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Reply to My thoughts on the three weapon type feautre in GalCiv 2 in Galactic Civilizations II Stardock Forums

The New System of weapon types is great. Puts more stategic thought into building ships rather than who can crank out the most.

Reply to Gameshark takes a look at Galactic Civilizations II! in GalCiv II News Stardock Forums

Good Review - I"m looking forward to the full review

Reply to Economics in GalCiv 2 in Galactic Civilizations II Stardock Forums

So - how are the econmonics in beta 5? Many good arguments above - are trade routes still the same in CIv 1? What is different?

Reply to Space combat - tactical in Galactic Civilizations II Stardock Forums

While we havn't reached that point in production yet, I suspect espionage will also play a pivotal role in being able to see improvements build on an alien planet. Ex: Lets say you start off with knowledge of 0/100% of planetary improvements made on a planet. Factor in you 'super sensor technology' (+20%), a espionage rating of 3 (+30%), and 2 espionage drones in the p

Reply to Planet defenses in Galactic Civilizations II Stardock Forums

Bump for update for status - I didn't see any weapons platforms or planet defenses in game (bonuses to ship defense dont count). Did I just not play long enough or it is not in the game?

Reply to Computer AI knowledge in Ideas Stardock Forums

Bumping again because it seems the AI is allowed to "cheat" again. I've been playing the beta and all races (save the humans - or your custom race) can't start with stellar catography. To answer your question (as far as I can), Brad Wardell has stated in another thread:Link The AI still has to deal with the fog of war. That was the case in GalCiv 1 and it

Reply to Fun from last night.. in Ideas Stardock Forums

I think its bogus that 4 fighters could ever take out a battleship. Looks like someone should re-write the combat code. One thing to limit the fighter to only traveling with a "carrier". That way a personal can't cheaper stockpile hordes of fighters in their system. Another idea - have point defenses fire FIRST before fighters (reguardless who is the attacker). This way cruisers and other ships which are anti fighter truely have a role in fleet combat. <img

Reply to Tactical Combat, Curious in Ideas Stardock Forums

but how much fun would it really be to personally fight battles that you know you can probably win just because you know the AI's "Achilles heal"? That would get boring in a hurry DId you read my first statement Citizen Martok - Ever heard of Moo 2? One of the best selling games of all time. Obviously people didn't think it was that boring!

Reply to Tactical Combat, Curious in Ideas Stardock Forums

Tactical is the bomb. Moo2 proved tactical is immensly popular reguardless if the AI is good or not. However, Galciv from the getgo has not had a tactical focus - which is unfortunate IMHO. Frogboy has some personal vendetta against tactical - but that's his call as developer. I hope in future versions of galciv that tactical starship combat gets put in.

Reply to Lessons from Civ4 in Galactic Civilizations II Stardock Forums

I agree with with no multiplayer. Galciv 1 and 2 aren't made to be multiplayer games. AI is a better option given the long nature of games.

Reply to Half Life 2 - It's Just Not a Good Game in PC Gaming GalCiv2 Forums

I"d like ot say my 2 cents - Half life was a great game - but I like you, don't beleive it was all "that". One major beef of mine was the steam registration system - not that you have to register - but that its damm complicated to play a game offline - ouch!

Reply to Not your normal dev journal in GalCiv Journals GalCiv2 Forums

I love the idea - even if it is only automatic - its exciting!

Reply to Screen Size Limitations? in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

you need to upgrade. It's the same reason they don't make the game for windows 95.

Reply to Space Empires V screenshots in GalCiv II News GalCiv2 Forums

SE V does make some great headway into the space. BRad - I salute you in showing respect to a good game. I think it is good to have friendly competition on Computer gaming.

Reply to new idea for ground combat in Galciv II in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

This is all AIR, and I may just be completely lost in space. Guess that's why you are te Star pilot

Reply to The story of Galactic Civilizations II in GalCiv Journals GalCiv2 Forums

They could have a "matrix" like relationship with the organic life forms. They use them as fuel - but in a re-usable way - which is effcient - rather then "burn" through them like fuel.

Reply to GalCiv II: Beta 2 target dates in GalCiv II News GalCiv2 Forums

Thanks for the update Brad. We appreciate the good effort to communicate

Reply to MOO2 like miniaturization of components possible? in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

But does it scale as you go up the tech tree Carielf?

Just a PR idea (please read)....... in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

Frogboy - You might want to move or hide the crash reports from appearing in the Recent posts (which is visible to all)- If I was a web visitor - and did not know anything about this game - seeing posts like - Game crashes on save and Ship design bug, etc. One might thinkn GalCIv 2 is a very buggy game and should be avoided. I think keeping the beta feedback only to the beta testers would help prevent new visitors form getting the wrong idea about GC2.

Reply to Email for sendin SmartException reports in Bug Reports GalCiv2 Forums

need more posts like this

Reply to Galactic Civilizations II wishlist poll results in Ideas GalCiv2 Forums

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Reply to Planet defenses part 2 in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

A good example of a weapon used to defend a planet is a system defense gun. Strong enough to blow away transports and fighters, but crusier and larger craft could destroy it.

Reply to Tiles and Quality in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

I'm hoping we can change some tiles with Terraform technology form nonuseful to useful.

Reply to Creeping Costs in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

Yes - but is he saying - have things have a fixed cost or "space" or have things scale with Size?

Planet defenses part 2 in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

So - to those in the know - what planet defesnes are going to be in the game? and the second Question - wait for it....... Can a planet "be safe" from invasion if no Space ship is defending it? As far as what "be safe"means is -in GC 1 - if you didn't have a ship in orbit - anyone with a transport could walk right in and invade. I'm HOPING that space states or other orbital definenses can prevent the need of always needing a ship to protect a planet.