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Reply to Krynn v. Korath Tournament - KRYNN WIN! in Metaverse GalCiv2 Forums

I love your profile pictures wargazmo. And its already almost tied... V.

Reply to Altarian Rebillion AAR in AARs GalCiv2 Forums

Man. I don't know if I'm good enough to win with Iconians. Talk about upping the difficulty. I've never even once won on suicidal with them, and now that they are even worse in DA... I'll think about it. I was leaning towards the Thalans because I think they are the best stock race. With one, I would cruise to victory. With the other, I might lose. Does anyone want to read an AAR of someone who lost? That isn't a rhetorical question, I'm curious... <a href="http://altme

Reply to Krynn v. Korath Tournament - KRYNN WIN! in Metaverse GalCiv2 Forums

Thanks for the entries all. Nice to see you decided to join my little tournament Iztok. Advocati Diaboli indeed. The main page is again updated. Krynn still lead, but it is getting closer. One week down, more than two still to go, so anything could happen at this point. Hope everyone is enjoying their games! V. <a href="

Reply to Altarian Rebillion AAR in AARs GalCiv2 Forums

Everyone - thanks for the feedback and support. Sounds like there is interest in me doing another one, so maybe I'll do that next week. Kharzul - Man, did I kill your pet kitten accidentally? I don't know what got under your skin but this is the second thread you have tried to steal and turn into a flame war. I'm not going to get dragged into name calling if that is what you want. The players you listed are all very good, feel free to follow the advice they post. As for the size ma

Reply to Altarian Rebillion AAR in AARs GalCiv2 Forums

Does that mean you actually researched Starbase Defense, Titanium Armor I, Titanium Armor II and Titanium Armor III on the same turn? Yes, although I was typing fast so I misspoke. I actually researched StarSHIP Defense, Armor Theory, Titanium Armor, Titanium Armor II, and Titanium Armor III in one turn. And yeah, Iztok is right, early on they changed through patches the ability to research multiple techs in one turn. Hope that helps.<

Reply to The High Command Hegemony in Metaverse GalCiv2 Forums

Hey team. For a pretty detailed description of one of my latest games, read the Altarian Rebellion AAR story and game description I put together. The thread contains some pretty high level strategies in there too... and should help some of you see what I do to score like I do. It represents just one of my playstyles, but you still might find a trick or two you haven't seen before. Good luck. We are real

Reply to Krynn v. Korath Tournament - KRYNN WIN! in Metaverse GalCiv2 Forums

There should have been a coup with me being strung up outside the senate building!!!! I feel that way almost every game I play now. I'm really not nice to my people anymore. Grats on the new posted wins guys. Everything is updated. The Krynn have pulled into an almost 2-1 lead. I have another Korath game in the works, but the Korath's biggest problem is they only have two entries thus far. Are spore ships not as cool as super morale

Reply to Is Tech Victory meaningful in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

It really depends on the galaxy size and the research speed that you select. If you play on gigantic galaxies with very fast tech it's possible to complete a tech victory before the colony rush is over. This is not particularly challenging. Yes! I have to turn this off or someone will get it too soon playing on very fast research. The fastest I ever got the tech win was 26 turns on suicidal in DA. Has anyone else gotten the tech win faster?

Reply to Altarian Rebillion AAR in AARs GalCiv2 Forums

Well, I got an email about this - so thought I would post on it. Some of you may remember that a while back I posted a thread on Conquering Suicidal . If you just read through my first post, and then compare to my step by step description of the game: Point 1: Followed. I took the max econ boost. Money was super important the whole game. I was running with almost -500bc in leases per turn, so overcoming that d

Reply to Krynn v. Korath Tournament - KRYNN WIN! in Metaverse GalCiv2 Forums

Does she play galciv 2 DA? I wouldn't be surprised if the answer was no. The answer is most certainly no. She thinks its a big waste of time. I've been forced to learn to be very... efficient in the time I spend towards the game. Its one reason you may never see me do a Huge or Gigantic map ever again. Berzelius, I need a little more to approve your score. Try taking a screenshot. You also didn't list which race it was for. And th

Reply to Krynn v. Korath Tournament - KRYNN WIN! in Metaverse GalCiv2 Forums

I'll add it in because it is 1.5x. My only cheat flagged game was from the same bug. I've added in all the new scores to the top page. It's great to see the war continue on....

Reply to Altarian Rebillion AAR in AARs GalCiv2 Forums

Oh, and one more thing. Every time I play with tech trading on, I just don't see it as an advantage to the AI. I know they trade tech when you can't. But if you use it to not get tech, but get money, treateis, start wars, etc. etc. etc. it always still feels like an advantage to the player. Even on suicidal. I can't imagine having won this game without tech trading. I hear they eased it up again in 1.6. That might mean I can start getting tech again, but tech trading still gives t

Reply to Altarian Rebillion AAR in AARs GalCiv2 Forums

Endgame - Thoughts and Analysis So, then I eventually won - Although I'm a little upset with my final kill ratio. 33:1 is decent, but I should have easily managed 100:1 with how I used my tech advantage. Well, what can I say. Another entry into the ol' metaverse profile: <img src="http://i110.photobucket.com/album

