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Reply to New Race for 1.7? in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

I think this is an excellent idea. It would definitely add an element of the unknown to games. Sentient species taste better...

Reply to What the stupidest thing you ever saw the AI do? in Strategies GalCiv2 Forums

What if the game calculated two new values like or similar to this: [Threat Score] = ([Military]+[Economy]+[Production]+[Treasury)/4 [Allied Score] = [Target Race's Threat Score]+[Threat Score of Direct Allies] I think it should be weighted something like this: {[(military x 3) + (production x 2) + (economy) + (treasury)]/7} + [similarly calculated strength of allies] Military strength would still be the most important sing

Reply to Bombs in Ideas GalCiv2 Forums

Master of Orion had a bomb tech tree like you are describing. Nuclear Bombs were actually the lowest level of bomb tech, which makes sense considering you are talking about civilizations that have interstellar travel capability. There were also planetary shields and "death spores" of various sorts which were biological weapons that only killed population, not infrastructure. <IMG id=ImageResize_Image_2 alt="Sentient sp

Reply to "The Metaverse League" (MVL) in Metaverse GalCiv2 Forums

Spoken like a kzinrret! Cat got your tougue? Kzinrret?! Those who have called a Kzin that have rarely lived to tell about it, and most often ended up as a tasty snack... Hmmm...I dont remember wha

Reply to Rise of the Kzinti in Metaverse GalCiv2 Forums

drrider , the Kzinti are from Larry Niven's excellent Ringworld , and its many not-so-excellent sequels. Yes, also many other books as well based in the "Known Space" universe of Larry Niven. I read a lot of the "Man-Kzin Wars" series of books, which are all collections of stories about the Kzin by many different sci-fi authors. Just do a search in google images and you can easily find all the pics. Also go to Larry Nivens page

Reply to Rise of the Kzinti in Metaverse GalCiv2 Forums

Here is some more fodder for your dreams drrider... <img src="http://www.mypicshare.com/./thumbs/20070907/ehfbe4en.jpg" border="0" alt="kzin5.JPG

Reply to Senators in Metaverse GalCiv2 Forums

You are right, it doesn't really seem to do a whole lot, but I do think that senators are supposed to be able to invite other people. I dont know how it works though, since I'm running my own empire, and as emperor can already invite people. I think the main reason for senators is to have some way in which to reward or acknowledge players who contribute to your empire, and to have them as "featured" in the empire listing, but otherwise it's just a title. <A href="http://www.mypicshare

Rise of the Kzinti in Metaverse GalCiv2 Forums

Throughout the galaxy, a signal suffuses all communication frequencies, and the seal of the imperial Riit family appears on every viewscreen. The symbol dissolves to be replaced by the image of Hraak-Riit, 4th son of the Patriarch: "Listen well, for I speak the words of the Patriarch himself. Many foes have been slain by the Kzinti, their carcasses left to rot in the sun for the scavengers to pick their bones clean. Much glory has been won and our people are nourished by the flesh

Senators in Metaverse GalCiv2 Forums

I would like to see the ability to be able to customize the "senator" title for an empire so that it could reflect the empire concept or theme. Functionally, it wouldn't be any different than senator other than having a different name. For example, for my Kzinti empire, senators would instead be called Heroes in keeping with the flavor of the empire. Also, I had someone join my empire recently who had been a senator in another empire, but when they joined the Kzinti they were still li

Reply to From the Shadows in AARs GalCiv2 Forums

Nicely written....curious to see where the story goes. Sentient species taste better... </FONT

Reply to I have an economic problem in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

One more thing about selling techs to minor races...also make sure early on to sell them the techs that allow the various capitals to be built. Trade, Xeno Industrial Theory, and Advanced Computing. They will usually build the corresponding improvement and when you take their planet, you own it. <IMG id=ImageResize_Image_2 alt="

Reply to "AI takes it easy BUG" in Metaleague game in Bug Reports GalCiv2 Forums

Sounds like the CTRL-N bug. If you use that a lot, there is a chance the AI will be reset to "fool", and will act accordingly....doing almost nothing. Sentient species taste better...

metaverse updating in Metaverse GalCiv2 Forums

The metaverse updates twice daily, but at what times does this happen? Thanks in advance. Sentient species tas

Reply to Precursor super artifact mega event in Dark Avatar GalCiv2 Forums

I have seen this event many times, but never have noticed a significant boost for the affected civilization. Maybe its usually been a case of too little too late, but from my observations it doesnt seem to do much at all. I usually ignore the event, but once in a while, depending on the situation of the affected civ, it makes me paranoid and I go to war with them as soon as possible. Better safe than sorry! <IMG id=Im

