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Reply to MVL Round 10 in Metaverse GalCiv2 Forums

Yay, yet another forum account... I signed up there and confirmed it with the link sent by email. The next step is up to you I guess.

Reply to MVL Round 10 in Metaverse GalCiv2 Forums

Where can I find the forum/thread of Team C? Do I need a password or such?

Reply to Metaverse League (MVL) Recruitment Drive in Metaverse GalCiv2 Forums

Great, count me in then! Unless Team C objects, of course.

Reply to Metaverse League (MVL) Recruitment Drive in Metaverse GalCiv2 Forums

I would, if it's not too late. :) I'd play at Crippling for a start if that's okay, Maso if necessary.

Reply to Stardock being purchased? in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

I'd say that it's also about applying some pressure to the tax negotiations (what a word!). And my guess would be that there's a number of smaller companies in the immediate vicinity of said software giant. ;)

Reply to Metaverse League (MVL) Recruitment Drive in Metaverse GalCiv2 Forums

I thought about joining (might be too late for this round?), but there's the problem that I'm not familiar enough with the current state of GC2 to play at my average difficulty level Obscene under all settings. Do I have to or is it just a recommendation?

Reply to Year Zero Club in Metaverse GalCiv2 Forums

pndrev, you misunderstood me. And quite frankly I almost have to wonder how that could happen. I was referring to difference in difficulty, not scoring, and my final sentence was that "there isn't much reason not to choose Suicidal". I didn't think it was worth mentioning that games on higher difficulty score more as I assumed that was clear to everyone.

Reply to Year Zero Club in Metaverse GalCiv2 Forums

[quote]This is also my first win on suicidal difficulty, so a double huzzah to me for that[/quote] Congratulations! As others have noted though, the difficulty setting doesn't make much difference in ZYWs because the AI barely has the time to use the advantages. So there isn't much reason not to choose Suicidal. ;) [quote]Try it with spore ships.[/quote] I thought about the same thing. One question though, what do you really need in order to be able to build Spore ships

Reply to Year Zero Club in Metaverse GalCiv2 Forums

Did another ZYW, this time with ARCed Altarians: Super Breeders, Korx home system, +20 research, +1 speed, +1 sensors, Technologists. The result: 31500 in a large galaxy - could be better I guess.

Reply to Sins any good? in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

Just to keep you informed, I bought the game in the meantime. ;)

Reply to Year Zero Club in Metaverse GalCiv2 Forums

Thanks for the warm welcome. I just found out about the ARC stuff, this should make ZYW wins even smoother and easier on the larger map types.

Reply to The Galactic Diplomats in Metaverse GalCiv2 Forums

Up you go, thread! My first submissions for over a year are reason enough. Two zero year wins for the Diplomats!

Reply to Year Zero Club in Metaverse GalCiv2 Forums

Just joined the ZYW club with 25550 points! :HOT: Tell me one thing though: How in hell do you do a ZYW on the really large maps and on Suicidal?! My money would run out way too early, and then there's the distance problem. :SURPRISED:

Reply to Dx 10 anybody? in Graphics Design Sins Forums

DirectX 10 - what for? And no, it's not better just because it has a higher version count.

Reply to My last token on TGN in PC Gaming GalCiv2 Forums

AFAIK the token system will disappear with SDC. But you can spend your remaining tokens.

Reply to Sins any good? in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

[quote]The empire tree has several settings that you can configure in the interface options. What I do is disable auto-pinning of everything except capitals. Then, when you have important planets (shipyards, superweapons, etc), you can manually pin them to the tree by using '~'. I keep all of these condensed, since I don't need to see everything in their grav well. Then, if I need ships I just click on the planet in the tree and build ships from the planet menu, since you never have to select th

Reply to My last token on TGN in PC Gaming GalCiv2 Forums

[quote]Does it run under Vista?[/quote] Heli Heroes? I could test that later. ;)

Reply to What do you want to see in 2.0? in Twilight of the Arnor GalCiv2 Forums

[quote]* More automation options for constructors and/or richer constructor management context. * Waypoints (ability to set a route for a ship or fleet to, for example, skirt Yor territory so it can maintain speed). * Ability to spend BC on intelligence gathering without harming the target civ. * Checkbox in fleet dialog to "Upgrade all ships of this type in this fleet."[/quote] These four get my vote. - how about constructors with more than one constructo

Reply to My last token on TGN in PC Gaming GalCiv2 Forums

Heli Heroes is fun for the occasional "shoot'em up". I can't comment on Etrom though, I thought about buying it once but didn't because of lack of time to play anyway, but I think there are better games of the genre on the market - for a higher price of course.

Reply to Sins any good? in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

Thank you all for your responses! I played some more of the demo version over the weekend, less than I thought I would, but still. Although I am less fond of it than I thought and hoped I would be, I'll probably buy it. I guess that things will be better with more variety in races and more maps to choose from. I wondered about one thing though: I'm a little afraid of ending up in clickfests and moving the game screen around constantly. Do you micromanage your battles - or is there enoug

Sins any good? in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

Being a long time player of Galactic Civilizations 1 and 2, I finally tried the demo of Sins yesterday and intend to continue over the weekend. While I'm at it, I'd like to know - how people think about the long term motivation regarding Sins? How long do you play it already, and is it still worth it? - how you rate the AI? It is good? Is it really good, or does is just cheat like hell?

Reply to Lose not loose! in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

Mistakes are human, not having English as my mother tongue I make my share of them as well. But what I can't stand at all is when someone obviously never reads his own postings before posting them. Lack of knowledge is forgivable, repeated lack of effort isn't.

Reply to Twilight 1.92 Alpha in GalCiv Journals GalCiv2 Forums

[quote]Alt-tab bug is still present[/quote] Alt-Tabbing should be no problem when playing in windowed mode. You can change that in the game options and as long as you use the same resolution as on your desktop it won't make a visual difference.

Reply to Twilight 1.92 Alpha in GalCiv Journals GalCiv2 Forums

[quote]a new "epic" pacing tech speed[/quote] Seconded! I'd like to see that since the very first day GC2 came out. :)

Reply to Twilight 1.92 Alpha in GalCiv Journals GalCiv2 Forums

[quote]+ TWEAK: The research cost penalty has been reduced[/quote] Do this mean that the exploding research cost bug has been eliminated? The description sounds like a major understatement.