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Reply to GalCiv III: Economics, Command Economies and Citizens in GalCiv III Dev Journals GalCiv3 Forums

It seems to me the coercion system will penalize the player for adopting the correct strategy. That is to focus their production and specialize their planets. It's going to be a double whammy as well since it affects the bonus received from happiness. I think this system will cause a lot of frustration for players, they won't know how to manage their economy. With the removal of the wheel that's the case already, I've had people message me asking me t

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[quote who="RGee" reply="42" id="3598862"] As for the Ayn Rand comment...there is no need to inject politics into this discussion. [/quote] I don't see how anyone who has the faintest knowledge of e.g. Ayn Rand, American Libertarianism, Laissez-Faire or Neoliberalism philosophies or economic systems along those lines can not fail to see the first post is dripping in politics it's so saturated. I do intend to actually comment on the game mechanics mentioned in

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Did I just read a post on game mechanics or a love letter to Ayn Rand? ;)

Reply to Maps are too boring in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

[quote who="Surge72" reply="10" id="3595859"] But of course nothing happened. I was ignored. And I can't see any big changes like these occurring now. [/quote] Yeah I get that feeling with Stardock a lot as well :) The wikipedia article on nebulas states they can be 100's of light years in diameter, who's to say they couldn't be 1000's out there in the universe somewhere, so making them larger would satisfy realism. There's plenty of Sci

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I'd make nebulas larger and nearly impassable without tech. It would make the map a lot less open, military starbases might actually become useful GC3 could really benefit from some sort of genuine "terrain" features. I realize in reality space might be vast and empty but since when is most of the taken for granted features of Space 4X games limited by reality...

Reply to Galactic Civilizations III v1.4 Changelog in GalCiv III Support GalCiv3 Forums

Loaded up the game, two things immediately put me off from trying the opt in, though a lot of your under the hood changes sound pretty good. 1. The Focuses can only be changed by entering each and every individual planet screen. You need to add focus switches on the colonies list on the main screen and on the colonies screen on the govern civilization screen and global (all planets) focus switches somewhere as well. You could save players from a l

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[quote who="naselus" reply="81" id="3593508"] As I say, there's nothing mechanically wrong with the diplo interface. [/quote] Agreed a two menu approach is fine. [quote who="naselus" reply="81" id="3593508"] When two humans seek to barter together, it does the trick. [/quote] Yes, but they are "bartering" that isn't really what's going on with human to AI. An AI can't assess things as far as I'm aware. [quote w

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Hi Naselus, glad you made up with eviator :) [quote who="naselus" reply="77" id="3593382"] I don't think that diplo model is fundamentally broken. Sure, it's not very innovative, and it's presently very imbalanced and quite possibly bugged or incomplete [/quote] The thing is can it ever be well balanced? Resources, Techs and ships all have different values depending on different circumstances within the game. (e.g. purchasing

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[quote who="eviator" reply="68" id="3593207"] Macsen, the new system is now much like GC2 in that there are global settings and planet focuses. So are you saying even that system is too much micro? I agree they should work on a way to mess with focuses on a planet list, like the colonies tab, like they did in GC2. [/quote] Hmmm, because I'm so unused to using the global wheel I think I forgot you could use that as the 100% focus like in GC2. I was writing under the

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I guess I'll say my thoughts on the 1.4 changes in Fridays Stream... I'm glad the planetary management wheel has gone it will reduce micromanagement (fiddling with a wheel takes much more time than clicking a focus switch) but Stardock could do a heck of a lot more to reduce unnecessary micromanagement and time saving if this is the economy system they decide to use. If Stardock are going to use a focus system we should be able to switch focus without havi

Reply to Galciv3 Gameplay suggestions in GalCiv III Future Ideas GalCiv3 Forums

[quote who="ojdrew" reply="5" id="3592050"] I'd love to see short tutorials on the different aspects of the game like: - Trade - Diplomacy - Ship Combat - Ground Combat - Research - Planetary Tile placement strategies [/quote] All of that's basically covered in my Let's Plays, not in concise form I guess but it's in there. If/when I get back to making guide videos there&#39

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[quote]3. Host the best YouTube 'how to play' and 'tips' videos on the Stardock website. [/quote] My experience/belief is Stardock have little to no interest in YouTubers other than with reviewers like Total Biscuit and Angry Joe to sell their games initially. That being said they do have a "Pinned Post" for "User Created Videos" (they are not Nintendo luckily) in the GCIII General Forum. Took me a while to find the thread myself actually.

