Grahamofboro

Join Date 03/2005

Borders/territory

In gc2 do races respect eachothers territory. It really got on my nerves in gc1 when alien ships are flying next to my major planets. Im a protective guy I like my own space so I dont want aliens flying in my territory willy nilly.

Is there gonna be restrictions on where races can travel (with exceptions of freighters and constructors). I would like territory treaties in diplomacy options, heres the options I would have

1) No right of passage
2) Complete right of passage
3) Right of passage only to unarmed vessels

If a race violates one of these it is up to the player or AI whether to ignore infraction, declare war or formally protest

Anyway what do you guys think?

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Ashbery76

Join Date 02/2002

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The manual states the only borders are your planets.The coloured borders you see on the map, are your influence borders.

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There are no territory mechanics in gc2, its come up a few times and the main reasoning seems to be that closing off space restricts the flow of the game and impacts negatively on culture/economic tactics. To pull off a culture win a civ needs to be able to place cultural starbases near to another civs planets, closed territory prevents that.

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Zoomba

Join Date 11/2002

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The cultural tactic wouldn't be eliminated by enforcing borders (as the limits of your major influence), it would just alter it a fair bit. Instead of placing that cultural station right next to the enemy planet, you'd place it right at the edge of your influence to either strengthen your own border, or begin extending it outward more. You wouldn't have "flipping" of planets anymore, instead it would be more of a border crawl as you slowly envelop other planets.

Personally, I use culture stations more to shore-up my influence areas than to flip an enemy planet. It just seems to take way too much time and money to build a station up that much. So for me, culture is a defensive move.

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Frogboy

Join Date 03/2001

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The borders you see on the map are not your territory. They denote your sphere of influence.

Your territory starts with your planets.

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oh ok, it was just in gc1 on the galactic map a sector that was shaded blue was owned by you. I just assumed that this meant it was your territory. Thanks anyway

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I remember in GC1 that you could tell the AI, that stack of ship in this quadrant (x,y) are a threat remove them or you will be destroy. That is kind what you can do also.

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