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Reply to Crusade Founders Beta in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

I have a confession -- I miss the time I used to be able to lurk on the Founders forum :) Oh well, I missed out on the founders edition.

Reply to An open letter to Stardock in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

Would like to echo the good vibes as well. We've had some really nice updates back to back over the past month and a bit and I can barely contain my excited impatience for Crusade ;)

Reply to DEV DIARY GalCiv III v2.0 preview in GalCiv III Dev Journals GalCiv3 Forums

It got tweaked because players were saying the starting N number of starbases was a bit much. Overall I quite like the system, but in my run through I thought the initial number could be reduced in order to force you into thinking about where you would use them a bit more, particularly early game. However, If I'm reading the latest patch notes right you get a lot more from teching up now. Unless you were a starbase mirco-manager prior to the admin system (how do you like them clicks? :))

Reply to Galactic Civilizations III: Season 1 Episode 1 in GalCiv III Dev Journals GalCiv3 Forums

I've been watching Babylon 5 -- those Fury designs are a nice reference :)

Reply to Expanded feedback post-game (2.0): in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

[quote who="Horemvore" reply="1" id="3664507"] The AI governors are not setup to build faction unique buildings, nor are they setup to build military buildings of any kind. There is also the issue of, if you mod it so the AI can build them, the AI ignoring the "one per planet" improvements requirements and building as many as it likes, this is also true for the "one per player" improvements. Saying that, I still think it makes for a better game if it is modded in, even with th

Expanded feedback post-game (2.0): in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

In the Steam forum I wrote: [quote]Taking a short study break to boot up a game with the opt-in -- quick impressions: Admin system for starbaases is actually really awesome, and strangely by putting a limit to how many you can field, it opens up more options. I also think it makes smaller empires much more viable now too. Diplomacy is so much better on initial impresions as well. Greaat work! They other civs are much

Reply to Alliances Are Useless? in GalCiv III Future Ideas GalCiv3 Forums

Have you tried 2.0 opt-in? I think in the patch notes this issue was meant to be addressed. I cannot confirm, though.

Reply to Any way to skip Stardock Launcher? in GalCiv III Modding GalCiv3 Forums

I don't mind it -- it reminds me that I should pick up Offworld Trading Company at some point, but I understand why it can be annoying. Esp if you're a modder and it's interfering with your work.

Reply to DEV DIARY GalCiv III v2.0 preview in GalCiv III Dev Journals GalCiv3 Forums

Very happy with the changes outlined so far for the next patch. Keen to see more and also to learn about more about how you're tinkering with the AI. Definitely the changes to trade are a big one -- for so long now it has been very easy to manipulate the diplomatic trade into disproportionately favorable outcomes for the player. What needs a serious look is the alliance/treaty system. Alliances are... apparently a box that gets ticked on the path to a victory condit

Reply to Mega Events feedback in GalCiv III Future Ideas GalCiv3 Forums

Great post! Agree on all points. I would also like to see a boost to the spaace monsters, the pirate event and some new mega events added too.

Reply to Is Free Trade Agreement broken? in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

Agreed, the treaty aspect to diplomacy need a complete overhaul. Alliances appear to be only pre-requisites to a victory condition, rather than a strategic arrangement that could help weaker powers fend of attacks.

Reply to DEV DIARY: GalCiv III December 2016 in GalCiv III Dev Journals GalCiv3 Forums

Honestly, I would like to see a system that lets us build super weapons in the ships designer if we wish to.

Reply to 1.9 just doesn't work correctly, can it be removed? in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

Of course the AI is being aggressive, it's trying to beat you.

