Galactic Civilizations II

Technology Tree Blurb a joke? (Ha ha ha ha)

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I was just getting used to the interface and the turn based game play - not getting too involved with the warfare aspect, but looking at how much income could be generated during just peacetime research and trade - giving me an estimate of how much of a fleet could be afforded and the production scale of vessels and such when I saw a galactic breakthrough from the Terran Alliance (the one I have been reviewing)...

...and saw 'Nano Recorders' and seeing the research aspect bonuses I thought it was a hardware tool to assist in development, recording printed circuits on flexible materials to make wearable CPU's and flexible motherboards that would fit into a patch to wear a communications device for example...   ...when I read the description I was dismayed to see that it was in fact an endorsement for theft and espionage and not really regarded as a research development tool at all, but a lie about science - saying that stealing someone else's work is science - NOT!! Nano recorders being sound recording devices or 'bugs' is not what I would say would be a real breakthrough.

Miniturization and redundant circuits that repair each other is a breakthrough.

(It's bad enough I keep seeing the option to slaughter an entire species of non-aggresive giant rubbery jellyfish over and over - could you just make the science part about science, and not stealing someone else's work?)

Great game so far...

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Reply #1 from GalCiv2 Forums Top

This can be modded, you know...

Reply #2 from Stardock Forums Top

Very true, then maybe you can help the good people at Stardock with an idea that I had during the process of playing the game? How would you feel about having a Space Mining Station "Re-assign" button allowing the default of assigning the mining asteroid to the closest colony, or as something helpful - reassigning the assets to a list of a number of newly created colonies? (newest colony on top) with the assets being assigned to one colony per mining station at the most diverse distribution setting?

Just having the "re-assign" button figure out the closest colony would be great!

Thanks!

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Reply #3 from GalCiv2 Forums Top

I think it does that alrerady.

Reply #4 from GalCiv2 Forums Top

The tech descriptions are intentionally silly - loaded with Monty Python references etc.  There are mods available if you don't like them.

Reply #5 from GalCiv2 Forums Top

It's not uncommon for researches working in different countries or universities to compete with one another. With nano recorders you can trick them into cooperating!

I think you're taking this a bit too seriously. Who cares how it works? It makes your civ better than the others. Nice guys finish never, because Drengin eat them.