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Reply to Newbie thoughts on Galciv (long) in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

I would only pay money for an expansion if it included a new Campaign or Multiplayer.

Reply to Please vote kill the Altarians in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

I thought that they told you which two races were destroyed at the end of the campaign. I seem to remember it saying that two races were so destroyed that they ceased to exist. I won't say which two they were, since it will spoil the compaign, but I remember which two they said were completely anihilated. (Which I found strange, because I dominated every mission I was given at the time, and yet we were still losing the war?)

Reply to Galactic Civilizations II v1.2 BETA 1 change log in GalCiv Journals JoeUser Forums

These look like some GREAT changes! Reading through this change log has renewed my interest to play the game and get V1.2. I won't run the beta this time since v1.11 runs well except for a bug where everytime I load a saved game all of my ships change course to a single location, but I only load a game once a day so this isn't that bad.

Reply to Sometimes evil wins.. in GalCiv Journals GalCiv2 Forums

The expansion sounds really cool. I would like to check it out when it becomes available. I am glad that you are putting a campaign in the expansion, the rest of it is gravy as far as I am concerned.

Reply to Bush - worst thing to happen to Republicans in Politics JoeUser Forums

I disagree with your post, but I was never stupid enough to vote for George Bush in the first place. Blind loyalty to the party and name recognition got him into office even though he was the least qualified man in his own party for the job. He has failed in every venture he has ever done, and failed miserably in most. (Rangers, Texas governor, Oil...) I can't believe that people were dumb enough to elect him a second time. To say that he was a be

Reply to Is trade worth the effort? in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

Trade is useful for diplomatic relations but not very useful as a source of money. I don't even bother with trade anymore, because I want there to be a greater chance that the computer will attack me. The game gets kind of boring when everyone likes you and no-one puts up any resistance to your plans to conquer the galaxy.

Reply to Poll: Would you be interested in a large package of hulls/ship pieces for $8.95? in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

Millions of people pay $15 per month to play World of Warcraft. Do they add new content every month? Not only do people pay the $15 per month but they then $40 for add-ons like the Burning Crusade (on top of the $50 for WoW and the $15 per month). Those millions of people are playing online and are interacting with other people. They have a co

Reply to What is the goal of the AI players? in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

I haven't read through all of the replies, but I have to say that I see the same things as you. The game is far easier than the original, because the computer doesn't seem to research well, build ships well, or build planetary improvements well. I don't really mean this as a blanket statement, since it probably could do well against a specific kind of map or strategy, but I wouldn't know what it is since I don't use that strategy. I have posted one other time that it would be nice if differe

Reply to What would you pay good money for in an expansion? (The unofficial inquiry) in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

I would only pay for a SP expansion if it included a large campaign. I like most of the game mechanics as is, so I wouldn't need to waste money on making it better since I have so little to begin with.

Reply to Autopilot bug in Bug Reports GalCiv2 Forums

What size galaxy are you on? Check your debug.err file. Are you getting any "A Star Path" related messages? It was on a gigantic galaxy. I finished the game a while ago, but no messages would come up at all. It would just act like the ship wasn't selected at all, until I tried to make it go to a place that it "liked". I have

Reply to What is SID??? in Off-Topic GalCiv2 Forums

I had that error when I installed the game with a Stardock Central account that used a different e-mail address than I used to buy the game. Have Stardock change your Stardock Central e-mail to match that of the one you used to buy the game, and you might be alright. (This worked for me.)

Reply to Tech trading is bad. in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

These issues don't really show up. If you aren't "whoring" the techs around, the other civs aren't either. They trade, but only around once every turn, and usually only 1 race trades a tech with another race every turn. So that means that one 1 tech is changing hands every turn, if that, and that rarely changes the game much (since most techs only take 1-3 weeks to research anyway). This means that a race only gets MAYBE 1 TECH EVERY 5 TURNS at the most through "tech trading". This was a WA

Reply to Galactic Civilizations II: Would you purchase a multiplayer expansion? in GalCiv II News GalCiv2 Forums

The thing people don't seem to realize that want multiplayer - a single turn will take ages. A single turn for me longer in the game probably takes 2-5 minutes on average (just guessing). If you add one player, it means that you just *sit* there for 2-5 minutes after each turn - most people don't have an attention span for something that long because there is literally not

Reply to AI Weapons preferances in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

I used to see this problem. However since 1.1, I see that a lot of civs have the same weapon techs as me, since they steal them in espianage (or at least I think they did.) But I didn't have the problem of all the AI's choosing the same weapons in my last 1.1 game, they had Missiles, Mass Drivers, and Beam weapons, with missile defense, armor, and shields. It was the first time I had seen all of the races use different weapon and defense types.

