i also think we should be able to use those uninhabitable planets for something other then nice little circles on my zoomed out map. i think a habitable planet in a system with other solid uninhabitable planets should be able to set up some sort of base for extra manu points and for other gas giant and/or ringed planets youd get research points. i know we already do this for rings and moons around the colonized planet but there is no added bonus for being in a 5 planet system vs a 1 planet system. i just think its somthing worth thinking about...

One logical option would be the ability to set up a sensor base on these planets. It would do nothing but keep an eye out for any ships in the area.

i think either planets should get an automatic and substancial boost to their sensor range with each progresive sensor tech, or have a "sensor aray" you could build in orbit. this would not take up any ground space but would require a spacedock. this same trian of thought could be used to build orbital batteris or huge orbital deffense network for deffending your planets... at the very least you could add some sensor radius to the fleet manager so that its alittle more useful... maybe then the AI would actually use it. that would be ok with me too

Implement an option that allows AI and player ships to fight as a fleet when in orbit of a planet with out the need for the OFM tile improvement. Preferably with some limit based on logistics which the OFM could then improve on.

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Domestic or widespread piracy. These roaming squadrons dont have any side and are not a faction but merly a small number of free floating (random placed) ships that can attack anyone, and it will encourage the player to think through its traderoutes/starbases so its not allways the most profitable(best) thats gets built but merly the most manageable. Keeps the player on its toes even during an "dominance" style of play

I know I've attempted to sell this idea before, but in the context of this thread, I will briefly restate.

GC2 is a lovely balanced game; therefore, for a future GC3 - I would like...

1. A realistic 3D universe (similar to that in Homeworld)

2. Combine turn-based building/researching with REAL TIME Space & Planetary combat (similar to that in the Total War Series). This change will convert a somewhat dry game into a much more interesting/exciting 21st Century Blast - Challenge.

3. And,, perhaps the most important! I want to see more space civs led by beautiful scantily clad chics, such as Gaia, Santiago, that babe in MOO2, or Jennifer Tilly.

a. These "Amazon" led civs would have great psychological advantages. For example; If, during a battle, the lady warrior cries-the male led civ looses all its' defenses (armor, radar, etc.). During negotiation/trading, if she insists, the chance of the male led civ agreeing is increased by 100%. Etc., etc....

The Stardock people should not be afraid to fashion GC 3 into the most fantastic PC Game paradigm ever attempted (Benny Hill said a paradigm was $.20) but I digress. They should go where "no man has gone before."

After the completion of GC3, Bruce Shelley & Sid Meiers will become forgotten individuals - next to the brilliant staff at Stardock (who will lead the new Gamers Political party to a landslide victory in the 2012 election). They will then proceed to save the world.

            


"A single dream is worth a thousand realities." Tolkien

i agree with the more pirats thing. the idea of "smuglers" "blackmarketers" has been brought up befor. but i really like it. i think there should be a minor race call the ... "somthingcool order" that would not have a home planet, but rather a series of modified starbases that would have ship building abilities. that way they could always be moving and building new starbases as old ones are found and eliminated by any civ looking to iradicate them. they would buy and sell techs and weapons and ships for cheep. you could eliminate this minor, but only by killing their last starbase. wich should be hard to do cause they should try to set up their bases in very remote areas. and maybe even have some symple camoflage ability like... they are hidden when behind the fog of war. you can only see them if your ship or planet can actually see them on their sensors.

oh and they should not affect a military victory. since they dont have a planet you should not have to kill them to win that way.

There's a tab on the planets list that will show you all the unowned planets. Just click one and it'll centre on it

There's a discussion going in another thread about that checkbox in Options that removes functional components in the ship design window. That should not be turned on by default. It's not good for newbies who are trying to get an idea of how to design ships. When I first started playing, I was baffled for the longest time how to best to go about it, since I wasn't able to use the default ships as a reference. It took me awhile to find that option and turn it off so I could have a look. Leave off and later if people want to use for convenience sake, they can turn it on themselves. I personally never use it, as I don't always remember what I've got installed on my ships.

A few tidbits, before i go to sleep.

The general UI needs a major overhaul. The way it keeps pestering you for things like starbase upgradal, the way it deselects whatever you just built so if you want to bild ten factories you have to click tewnty times instead of selecting the improvement and clicking "Build" 10 times. This works sporadically, and more often than not with economic centers, but for me, who mainly uses specialized planets, its a pain in the metaphorical butt. Popups that "freeze" the game but doesnt really pause it behind are also a major concern. Most of the quirks are ironed out by sheer "getting used to"-ness, as i cant today point to any specific things that i have issues with, but i remember being very frustrated with the UI when i first picked up the game, and get reminded again and again in every game. Such as not being able to give auto-type orders to ships that are stacked. Ive learnt to simply not stack ships, but that way you lose one grid of movement every time you want to issue and order.

The diplomatic system needs a major overhaul. I want to be able to make demands, based on my superiority in different areas. This has been covered, but its mentioned again for emphasis. Rome: Total war for example, has a great system for demands/begging and such. Also, the AI should be able to do more replies than "OKOK DONT KILL ME LOL" and "No way, pathetic worm. Submit to my rule!". Having a system for hooks would also be nice, that way the AI could accept trades that were beneficial for you and say "...but you owe me one". And the more times the AI requests your help/whatever and you decline, your relation would fall and the AI would consider you untrustworthy, or the other way around if you always honor your promises. Theres a great system for this in Hearts of Iron 2/Doomsday, were you can "guarantee independence" (and much other stuff) for other countries, and thus, threathen anyone who should attack that country with war. The treaties were a step in the right direction, but it can be so much waster and better.

The custom race thing needs a major overhaul. Or not really the custom race. Thats fine. The fixed races have an unfair advantage in bonus stacking and simply getting to hights no custom civilization can muster. You should be able to replicate the starting conditions on any of the fixed races with the custom points pool. Super powers are a step in the right direction, but the more special type bonuses (such as Yor morale) should be open to anyone. Make the race setup to be totally free and balanced.

Make the game work under Ubuntu Linux. Seriously, i LOVE the game, but i would like to be able to play it on my laptop too. (I know thats asking for too much, but hey, it needed saying.

Top vs Bottom!

I know you can preset teams when you make a custom scenario, but it would be so much nicer if you could just do it before the match begins. Already there exists an option to make AI players your teammates... yet you can't create an opposing team?
Please!

Just a few requests from me

1: Trading needs to be more profitable I dont even do it anymore . For example I will have long routes using a fast trading ship and get maybe 12bc /route and max out getting something like 250bc for trading ..wow very low when you compare it to getting 6-8000bc for tourism ! I concentrate on building for tourism and influence and economy .

2: I like how you put the oldest/newest categories for planetary improvements that is a nice touch ! Now to top it off it would be great to be able to have a custom slot and the ability to obsolete improvements from that custom slot . Like lets say you just got stock exchange planetary improvement. Now it would be great if I could drag and drop that into the custom slot along with the other things you want . What im saying is by mid to end game I am only building 3-4 things such as stock exchange ,industrial sector,embassy and maybe a farm for building pop for invading . It sucks when im rushing along and I have 50+ colonies and I have to dig through 20 planetary improvemts to get to the one I want . I hope you get what im saying I really do think that would be an easy one for you guys and would not require gameplay tweaks .

Ok sorry i need to add this

I would really like to be able to move the pop up window that ummmm pops-up, when a constructor reaches a star base. It askes if i want to upgrade but sometimes i can't see which start base its refering to. If i could move the window then i can tell what it was i sent that constuctor there to do.