The Mad Dragon

Starting Game Strat in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

Ok, now I'd like to make sure that everyone knows that I still have DL. That being said, I'm wondering what a good starting strat is. So far, I've picked up this. Basic farm only, and only 1, same with econ(only one, but upgrade). Happiness and Planetary influence are a no go. So that pretty much leaves Research and Factory, which I could go 50/50 on. Does this sound right to anyone? I guess you could say that I am still rather new(having not played i

Reply to ARG! I lost..... in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

Yea, but I find it difficult to get up that high early. Does anyone have any game play tips/strats that they can suggest?

ARG! I lost..... in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

Just lost to Thalran(sp??) race due to a tech victory(I think I'm going to disable that next time). I had pretty much started my military move to reduce their influence, but they were just too ahead of me in tech because I think I sat back to much. Does anyone have any tips?

Reply to Adding Module's to Starbases in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

Send constructors....I feel like a nub...

Adding Module's to Starbases in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

I remember before being able to add modules to starbases. How do oyu do that.

Reply to Also, wanting to know about the numbers in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

Well, I have DL, now DA. I didn't know that DA had came out until I started reading on DL again today. I plan on getting DA in the future. Thanks for the help thougth.

Reply to Legends not appearing in posts in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

Well, I clicked default, I hope it works.

Reply to GAR!! Challenging AI kicking my but in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

Which would mean researching the galactic warfare tree tech a bit.

Legends not appearing in posts in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

Any ideas why this is happening?

Reply to GAR!! Challenging AI kicking my but in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

Logistics and planetary invasion trees are probably the two most important trees to go up. Only if you can get by their orbit defense.

Reply to Starting a game on suicidal in Metaverse GalCiv2 Forums

Also, Ctrl+N to give yourself atleast a small tactical advantage isn't cheating when compared to the bonuses the AI gets. And ctrl n does what?

Reply to GAR!! Challenging AI kicking my but in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

I think it is a matter of style but I find using my money at the beginning to buy factories while on 100% research to get faster ships then using the first planet as a manufacturing capital to start pumping out the colonies. LAter build troops transport and transport the extra pop to the other planets. If you do not win the colony grab it is always difficult to win the ga

Reply to GAR!! Challenging AI kicking my but in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

Sure it makes sense to have an Econ planet but how are you going to pump colony ships out quickly if your first planet is a eco planet? the 5k you start with should be enough to get yourself through the initial colony rush without worrying too much, which is why usually my second/third planet is my primary eco planet... Maybe your right, i was just offering a s

Reply to GAR!! Challenging AI kicking my but in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

I would if it wasn't for the serious lagging and then eventual restarting of my computer.

Reply to GAR!! Challenging AI kicking my but in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

I'm just following a build that I saw in a post that Dagonial(i think??) did. And since you get money from your pop, it only makes sense to have econ's there.

GAR!! Challenging AI kicking my but in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

Ok, so map set up is: Tiny, everything abundant, systems in tight sectors and very fast research with research vic off. And also those three 3 options checked. Maybe it's because I'm not getting military units out fast enough. I really have no idea why, but so far, I've gotten my but whooped twice. My current starting build is 2 factories, 3 Xeno Labs, 1 Happy buidling, and the rest of the sqaures are Economy. Then my 2nd planet is straight Xeno Labs.

Reply to Version 1.11 Bugs so far in Bug Reports GalCiv2 Forums

Has anyone had any extreme lag issues on gigantic maps? I find that after a bit, it will start to lag and then freeze. And then I try to load the saved game(gigantic map size) and it just sits there, not loading anything.

Reply to Custom Game Start in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

Noob question, but what is the blind exploration about?

Custom Game Start in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

So what's everyones favorite game set up? I like big long games, so I usually go for the biggest map size, then put an abundance of everything.

Custom Races in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

Ok, so what's are people's favorite starting abilities for when making custom races? I like Planet Quality(8 points) and Population Growth(2 points). I just love seeing extra tiles on my planets.

How many factories = speedy ship building? in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

I have noticed that the speed of ship building is dependant on the amount of factories that are built. I was wondering what the amount was for very fast building?

Game Mods in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

I just got this game a few days ago, and I am very impressed by it. I have the v1.1 upgrade, and I'm wanting to know where the mods that we download go?

Reply to The game is too easy to win! in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

I know what you mean I keep winning on "cakewalk" and it is too easy!!! I wish this game had multiple difficulty levels so we can be challenged!! Not just three like most games but give the AI 9-10 different difficulty settings. So the game can have a dozen or so variations in difficulty. I also wish we can create different types of galaxies and cust