Reply to To any with concerns GC3 is overpriced modded GC2 in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

[quote who="CWDIGAMES" reply="4" id="3590310"] Nope not a parody post. [/quote] So have you even played the game? Perhaps you should wait until you have, before making claims about a game that your beta experience on a different title gives you no credibility to make. These forums have enough fanboyism imo. Enough smoke has been blown up Stardock *** as it is. Praise where praise is due is fine but Stardock needs to act more on the constructi

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[quote]I haven't bought the game yet but hopefully I know what I'm talking about. [/quote] [quote who="Larsenex" reply="2" id="3590091"] This post is well said. I will be linking to it on the very hostile steam forums. [/quote] I thought it was a parody post???

Reply to Galactic Civilizations III v1.3 Update Released in GalCiv III News GalCiv3 Forums

[quote who="peregrine23" reply="60" id="3588316"] Protecting the integrity of the score isn't dumb or ridiculous. [/quote] If you want an accurate meaningful score you want as many unbiased reviews as possible, from a broad range of consumers who have purchased that game. Companies encouraging the most biased people to review games, people who have perhaps been fans of a game or series for years, people who have preordered and invested in a game and its future are

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[quote who="leiavoia" reply="50" id="3588082"] Quoting Yeller123, reply 49 So far my hundred dollars has gotten me 152 hours of entertainment and I'm still enjoying the game. That's how i look at it, too. People spend $20 for an IMAX movie which is over in 2 hours, then absolutely freak out over $5 DLC. If you bought the game at $50 like most people and got 5+ hours of enjoyment out of it, you're doing great (at IMAX movie rates, at least

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[quote who="a0152570" reply="53" id="3588094"] Can someone post the link, i looked but couldn't find the video [/quote] [video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-Vx4_prmvo&ab_channel=TotalBiscuit,TheCynicalBrit[/video]

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[quote who="peregrine23" reply="43" id="3588040"] Oh, and the complaint about asking for reviews is patently ridiculous. Pretty much everything that has a rating system attached to it asks you to rate it. SD never asked its community to review it dishonestly, they just pretty much said "Hey, there's this rating system, so if you like the game, please go rate it." There is nothing even remotely wrong with that. If a company is involved in a rating system and isn't encouraging thei

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[quote who="naselus" reply="29" id="3587878"] I think you're being extraordinarily harsh, tbh Macsen. [/quote] Possibly Naselus, I'm not going to be as well informed as some with certain things. I wouldn't have brought up the 3D thing if it hadn't have been mentioned. There have been improvements in the patches I'm not saying there hasn't been I'm just disappointed certain things haven't received more attention and I question Stard

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[quote who="TheFunMachine" reply="27" id="3587875"] I get cynicism, but I do not think on this matter that such a presumption has standing. [/quote] I'll put it more bluntly if you want, they are asking people to review their game specifically on Steam in the hope of positive reviews and potential financial gain from a higher user rating. These forums are perfectly fine for generating feedback, their not asking people to review their game on Steam for feedback. &nb

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[quote who="TheFunMachine" reply="23" id="3587868"] even if I disagree that we haven't seen some good improvements since launch [/quote] I've not said that, we have. Just that certain things have failed to be prioritized that should have been imo and that the progress has been slower than I expected.

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[quote who="TheFunMachine" reply="23" id="3587868"] I have never, nor have I seen the company ask people to write 'positive' reviews, and I have been lurking around here and following news quite cloesly. [/quote] I had a popup in the game trying to take me I presume to the Steam review page I chose the temporary decline option (this was 1.3 opt in) They have asked via their Friday streams numerous times as well. Perhaps they have never specifically asked

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[quote who="Frogboy" reply="17" id="3587845"] I have a lot of criticisms of GalCiv III too. But what really irritates me is the lack of awareness by some in our community that their desires are not remotely universal. Re micro management. Most people play on small galaxies. We're not talking about finished games, we're talking that >50% of people who start a game of GalCiv play at small or smaller. The constructor spam stuff isn't an issue on maps be

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[quote who="Frogboy" reply="15" id="3587836"] Very disappointed with the attitude I see from some people. [/quote] [quote who="Frogboy" reply="15" id="3587836"] I spend a weekend working on AI updates to 1.3 and WAS planning on working on AI for 1.4 (I doubt I will now). [/quote] With that response the feelings mutual... [quote who="Frogboy" reply="15" id="3587836"] The base 1.0 of this game was already good. [/quote] There was a s

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[quote who="eviator" reply="10" id="3587809"] This patch here is an inch of micromanagement progress with a mile to go. [/quote] This! I read your review on Steam recently Eviator, it was really good thinking of doing one myself.