Reply to DEV DIARY: GalCiv III December 2016 in GalCiv III Dev Journals GalCiv3 Forums

[quote who="Frogboy" reply="18" id="3661208"] The AI's capacity for expansion is orders of magnitude better in 1.9. The map sizes are irrelevant to it. [/quote] This is great to hear, thank you for the response. In the past you have mentioned how AI improvement in games is very often a thankless task, but I very much do appreciate improvements. The broad list of updates you wrote down for the Crusade in this diary as w

Reply to DEV DIARY: GalCiv III December 2016 in GalCiv III Dev Journals GalCiv3 Forums

With the release of 1.9 and going forward, how do you think the AI's capacity for expansion has been improved? Will reverting some of the map size changes impact their ability to expand beyond a certain point? AI sitting around and doing nothing to push their borders and interact with the map has been a criticism of mine for some time. I am playing my first game with 1.9 on a huge map currently, and so far it seems that the AI do interact more, which I think i

Reply to Massive v1.9 Update Now Available for Galactic Civilizations III in GalCiv III News GalCiv3 Forums

I'm going against the grain here, but overall I'm not having a problem with the way maps have been re-scaled. My initial impressions starting up a new game is fairly positive regarding the density of the new maps. If anything, I see it as an opportunity to perhaps expand with more map size options. I guess, ultimately I have been seeing more interaction between factions and being forced to consider my expanding perhaps a little more quickly, because they AI cert

Reply to AI performance (early game) 1.90 Opt-in in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

I have to agree. If the AI planet governors were to be updated to better build out adjacency as well as improve build orders, it would go a very long way into helping the AI stay competitive mid-late game simply by reducing production inefficiency. I am not much of a min-max kind f person, but even my planets have a layout that trumps my AI companions. Although, to be fair as well, they're a lot better than they were at launch -- the AI used to build absolutely atrocious planets and made

Reply to GalCiv III v1.9 continued updates in GalCiv III Dev Journals GalCiv3 Forums

Woah! The radical changes keep coming! This is shaping up to be an exciting beta.

Reply to GalCiv III v1.9 Changelog in GalCiv III Dev Journals GalCiv3 Forums

[quote who="Seilore" reply="44" id="3659879"] Is the administration thing in the game yet for star bases? Don't seem to have any issue building star bases to this point. Several are starting to pop around my planets (by me). [/quote] Nah, admin has not been implemented yet. In the second update for the opt-in P.Shaw said they reset the starbase spacing until they implemen

Reply to GalCiv III v1.9 Changelog in GalCiv III Dev Journals GalCiv3 Forums

I think there is some disparity, as I am noticing certain AI factions like the Thalens or Arcaens consistently underperforming in all of my games, but the factions like Drengin seeming to explode in power. I cannot put my thumb on the exactly what causes this, but I'm starting to believe that there may need to be some more balancing needed.

Reply to GalCiv III v1.9 Changelog in GalCiv III Dev Journals GalCiv3 Forums

I've posted some feedback on the steam forum. In my game the Drengin were far and away more powerful than anything else on the map in terms of the faction power number. When I won the game around turn 220 I was second with around 1000, and the Drengin doubling that. I think I may need to play a bit more, as I am not sure if it was luck of the drawn when it came to their spawn, but I personally think galaxy generation could use some tweaks to even out faction balance. I played on loose clu

Reply to Common Faction Standard in GalCiv III Modding GalCiv3 Forums

This game reeeeeaally needs to have a way to upload factions with complete shipsets, etc onto steam workshop. That is something I'm hoping to see when Crusade releases.

Reply to DEV DIARY: AI Walkthrough of 1.84 in GalCiv III Dev Journals GalCiv3 Forums

Really insightful post, particularly when it comes to designing 'good' AI. I'm not sure this is an exploit per se, but the way the AI wages war, particularly in large maps and particularly when there is a significant gap between star systems has been problematic in my experience. I experience this behaviour as the AI declaring a war on me, but they will not actually send fleets to my territory, or if they do, they will often target planets of very low value.

Reply to GalCiv Dev Diary: Prelude to AI work in GalCiv III Dev Journals GalCiv3 Forums

Please keep these dev diaries coming -- I really enjoying reading them, thank you!

Reply to Will we see more graphical enhancements in future update/expansions? in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

[quote who="Seilore" reply="3" id="3658081"] I can respect this view of the game, however, tweaking graphical battles and things of the sort for pure cosmetic viewing to me is a waste of resources...[/quote] That's a good point, but I don't really understand why it would necessarily be either/or in the future. If Gal Civ 3 is going to be a flag