arunodayt

arunodayt

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Reply to The Galactic Civilizations III road-map thread in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

First off, I would like to thank Stardock for adopting regional pricing for India, which Steam introduced very recently. So, instead of waiting for the game to go on sale for 50-60% off, I finally bought it for full price and don't have to wait more to play it [e digicons]:D[/e] From past experience, I am sure GalCiv 3 will be as good a game for its time as GalCiv 2 was. And the good thing is - now I can get the expansion on Day 1 instead of waiting for a sale, tha

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Reply to How many resources to capture? in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

Thanks MarvinKosh and jecy99 for your detailed replies - I played the game intermittently from 2005 (?) to 2010, so it is just a matter of remembering what I have forgotten. After trying another couple of early games to test things, this is what I think - Continually adjusting the tax and production sliders is the way to go. Why? Because situations change. There is a high PQ planet available? Crank up the tax rate to recover the money spent on buying the colony ship. Ha

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Reply to How many resources to capture? in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

Thanks, it seems then that I am mostly doing the right thing. BTW, what to build on non-specialized planets? A factory or two I guess, a morale building, at least one economic building. Then what? My guess is labs or more economic buildings if labs are not needed. Do you concentrate labs in non-tech capital planets as well or do you just spread them out?

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Reply to How many resources to capture? in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

I think you misunderstood me. I only want to keep approval at 100% for a limited number of turns so that population may grow at a very fast rate. Then after I have a decent pop, I will reduce it to a level that ensures approval in green colour. And once pop growth is mostly over, I would like to ramp up the tax rate to as high as possible, say 69%. I was just wondering how you guys manage the pop growth phase? Do you also sacrifice taxes for fast pop growth for some time, or do you just keep

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How many resources to capture? in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

I started playing GalCiv2 after a long time (Twilight latest version), and I am a bit fuzzy on some strategic decisions: 1. How many resources should you capture? In my current Medium galaxy, I have captured, 1 economic, 2 morale and 1 military resource, although it is quite early. I can see an unclaimed economic and a military resource, although they are both near another civ's capital. I am not sure it will be wise to capture them. How do you decide? &nbsp

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Reply to Please make a non-Steam version! in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

[quote who="Tyrantissar" reply="210" id="3413497"] This topic is so hot they cannot ignore it, and I say please provide a non steam version, otherwise you will piss off so many people. Also I say yes to steam, because I have a steam account and everything for it.[/quote] That is what some people said about Civ5 when it was announced that it will use Steamworks. I was one of the people who said that I probably won't buy the game bec

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Reply to Please make a non-Steam version! in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

Stardock can go with the option that Paradox Interactive uses for its Steam games- require internet connection (and Steam) for first time activation and then Steam is not required except to update the game. There is a possibility that Stardock already does this, in which case almost no one should have any problems with Steam :)

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Reply to Investigating GalCiv 3 - What are your concerns with Steam? in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

Earlier, it was - what happens if my internet goes down for a long time. Nowadays, however, with mobile internet, it is no longer the case. While I can't download a game with it, I can get the game working again if the offline mode stops working. Now, two things: 1. Lazy developers - are 10GB patches ever justified if there is no new content? This has become a problem for some of my friends who are unable to buy some Steamworks games, even on DVD, because th

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Reply to Returning after a year - a couple of questions in War of Magic Elemental Forums

@Leeovold, please make a new thread for your questions. This thread is completely unrelated to it. Thanks for the welcome, and yes, if I play the game enough, I will post how I find it. I don't play multiplayer in games unless it is an MMORPG, so I won't be any help there. I am a huge fan of strategy games, especially TBS games. I played Age of Wonders, GalCiv II, HOMM IV and Civ III & IV for several months each and I am really hoping that Elemental will be

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Reply to Returning after a year - a couple of questions in War of Magic Elemental Forums

Thank you very much for the information - my download is at 50% at the moment :) I have got the electronic proof of purchase in the form of an email from Stardock and I also activated the game during the beta. Giving me 2 free expansions should be a good enough compensation for the fact that I had to wait a long time in order to play the game properly.

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Returning after a year - a couple of questions in War of Magic Elemental Forums

I pre-ordered the game in 2009 (I think), but when the game released, a combination of the issues that the game had and not having access to a gaming PC, I decided to not play it then. It has been almost a year and I am on a lookout for a strategy game and so I have decided to give this game a try again. I have two fairly simple questions and I will aprreciate them being answered :) 1. How much has the game improved in terms of stability etc? I am pretty sure I will fin

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Reply to Failed installation in WOM Support Elemental Forums

I had the same problem - both size smaller than expected and multiple attempts to download. However, now Impulse Anywhere seems to have the latest version of the file again and I am downloading off it :)

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Pre-ordered last year but no registration shown anywhere! in WOM Support Elemental Forums

Hi! I am sure that this is just me being silly, but I can't find my Elemental registration anywhere! Neither the 'My Account' tab here nor Impulse is showing the game registered even when I enable the viewing pre-release versions. I played for a very short duration during the very early beta. I recently got the email saying that I will be able to play the game one day early, but without registration how is that possible? Do I need to take any action to get back my registration on time

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Reply to Low number of habitable planets? in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

I won't recommend Abundant. Instead go for Common. Abundant may leave with too many planets to manage and conquer and you may not know enough about governors and rally points to do that without becoming mad at the game. Also, you are probably being beaten by the AI in the colony rush (it knows where all the habitable planets are).

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Reply to What Games Did You Grab Over the Holidays? in Personal Computing GalCiv2 Forums

[quote who="Jafo" reply="42" id="2493734"] planning to buy the word in conflict Sounds like an argument....[/quote] I bought it very early and I highly recommend it. The gameplay and the campaign are both awesome. The only downside is that it is not a traditional RTS.

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Reply to You're Banned!: The Forum Game in Everything Else GalCiv2 Forums

Banned for redundancy. [quote]what are you a guy with high intelligents and patience to the best deal?[/quote] Heh, I did pre-order Elemental for $40, so maybe not so intelligent :(

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