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Reply to The Forum Game Testing Grounds. in Everything Else GalCiv2 Forums

[quote who="Desamator" reply="8" id="2288701"]No explanation needed.[/quote] "I find your lack of faith distrubing." And how can you not love socialist/communist Billy Mays tributes. See that on his chest? That's the Star of the Soviet Union. You know how many tubes of Mighty Putty you have to sell to get that? My avatar is CLEARLY the best one in existence. All who say otherwise are just plain un-American--not a good thing to be today! P.S. If you're not a United States citiz

Reply to The Forum Game Testing Grounds. in Everything Else GalCiv2 Forums

To GeneralEtrius: Your avatar is a dichromatic face-thing. My avatar is a tribute to the late, great vanguard of socialism...Billy Mays.

Reply to To Our Colonial Cousins - Have a Great Fourth :) in Everything Else GalCiv2 Forums

Depends where you go. There are, for certain, plenty of idiots everywhere one travels. Thanks for the best wishes.

Reply to You're Banned!: The Forum Game in Everything Else GalCiv2 Forums

[e digicons]:karma:[/e] Banned for using a sparkly flower in the same sentence as the phrase "Banned for..." [e digicons]:karma:[/e]

Reply to Last Post Game in Everything Else GalCiv2 Forums

I have a dog.

Reply to Are Galactic Civ players Actually Altarans? in Twilight of the Arnor GalCiv2 Forums

[quote who="LedZerggelin" reply="24" id="2285045"]Yor don't get laid much, huh?[/quote] I got laid in Hawaii if getting a lay placed on oneself becomes "getting laid" in the past tense [e digicons]B)[/e] .

Reply to UP restiction??? in Twilight of the Arnor GalCiv2 Forums

Just my 2 cents... Leaving the UP will rid you of having to follow this rule, if I remember correctly. The rule still may apply to the AI even if you are not in the UP--I'm not sure on this though. Basically, if you don't like the rule and you're not reliant on trade for income, you can just leave the UP.

Reply to Creativity - Best Trait in the Game? in Twilight of the Arnor GalCiv2 Forums

Not sure if it's the best (that might be luck, morale, or economic), but I certainly put it in for good measure when I distribute bonus points. Seems to help a lot early on when trying to gain an early edge in propulsion for colony rushing. And I agree with GrnDragn, Universalists are quite nice.

Stepping Up: Anybody Willing to Share Strategies for moving from Painful to Masochistic? in Twilight of the Arnor GalCiv2 Forums

Well I know that there are quite a few posts on this topic for DL and DA, but TA seems to play much differently in many respects. Would anybody be so kind as to share how they tend to approach games on difficulties above Painful in TA? Any suggestions/tips/strategies would be greatly appreciated (especially for colony rush).

Reply to Need some tips in Twilight of the Arnor GalCiv2 Forums

Not sure if it's been said or not, but try changing the sliders around (to favor research if you so desire) and make sure you're at 100% production capacity. I'm just speaking from experience when I suggest this (I stopped playing for about 6 months and forgot that the spending sliders even existed).

Reply to is the AI more agressive if the only wincondition is total domination ? in Twilight of the Arnor GalCiv2 Forums

I really am not sure about that. I've been playing conquest only on tough+ and they seem to declare war as frequently as they do when other victory types are enabled. Although more wars tend to occur if the Terrans or Drath are in a game due to their diplomatic prowess leading to them bribing others into wars. That's just what I've observed. Hope that helps.

Reply to Are Galactic Civ players Actually Altarans? in Twilight of the Arnor GalCiv2 Forums

I, similarly to Scoutdog, belong to the Yor Collective. I don't don't date, party, or attend dances, etc. I have friends and enjoy their company, but am more concerned with my education and making useful contacts to develop social capital for future use. To further back my assertion that I belong to the Yor Collective, I'm pursuing a degree in Electrical Engineering so that I can better maintain myself and maintain my morale by means of increased efficiency. I do believe, however, that my dog

Reply to Choice of Weapons? in Dark Avatar GalCiv2 Forums

I play on tough and challenging a lot and I find it most effective on those difficulties to use beam and just tech up quickly to get psionic beam. Also, don't forget that if you have a defense that doesn't directly counter a weapon type (ex: 16 beam defense against 16 mass driver attack), the defense operates at the square root of its normal value taking away 4 of the above mentioned 16 mass driver attack (at least that's what I remember it doing). It's cost effective to pile on defensives in pe

Reply to Numbers Dwindling. in Sins Multiplayer Sins Forums

[quote]For some people its finals /AP tests.....[/quote] Amen to that.

Reply to Buying Twilight of the Arnor in Twilight of the Arnor GalCiv2 Forums

Well, call me an old fashioned idiot but I've lost some respect for Stardock because TotA will not be available in stores. For me it takes a lot of the mystique away from the purchase. After seeing this post I can only say that I will NOT be purchasing the final expansion. My heart is broken. My three friends who also are fond of the previous installments feel the same way.

Reply to Tips for overall play, Singeplayer and Multiplayer? in Strategy Sins Forums

My only real suggestions are: Race to the trade port tech, improve resource gather rates, and ALWAYS FOCUS ON CHOKE POINTS!!! If you focus on fortifying bottlenecks and save resources for a balanced fleet, the AI usually can't hold you back. As far as military techs go, I personally improve shielding and hull strength as they apply to nearly every unit. I only improve weapons once I'm confident I've properly improved the survivability of my investments.