Wetballs

Reply to What happened to Michael Whittaker in Off-Topic GalCiv3 Forums

[quote quoting="post"] Bad news Michael Whittaker died, but before he passed away his mind was put in this robot. So there was no confusion they named the robot Willy Wilber. Which eventually took over the United States navy, and became an admiral. After becoming an admiral in a war with china he took over the secret government of the United States. To avoid confusion after I changed my name on the post. I thought I should tell you who this new guy is like you would even care right. If

Reply to Meet the Altarian Leader, Akari Malara in GalCiv III Dev Journals GalCiv3 Forums

I vastly prefer the version from Galciv2. This style is a drunken step in the wrong direction. Sorry.

Reply to Question about Fleet Battles in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

On the surface, Galciv2 looks to have all sorts of options for ship building, but in reality, it always boils down to having your biggest ship loaded with your best weapon. That always annoyed me. I too think that all hull types should be viable at any stage of the game. More diverse ships with more diverse roles and weapons would be lovely.

Reply to What Mods Did You Use? in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

[quote who="John Falkenberg" reply="2" id="3423118"] I use Twilight: Tolmekian's TechTree Fix v3.51 https://forums.galciv2.com/405819/page/20/#3204457 [/quote] Same here. This mod (and I assume others like it such as ones by MarvinKosh, Gaunathor, & Altarn) make Twilight of the Arnor feel like what it SHOULD have been out of the box. I'd never play TA without it.

Reply to Tactical mode for spacebattles in GalCiv3 in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

I hope they keep tactical battles the hell away from Galciv3.

Reply to Tech Tree/ Technology game length in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

[quote who="Seilore" reply="8" id="3417550"] I'm all for modding, however, if they have some sort of ranking mod's would be excluded from those games for "fair" play so therefore I never play with mod's only play metaverse in Galactic Civilizations II, that's the main reason why I would love the base game to have a longer tech tree and even slower technology rate if possible. [/quote] I never got into the whole metaverse thing, but I reme

Reply to Tech Tree/ Technology game length in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

I also play with Very Slow research, and on Gigantic maps, I've never ran through all the techs. Well I usually get all the techs except the weapons, and that's only because of the weapons tech inflation they stick you with. I don't think I've ever used weapons that did more than 3 or 4 points of damage. Dunno if that came with Twilight of the Arnor or what, but it sucked nuts. Sure hope they do away with that in the n

Reply to Describe your empire in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

In Galciv2, I always play a custom race called the New Earth Confederacy. "Descendants of the first Terran colony which seceded from the Alliance in 2184, the NEC has re-emerged on the galactic scene to stake its claim to power through commerce, industry, and the monopolization of interstellar trade guilds."

Reply to Heroes in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

Personally, I could do without heroes. While they are fun in Fallen Enchantress, I'd rather see Galciv3 dominated by huge fleets and not individual special characters. I hope to have more to worry about than leveling up Buck Thrusterblaster so he can use the +3 Mindcannon with the laser scope. Although if heroes are in the game I'm sure it'll still be great.

Reply to Torians in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

[quote who="yarodin" reply="4" id="3414965"] In GC2, the appearance of a race doesn't really matter. You see them only on the race selection screen (which is just an image) or in the diplomacy screen (I'm not sure, but I think they weren't animated there either). So, what really matters to add a race are its traits, tech treee and maybe ship design style. Don't know for GC3 of course, but individuals (and their appearance) won't be very important either.[/

Reply to Torians in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

[quote quoting="post"] So I read through the databank and looked up the current events for my Torians. They are ... gulp ... meat for the drengin. That's pretty harsh. Ah well it will make turning Drengin ships into slag so much more enjoyable. [/quote] I was disappointed when they said that some races from Galciv2 wouldn't make it into Galciv3. For those of us who don't care much for the story (yeah, so kick me

Reply to Diplo AI Might Need Some Tweaking in Legendary Heroes Elemental Forums

[quote who="Frogboy" reply="20" id="3413996"] @Wetballs, you can see the numbers in FE/LH. Just go to the foreign policy area and it'll tell you exactly what the pluses and minuses are. Here's what causes the problem you experience: Your current relations with someone might be say Neutral. And if it's neutral, it'll say "Hey, want to have a trade?" But its feeling towards you (the +'s and -'s) may point to eventual warfare

Reply to Diplo AI Might Need Some Tweaking in Legendary Heroes Elemental Forums

[quote who="Frogboy" reply="15" id="3413717"] you won't like the answer. In GalCiv I hard coded everything. So I could throw in all kinds of specific cases and have it adjust relations. In Elemental, it's XML driven so the idea is that if those conditions are met, then the corresponding relation modifier is applied. In 1.5 I'm starting to put some hard coding in.[/quote] I guess part of the problem then, is that most o

Reply to Diplo AI Might Need Some Tweaking in Legendary Heroes Elemental Forums

Diplomacy in this game is so damn lousy and seemingly random, I just ignore it, as if I was playing a game of Risk vs. computer opponents. It's a shame really, because in Galciv2, diplomacy was one of my favorite parts of the game. I dunno how Stardock bombed on this one so thoroughly.

