galactic Civilizations II cracks the top 10 in sales in GalCiv II News GalCiv2 Forums

I'm glad this game is getting the fame it deserves

Reply to Good is Evil in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

There is a seperation of church and state in our country; the question is how long it will last Then again, when 90% of the population is Christian (7% atheistic, 3% 'other' ), and when 95% know who Bart Simpson's sister is (Lisa, for those who don't live in the United States or watch The Simpson

Reply to AI Ignores Life Support? in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

You can 'cheat' the Life Support System yourself, actually Here is what you do: 1.) Colonize a planet or build a starbase as your starting point. 2.) Colonize another planet or build another starbase such that there is a gap in their support ranges (at least a gap for the ships you want to cheat with). 3.) Now, simply task your fleet in one sphere of support to