Reply to GalTrek™: The Kronos and The Omen in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

Spleeze you should explan to these new people. That you do not actually model these ships, you have taken them from other games that people have freely posted IE- SFC3, etc and just converted them so they will work with the Gal Civ2 engine. Dont get me wrong i love what you r doin, but its good to put credit where credit is due I thou

Reply to Galactic Civilizations II: Would you purchase a multiplayer expansion? in GalCiv II News GalCiv2 Forums

3: Stardock is insane - 33% would buy it! A: What you're completely missing is the fact that 66% of the gamebase *wouldn't* buy it. Stardock is looking to find something which will be worthwhile to make and that would turn a profit... if 66% of the fan base is against something doesn't it make more sense to go with what they would want as opposed to the minority? </

Reply to Galactic Civilizations II: Would you purchase a multiplayer expansion? in GalCiv II News GalCiv2 Forums

I see that you have a poll that shows a full third of the people on this site would buy a MP only expansion pack for $20, but you have no idea how many people would pay $20 for a SP only expansion pack. Somehow I think it will be less than the MP only pack. I was one of the people that was glad that you made the game SP only. But that was because I liked the first game with the exception of the bad interface, graphics, and sound. (The gameplay was good though.) I figured that this

Reply to CGW reviews Galactic Civilizations II in GalCiv II News GalCiv2 Forums

How many people actually play games like this multiplayer?? I played Heroes of Might and Magic 2 almost exclusively multiplayer. Games could take weeks to finish, but they were still fun. You just played when both of you had the time to play, then save the game, and come back and play more later.

Reply to The UI and You in GalCiv Journals GalCiv2 Forums

Also give me numeric inputs for all sliders. Some of us like using the keyboard over the mouse. This is especially important in the trading window for money and influence especially when these get very high and the slider is not fine tuned enough to let me use 1001 influence points in my trade This is already available. Just click in the box

Reply to CGW reviews Galactic Civilizations II in GalCiv II News GalCiv2 Forums

IIRC, it said 1/3 would pay $20 for a multiplayer ONLY expansion. I know that I said no, because $15 is my magic number for the value of any expansion. I can't justify that extra $5 in my head for some reason. Maybe when I am less broke.

Reply to Custom Ship Icon Blank in Bug Reports GalCiv2 Forums

I have this problem with some of my ships as well. In fact one of the core ships does this for me. (I believe the "missile boat")

Reply to Autopilot bug in Bug Reports GalCiv2 Forums

I haven't checked v1.11 to see if the problem has been fixed yet.

Autopilot bug in Bug Reports GalCiv2 Forums

Since 1.1 came out, I will have ships that will not be able to move to certain parts of the galaxy. If I move the ship one space, I will be able to move it to that area of the galaxy. I don't know wha the cause of the bug is, but what happens is when you right click on the destination, nothing will happen. You then need to right click on a destination close to the ship, then when it reaches that, go back and right click on the destination that you want it to go. I'm not sure that

Reply to slider control - please flame me in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

I generally do 30% Military, 35% Social, and 35% research - and I have never been behind in research to any race on the "Tough" difficulty. Having a heavy social base helpls A LOT, because it alows you to build your factories and laboritories quicker, giving you more output. Also, reasearch the governement techs as early as you can, because each one of them (starting with republic) gives you a blanket 25% boost to your economy, production, and research.

Reply to Back to old RPG in Modding GalCiv2 Forums

Er, I like them both. I get tired of NWN quicker though, because it is the same game when I play it again. I have gone ot play different mods, but most of them aren't very well done. Some of them are well done though (Like the dreamcatcher, and shadowlords campaigns), so I have spent some time searching for those well made campaigns on NWN Vault. On a side note, Atari is coming out with a NWN 2, although I think that someone other than Bioware is making it. Also, "The Witcher" is