Reply to Altarian Rebillion AAR in AARs GalCiv2 Forums

Jan 22, 2228 (turn 100) Well, there isn't much left of any value to talk about. The AIs finally have started to mix mediums hulls in with their fleets of smalls, but they barely scratch my fleets of large hulls. I've lost several more non combat ships, and my first combat ship - a medium Eclipse Fighter went down while attacking a world with... what else, an orbital fleet manager. Seems the only time I ever lose combat ships in this game anymore is when I face the dreaded OFM. I bla

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November 15, 2227 (88 turns in) Well, and just when I thought the universe would go down without firing a shot against me. I sucked up the two minors I found, as well as taking out the Iconians. And then, the Terran Alliance declared war! They gave me a dialogue about needing to stop my war machine. I agree with them, but in this case, too little, too late. They might, might have done some damage with a declaration 20 turns ago, but even then my super organizer would have been a go

Reply to Altarian Rebillion AAR in AARs GalCiv2 Forums

August 15, 2227 (78 turns in) Well, I've relaxed a little bit. I've really almost overcome my economy. I've really been playing pretty conservative over the last 3 months while I just consolidate my position. Kind of like playing with the high chip stack in poker. Not long after my invasion of Thala I finished large hulls, and I have been kicking those out (switched to 50% military/50% social/ 0% research, with focus on all worlds on research). I also just finished Phasors

Reply to Altarian Rebillion AAR in AARs GalCiv2 Forums

May 15, 2227 (64 turns in) Well, the situation has changed slightly over the last 6 turns. I got Total Majesty, finally finished off that last sliver of Advanced planetary defense, and picked up extreme miniturization (which I had also almost finished on a much earlier turn), I've basically been playing tech tree cleanup from when my research had really been humming. I am now back to researching the weapons line, so that I can sell my current set of weapons. Another round of tech wh

Reply to Altarian Rebillion AAR in AARs GalCiv2 Forums

March 15, 2227 (58 turns in) Well, I have managed to use my increased industry to kick out more transports, so I have by now finished my war with the Korx. I also attacked the Korath again and took their one planet. I'm really glad I didn't align with evil at this point. I also managed to buy one of the planets from the Terran alliance - (thanks to Magnumaniac and Purge who encouraged me to get better at this tactic, I'm still learning but improving I think). <img src="http:

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December 22, 2226 (48 turns in) Well, I just about want to give up at this point. I'm just so frustrated with the lack of resources. My flip is progressing at a decent pace, and I'm already back up to running a -200/bc per turn rate. I have switched over my worlds to being 50% manu buildings, 50% banks, with one farm on the two planets I have with only a 6b starting pop cap - and nothing else. No morale buildings, no wonders, none of them have been worth the cost of rush buying yet.

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October 15, 2226 (38 turns in) Well, Kora was a good planet to add, with just the research centers it gave me a base boost of 346 research, and I was already upgrading those centers to acadamies. I have managed to up my weekly research to over 1400 per week. (As an aside, the fastest I ever got to Technology Victory on suicidal in DA was in 26 turns - July 15, 2226 - which is one reason I have to turn this victory option off. The time I did that, I didn't even have a precursor librar

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Oh, and I have to go. This game is finished, more to come later tonight

Reply to Altarian Rebillion AAR in AARs GalCiv2 Forums

July 1, 2226 (25 turns in) The moment of reckoning was at hand. After finishing all the terraforming tech, I have just picked up Xeno Ethics, so it is now time to choose who will come to my aid. The good races are weak, and good has no good bonuses, so I knew I wasn't going that way. The question (as always) was neutral or evil. Sadly for me, both alignments were clustered. All of the neutral races were to my north and west, while all the evil races were to my south and west (with

Reply to Altarian Rebillion AAR in AARs GalCiv2 Forums

April 22, 2226 (16 turns in) Well, I'm doing OK. I have lease bought Altaria full of Research Centers by now and I also have my tech capital. Wisp also has two research centers. I have switched focus on both of my worlds from social to military to build some constructors, and maybe some freighters. I'm still running at 100% research. I started out third in research behind the Korx and the Arceans. I've already managed to meet every race. Fortunately, after I lease bought my tech

Reply to Altarian Rebillion AAR in AARs GalCiv2 Forums

So what would I get? Well, I got a medium map, which made me quite happy, I wouldn't have to restart. Altaria doesn't have a great spread of bonus tiles, but I'm happy to have any bonuses. I rush buy a quick Basic Lab, and queue up another. I set my production capacity to 100%, and set my sliders to 0% military, 0% social, and 100% research. I had already decided before the game started I was going for the tec

Altarian Rebillion AAR in AARs GalCiv2 Forums

Well, I have been very entertained by some of the other AARs that people have posted (HydroAC really stands out in my mind) and I have been debating doing one myself. I'm not sure how well I will do at weaving a story around the game that I play. Also, it is one thing for me to post pieces of my strategy here and there, another thing entirely for people to be able to track what I do step by step. But, like most experienced players, I actually have quite a few play styles. And really,