Reply to Kzinti Empire ranked #10 in Metaverse GalCiv2 Forums

"That looks like a tasty snack MottiKhan, but hardly a satisfying meal for a full-grown Kzin. It seems that your wish to curse us has had no effect, as the power of the Kzinti Empire is now nearly double that of your Tyranny of Evil. Our intellignce reports indicate that we are now the 5th most powerful civilization in this galaxy. It is unfortunate that you can't accept the natural dominance of the Kzinti, for if your warriors were to fight alongside our heroic t'kzintar, the entire galaxy w

Reply to WWIII --> a possibility? in Off-Topic GalCiv2 Forums

So many fools and hippie go luckies in this topic of horrors who run screaming like a sac of turds everytime an AK-47 goes off. It's "happy go lucky" by the way. About gun control, I think people should be allowed to own handguns & hunting rifles/shotguns, etc...but not AK-47s, rocket launchers, or machine guns. Those weapons are designed for killing lots of peop

Reply to Ground Combat graphics in Dark Avatar GalCiv2 Forums

If I remember correctly, it was stated that the graphics will be updated with the Arnor Twilight expansion. Just one more thing to click past! Im too busy looking at the number of troops when I click the "skip" button anyhow. True....I barely look at it too, and never let the animation play out at all, because it is boring and time-consuming. If it was more interesting, I might actually watch it. <A href="http://www.mypicshare.com/vqrpalptpic.

Reply to Ground Combat graphics in Dark Avatar GalCiv2 Forums

I think that having the battlescene modified by your invasion tactic might be cool too: Giant waves sweeping the enemy away with Tidal Disruption, planetary impacts from Mass Drivers, actual models for Minisoldiers on the battlefield, etc.

Reply to WWIII --> a possibility? in Off-Topic GalCiv2 Forums

It would not suprise me to see Latvia and the other Baltic countries swallowed again by Russia with the EU and the US standing by and doing nothing. US because were involved elsewhere and the EU by transnational paralyisation and Russias finger on the oil into Europe. I think Russia annexing the Baltic states is extremely unlikely, but it would be a horrible thing if it happened. I dont think that the EU would stand by and do nothing, despite their usua

Reply to WWIII --> a possibility? in Off-Topic GalCiv2 Forums

As somebody posted before, "history is a long time". Of course there will be another world war at some point, but that doesnt mean it will actually happen in our lifetime. It could be 10 years from now, 100 years, or 1000 years. With the current geo-political situation, I dont see a feasible way that would make such a conflict likely in the near future (10-20 years). There is the possibility for some significant regional conflicts, such as Pakistan and India, although the development of nuke

Reply to Forums broke when using IE6 in Bug Reports GalCiv2 Forums

That was one of the things I tried, and it did not make a difference. Thanks for the suggestion though. Sentient species taste better...

Reply to Forums broke when using IE6 in Bug Reports GalCiv2 Forums

Yes. Im not getting the random characters, but I am having problems with the forums today. Sometimes it freezes up for a long time when I try to load a page, and sometimes IE crashes altogether. I was having similar problems at home, although not as severe, maybe due to a faster connection there. <IMG id=ImageResize_Image_2 alt="Sentient species taste better..." src="http://www.mypicshare.com/thumbs/20070803/vqrpalpt.

Reply to enough oppression? (Tales of Freedom) in Metaverse GalCiv2 Forums

Thanks to Neil Gaiman and his book Anansi Boys If you liked that one, Patriarch, (and how could you not?) make sure you read his American Gods , too. Good Omens is another absolute must - that one had me in hysterics on the Metro at least once, drawing the sort of looks his characters usually get from the normals around them. The bit about the British motorcycle gang wanting to join the Four Horsemen, and the leader

Reply to Do you usually ctrl-N til you get a map you like? in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

I dont use ctrl-n at all, because of the bug where it lobotomizes all the AIs. If the setup looks especially bad, or if I play for a while and it just doesnt seem to be going well at all, I'll sometimes go back to the main menu and start over again, rather than use ctrl-n. I try to keep the lame-ness to a minimum though, and give it a good try on each map. One issue which I thought of is that pe

Reply to enough oppression? (Tales of Freedom) in Metaverse GalCiv2 Forums

Sure Senator, our lovely (not tasty!) secretaries are quickly sending the invitation to "His Neutralness". We also appreciated your other brave character... NOW LET'S FIGHT FOR PEACE GUYS ! Your un-natural ideas of peace and forgiveness will bring you nothing other than your bones bleaching in the high sun. Such insanity will lead to your extinction. Heed the words of one of our great philosophers and know that it is the way of things: <br