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Reply to Why cant i invade when there is a space miner in orbit. in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

Guys, you're attacking your own planet. In The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress, the Loonies were (sort of) attacking an enemy planet. And, once again, this bombardment idea is not something designed into the game, it's a fan-fiction level attempt at rationalizing the poorly implemented concept of defended airspace. Worse, it doesn't even manage to rationalize it, because the transports aren't being destroyed, they're being prevented from entering orbit. <b

Reply to Why cant i invade when there is a space miner in orbit. in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

Miners with rocks could be rationalized if it was only a miner doing the blocking, but scouts, freighters, and empty hulls do the same thing, and the AI builds a lot of empty hull military fleets in the early game. Transports have to travel around planets, stars, rocks, and space junk, at high speeds, just to get to the planet. I don't really think rocks dropped from orbit at a moving target is going to be a major concern. If you argued that the

Reply to Why cant i invade when there is a space miner in orbit. in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

[quote who="GW Swicord" reply="7" id="2288036"] That 'story' could cover a miner blocking a troop ship, but not the empty-hull 'guard' thing that Moosetek mentioned. I agree with him that part of playing a game is learning its rules and deciding how you want to deal with them.But they aren't sacred just because they're the current rules. I also think it is a bit silly that an unarmed single ship could somehow protect an *entire world* from invading troop ships. And I wonder wh

Reply to AI sticks with Lasers/Shields?? in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

When I first started playing, it seemed like almost the only weapons the AI used were mass drivers. I was surprised when I first saw one really pound the research line in missiles. I think part of it is random, and part of it is racial preference. Some races have unique low end weapon techs, and in my experience once a race starts with a weapon type it usually stays on that tree.

Reply to Why are the altarians such and annoying race to play against? in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

[quote who="charon2112" reply="4" id="2273149"] That's true, although these things are relative, so all we can do is compare it to other existing games. If GalCiv2 is the best of the bunch, then it's the best. If the type of AI that you want in a strategy game doesn't exist (as you said), then you can't fault GalCiv2 for not having it.[/quote] Actually, I can and do, especially since some of the things that the AI does, or doesn't do, aren't that hard to change

Reply to Why are the altarians such and annoying race to play against? in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

[quote who="charon2112" reply="2" id="2273067"] Hmm. That's interesting. I've found this game to have some of the better AI that I've come across, especially compared to the Civ games.[/quote] I mostly agree with you, but better doesn't mean good, and it does have some gaping holes in it. Look at these boards to see loads of complaints about AI logic (or lack of logic), and even more posts about how to exploit AI coding weaknesses for fun and profit.

Reply to Why are the altarians such and annoying race to play against? in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

As much fun as I've had playing, I still have to say that the AI for this game is neither good nor well thought out, especially when it comes to diplomacy. But you do have a couple of misconceptions in your post. Alliances require close relations, the next step after friendly. Race attitudes are what each individual race feels about the other, not a combined relationship ranking. It's easy for a race to like another race that hates them, just as one person can like

Reply to Dread Lords Campaign Escape scenario woes (re-post) in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

Ouch, I was afraid of that. Thanks for the info, I never would have found that thread. I am (or was) connecting through Impulse, and it only has about half of the subforums listed, with bugs not being one of them. After you posted about the bug forums I had to do a google search to find the forums.galciv2.com page.

Dread Lords Campaign Escape scenario woes (re-post) in Galactic Civilizations II Stardock Forums

I posted this in an old thread in the DA section ( http://forums.impulsedriven.com/306718 ), but think I have a better chance at a reply if I re-post it here. Sorry if that offends anyone. I'm quoting the guy who started that thread back in 2008. He never got an answer. [quote quoting="post"] I am playing the Dread Lord campaign but is stuck with the "Escape" mission. In this mission you have to conquer at planet belonging to the Dread Lords. Whe

Reply to Need help with the "Escape" mission in the Dread Lord Campaign in Dark Avatar Stardock Forums

[quote quoting="post"] I am playing the Dread Lord campaign but is stuck with the "Escape" mission. In this mission you have to conquer at planet belonging to the Dread Lords. When you invade the planet you have an advantage of -21474 compared to 86 for the Dread Lords. Despite you sending 50000 soldiers to invade the planet against 20 you keep loosing. How can I conquer the planet and get on with the mission? Sincerely Torben Skovbo Hansen &nb

Reply to Do democracy and federation increase income? in Twilight of the Arnor Stardock Forums

[quote quoting="post"] I've moved from DA to TA. Looking for what improves income. Somewhat more stingy. In DA democracy and federation gave a significant boost to the economy. I guess stock market, and morale boosters would help. Looking thru the TechTree xml has provided limited help. [/quote] The first government, Republic, also gives an economy boost of 10%. You'll see it when you research th

Reply to Happiness in Game Talk Stardock Forums

[quote who="AncestralHamster" reply="2" id="2222673"]Correction. The survey modules is available at the first tier of Sensors. [/quote] Thanks for catching that mistake. I edited my other post to put in the right information so I don't confuse others. [quote who="GW Swicord" reply="3" id="2222711"] Extreme Entertainment enables you to build the trade good Ultraspices, +15 morale ability, and Virtual Reality Centers enables

