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Bad idea: Opening the bible every time your kids ask about sex.

Good idea: skipping to the end of this LOOOOOONG thread rather than reading every single one.

OK, so it's not really a strategy specific to TA or DA, but I thought I would describe a classic tactic which might be helpful for n00bs. Building Military Starbases If you're outnumbered and outgunned, you can't beat a well placed military starbase to tip a war in your favour. It's also very useful if the war is going on on the other side of the galaxy. The tactic is simple: take any race you are at war with, pick a good spot near one of their m

Yeah I get the same white flash with the Yor. I think it's probably a little thing in the video and just one of those things. I don't know about the jumping and stuttering though. It's a little strange that it only happens with the Yor video. If it was with all videos I would suggest it's a hardwre issue, but not if it's just with the Yor.

OK, didn't know that you need to have at least 1 defence before you can receive the ship assists. That would also explain why my larger hulls tend to get the bonuses, as by the time I've researched the larger hulls I've started to throw a few defence modules on them. Oh, and cheers for the advice on forum searching. I'll bear it in mind.

Oh yeah. Sorry for asking this question again :S

Oh, I just realised I asked this question already the other day. LOL! OK, ignore this post.

[quote who="Vinraith" reply="6" id="1972287"]We never got a fix for the Dread Lords diplo bug either? Bummer.[/quote] What bug? I can't speak with the DL, and they've neer sokpen to me, but I've noticed that some AI races occasionally manage to make peace with them. Is that how it's supposed to be?

I've noticed that some regulars on the forums show off their medals at the bottom of posts to tell everyone how awesome they are at metaverse games. How the heck do they do this? Do I have to win a certain number of met games? Also, how do I add an avatar to my forum posts?

I'm sure this has been covered a dozen times in other threads, but I can't seem to get the search to work at the mo. So here goes... I've noticed that sometimes when I build a military starbase and upgrade it to the nines, my ships occasionally don't pick up all the attack/defence bonuses that they should. At first I thought it was something to do with my ship sizes, as I first noticed it when I had some medium ships in the area of effect that picked up the bonues, but som

[quote who="tetleytea" reply="10" id="1955801"]I enjoyed Apocalypse a lot. I beat it on Crippling. The big trick there is to tech-steal from the DL's. Let him take some of your planets (well not "let" him...), then retake it. I think I got Photon Torpedoes, and that was that.[/quote] I've just recently beaten it for the first time, but on Beginner. I could probably have gone a bit trickier than that, but I'd lost about half a dozen times on To

I wouldn't go that far. It's still a great game even if it's not the latest version. Also, we don't have any indications as to how long it might be, so you may be waiting some time.

I've tried all kinds of tactics with this mission. I've tried going for the dread lords as fast as possible, and I've tried going for the long game. Here's what I've found. Stirking fast: This tactic involves a massive amount of luck, and is unlikely to work. The problem with going hell for leather at the Dread Lords is that you're at the bottom of the map, and they're at the top, your technology is not sufficient to take on their ships, and your population and eco

[quote who="nicodaemus" reply="21" id="1953811"]Last thing they said is that they are making progress and another issue popped up, so my guess is another 3 days, maybe less.[/quote] Meh. They've been saying a few more days for a while now. I know that patching EU is proving to be a bit tricky (is it Kalypso's fault?), but I would really appreciate a few more updates on how things are going. Hey ho. I guess the best thing to do is to&

People still working on it, and the problem will be resolved, and hopefuly this week. Here is the main thread on this issue. It seems that they ran into some problems with EU. I agree that it's a pain that you can't update the game and can't play the game, but I'm afraid we will just have to be patient. If you look at the thread I've linked above, I think someone spoke about how to resolve the issues that came up with the German version, but as an Eng

How do I get the icons to appear at the bottom of my forum posts? I mean the ones that show my metaverse data. Also, I'm trying to upload an avatar but it doesn't seem to want to let me. Do I have to write a certain number of posts before I can add an av?

[quote who="gaussflayer" reply="14" id="1946855"]So what im basically asking is will I an English speaking only Brit have any regular extra time delay for getting updates?[/quote] AFAIK, once EU is set up on Impulse, there should be no delay. The delay here has been caused by unexpected problems that have arisen, but once these are resolved, we should be getting our generous portions of update-y goodness with the rest of the masses :) BTW, you can create c

Were the Torians previously allied with you? I'm just wondering because I know that there is a UP agreement that sometimes comes up that says that allies can benefit from your starbases and vice-versa. Maybe if they are former allies, they picked up this bonus and GC2 forgot to switch it off when war broke out.

Not to worry, I'm sure you guys are working your damnedest for our amusement. We really do appreciate all your hard work :)

[quote who="Rommy213" reply="11" id="1937231"]Am I to believe then that any updates on this patch will have to be routed through Kalypso?[/quote] If they do then it will be available here I guess. No sign of it at the time of posting :(

Still no support for EU. Any news on when us EU purchasers will be able to lay our sweaty palms on the shiny new update?

It's OK, just sussed it out :)

Brilliant, cheers. While we are on the subject of spies, how do I get spies to gather intelligence so I can start to steal techs? I can place agents on other planets, and the manual says I should be able to add agents to gather intelligence in the same tab, but I don't have the option. Am I doing something wrong? Do I ned a certain number of agents or a particular tech?

I've just started playing TA after years of happy GC and GC2 gaming, but I'm getting confused on a couple of parts with the new non-generic tech trees. I'm playing a custom race that uses the Yor tech tree (i.e. most techs are only really useful for cybernetic races). If I want to trade my techs with other races, will they want them? Can I use any of the techs I get from other races, or do they have to be part of my tech tree to be used? Also, when I st

[quote who="Br3wmist3r" reply="16" id="1929438"] That depends on when you buy it. [/quote] I've just bought it on Amazon, so hopefully by the time it's delivered it should be supported :)