Reply to Fighters/Drones, Command modules and carriers in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

[quote who="Frogboy" reply="38" id="3411692"] Those who like the idea of designing carriers and seeing carriers in action in fleet battles I think will be happy. Those who imagine fleet battles that play like MOO2 (i.e. where you're micro managing individual units) will be less happy.[/quote] Perfect! I can't friggin wait!

Reply to Fighters/Drones, Command modules and carriers in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

Hanger modules that would allow larger ships to carry squadrons of smaller fighters was the biggest thing that I felt was missing from Galciv2. I've been hoping for years that they would be implemented in Galciv3. If not, I hope that the game will be moddable enough that we can come up with something ourselves. I don't understand all the hate for this concept. Whether you think it's "realistic" or not, big deal - fighters are

Reply to When new techs are researched in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

Good god, I hope they tone DOWN the wise cracks! If I want to hear lines from Monty Python, I'll watch the friggin DVDs. I'm trying to run a space empire here - I'd like the atmosphere to be a bit more on the serious side. Like, a lot more serious than the cheese they served up with Galciv 2. Great game, but the dialogue and tech descriptions just pissed in my immersion corn flakes.

Reply to Micromanagement? in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

I love the micro-management! Not only do I never use governors, I don't even set my ships to auto explore/mine. I hate the rush-rush of real-time strategy games. I play turn-based games because I want to take my time and get involved with every aspect of what's going on in my empire. I really hope they don't dumb things down for the sake of multiplayer.

Reply to Opinion: Bunny Slippers don't Fit. Solution: Please Remove in Legendary Heroes Elemental Forums

Totally agree with the original post. I haven't yet purchased Legendary Heroes (spent so much time customizing my Fallen Enchantress faction that I can't bring myself to switch), but when I finally do, there's no way I'll pay five bucks for this DLC unless it's on sale. 32 or 33 items minus the two joke items (modded out first thing), isn't worth it. The fact that it includes bunny slippers and giant lollypops just makes the decision w

Reply to Twilight: Tolmekian's TechTree Fix v3.51 Release 05-10-13 in Modding GalCiv2 Forums

[quote who="Maiden666" reply="690" id="3360930"] A surplus of speed gives you the advantage to be able to choose the fight, so just evaluate beforeahead if you'll win and if not so, flee. A slow fleet never has this choice so its about win/loose vs win/survive the latter being the better option. Of course this is not true for each scenario, for example, defender type of ships that are designed to shield a world from invasion don't benefit from that. But in

Reply to Twilight: Tolmekian's TechTree Fix v3.51 Release 05-10-13 in Modding GalCiv2 Forums

[quote who="Tolmekian" reply="683" id="3360134"] Now that I'm actually playing a game, I agree about the speed bonuses. I'll have a look-see to find out what can be done about it. Didn't consider the custom speed bonuses. Perhaps reducing the cost slightly would help? I'll have to see what can be done about the Gravity Accelerator. [/quote] I think that engines take up way too much space for w

Reply to Twilight: Tolmekian's TechTree Fix v3.51 Release 05-10-13 in Modding GalCiv2 Forums

[quote who="Tolmekian" reply="672" id="3358115"] If I were to put some work into a v4, and fiddled with the political parties, would anyone have any suggestions? I mean, consensus opinion is that it's either Federalists or Technologists and everything else is no good. So, would you buff the others or nerf the chosen ones?[/quote] Hi, me again. Personally, to try and even things out, I just gave each party the equivalent o

Reply to Twilight: Tolmekian's TechTree Fix v3.51 Release 05-10-13 in Modding GalCiv2 Forums

[quote who="Tolmekian" reply="624" id="3325811"] Space Superiority is the Terran tech, right? Doesn't it grant some logistics ability and maybe weapons? I don't even remember where ADT belongs, or who has it, so it's hard for me to comment off hand. My overall philosophy is "no space techs", so any tech sitting around doing nothing was an oversight on my part. [/quote] Actually I made a mistake. Space super

Reply to All the good names are taken in PC Gaming GalCiv2 Forums

"Galactic Civilizations III" Has a nice ring to it, and wasn't difficult at all to come up with.

Reply to GalCiv 2 Ultimate Edition NO-STEAM in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

[quote who="MarvinKosh" reply="22" id="3324848"]Well if you want a physical copy then you can still do that, just burn the game install folder to disc and then copy back when needed. You'll have to re-register it after doing so, though, and maybe re-create some registry entries. I know, 'cause I've done that. Of course I have not done that with a Steam version of the game so I dunno, you may not be able to do that. [/quote] &n