Reply to Dread Lords Campaign (and some beginner questions) in Galactic Civilizations II Stardock Forums

[quote who="jprcompain" reply="14" id="2221237"]After avery painful 16h50mn of Apocalypse, Challenging level (how stupid I was when strating this campaign...), i won. But it was David in an handicaped chair vs Goliath. I missed the blitzkrieg train, and it was an exhausting path...[/quote] Most of this campaign is poorly designed when comparing what the storyline tells us we need to do to what we actually have to do. I just don't get the co

Reply to Happiness in Game Talk Stardock Forums

Anything over 51% morale per planet that's at or near it's population cap is usually fine with me, but if you're having problems, or even if it just bothers you: Don't build farms that populate planets over 12B early on, or over 20B later. Research morale techs. Almost all of them give a bonus even if you don't build the structure they unlock. Trade for other race morale techs, even things you know you won't build, for the same reason as

Reply to How did he damage me? in Galactic Civilizations II Stardock Forums

Are you sure they aren't using another type of weapon as a secondary attack, like mass drivers or missiles? Pardon me if you already know this, but unfortunately shields in GC2 aren't traditional sci-fi force fields, they only protect you against beam attacks. I've also taken some damage on ships that should be immune to the weapon type they were getting hit with. Not a lot, but it does happen.

Reply to What a waste of MY time in Game Talk Stardock Forums

I finally beat this yesterday, but I know it was mostly due to luck in that third try. A little skill and a lot of luck. FWIW, here's what I did (and it's really not much different from what I did the first two tries): (Actually you could probably just skip most of this and start reading from the bolded part way down below) For racial abilities make sure you put a point into Creativity. This is the one vital ability, everything else is de

Reply to What a waste of MY time in Game Talk Stardock Forums

- Is there a specific player action that causes the DLs to start attacking, or is it just random? My first try I went hundreds of turns before they launched, my second attempt they started attacking in well under half that amount of time. In my second try I even made it a point to Not scout the location of Teth, hoping that if I didn't let them know I was there I'd be able to attack them before they started attacking me. - Have the dev

Reply to Dread Lords Campaign (and some beginner questions) in Galactic Civilizations II Stardock Forums

[quote who="Phaedyme" reply="11" id="2194815"]I posted this in another thread, but: You can fix it with the scenario editor:.... {see entire post above} [/quote] Thanks for re-posting this. I just started the DL campaign last night, and was going to try finding the other post you made so I could get this part fixed before I begin it.

Reply to Fleet bonus modules? Useless Alliances? in Galactic Civilizations II Stardock Forums

[quote who="DivineWrath" reply="9" id="2181154"]To clarify how Atlas modules work:...[/quote] Thank you, that was a great explanation!

Reply to Population drop in Game Talk Stardock Forums

[quote who="WIllythemailboy" reply="2" id="2177779"]If the approval rating is below 20%, you lose a percentage of the population each turn. This is on a planet by planet basis, not your empire average approval.[/quote] That's good information to have , but a really strange dynamic. What do they do, hijack invisible ships and fly away, or drink the poison kool-aid?

Reply to Fleet bonus modules? Useless Alliances? in Galactic Civilizations II Stardock Forums

Um, yeah. But the race declared war on me, not the other way around, and when I opened the trade screens of my allies and clicked on "attack", the race I was at war with wasn't even on the list. And when I'm allied with a race that another race declares war on, I get a popup box telling me I'm honor bound to assist. I don't get the allied race leader coming to me offering something for me to help them out. Actually it's the other way aro

Reply to How many opponents do you put on a standard sized map? in Galactic Civilizations II Stardock Forums

I'm new to the game, only had it a few weeks, but I'd think more races would make the game easier in many ways. If you put anything into diplomacy, or play one of the mind control races, you can have most of them attacking each other the entire game, while you sit back and build. You'd also have a lot more customers for trading or selling techs and trade goods. Plus, if you go heavy on influence, who needs transports? Just assimilate the planets that used to belong to

Reply to Fleet bonus modules? Useless Alliances? in Galactic Civilizations II Stardock Forums

[quote who="MarvinKosh" reply="1" id="2179529"]Fleet module bonuses don't stack with the same fleet module bonus. So you only need one ship with a particular fleet bonus per fleet. Unless you want some redundancy in case the first ship with a fleet bonus gets destroyed.[/quote] Thanks for clearing that up. I obviously would have been better off with two different defensive designs. [quote who="emedlin" reply="2" id="2179622"]What about flee modules w

Fleet bonus modules? Useless Alliances? in Galactic Civilizations II Stardock Forums

Modules : I recently played a game using the Alturian tech tree. It has a tech that unlocks a very small module which is supposed to +20% t both the ship and whole fleet defense. I think there was a similar offensive one, but I didn't last long enough to find out ;) My question; does anyone know if the fleet module bonuses stack? Or their large counterparts for that matter? I used one

Reply to Extremely Slow Gameplay in Galactic Civilizations II Stardock Forums

Since this is a new problem for you: First do a spyware and virus scan. You probably don't have any, but it's good to be certain. Make sure you don't have any new programs, or updated programs, running in the background and hogging resources. Check the windows task manager to see how much ram background services are using, and what your CPU performance is. Defragment the disk, but first remove any programs you don't w