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Happy! Happy! Happy!

[quote]That game will go into public beta early next year[/quote] And by that, you mean January 1st, right? Okay, okay, that's a holiday, so January 2nd... Sorry, I'm just really looking forward to it. Heck, I'm looking forward to just seeing a single screenshot of it! ;)

[quote]If you had merely left off your first sentance[/quote] Someone wiser than me once said that internet discussions would go much more smoothly if everyone just omitted the first and last sentence (or paragraph) from what they were going to write. It's remarkable how often that holds. :) As for New Zealand, I spent 3 weeks there in 2005 and absolutely loved it. It's a bunch of the most dramatic natural scenery you could imagine, all crammed into a couple small islands. I

[quote]+ NEW: Clicking on Race Logos on the Civ Manager>Timeline>Legend screen will toggle them on/off in the timeline[/quote] Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! A million times Thank you! ;)

The question isn't answerable, because you haven't defined what 'intelligence' is yet. ;) That's not just me being pedantic, there is no concrete definition. There is a spectrum of intelligence, not some mystical moment where a beam of light (or big black monolith) suddenly transforms an "unintelligent" species into an "intelligent" one. Is intelligence defined by the ability to have a conversation with us? That's already possible with many species. We communicate regularly

[quote]Imho, the underlying problem is the curent inferiority of mixed strategies. *This* should be analyzed and addressed.[/quote] Okay, sure, I can go along with that. As long as it encourages me to build a 'normal' empire, I'm fine with it. ;)

Except that's not how it works in GalCiv2. You aren't limited financially. You can be making billions in taxes every week, and have trillions in your treasury, but you aren't [I]allowed[/I] to spend it on research and production. If your factories are running at 50%, then your research labs can only work at 50%. It doesn't matter how much money you have. An argument can be made that it's manpower, but that doesn't feel right either. It's completely independent of your population.

Okay, I'm adding a third to the two I've already given. Forgive me if this has already been suggested (haven't read all the posts above) or if it's already in TotA (haven't had much time to play yet!). 3. Implement serious consequences for breaking an Alliance. They shouldn't be something the player can just make and break on a whim, especially since the AI won't. If your civ is allied to another, then I think it's safe to assume that your citizens would look on the other civ quite f

Just two for me... 1) In the Timeline screen, let me toggle the graphs for a particular race on and off, perhaps by clicking on them in the Legend. I, along with up to 7% of your playerbase (I'm assuming the vast majority are males), am colourblind and I can't distinguish some of the races. Is that civ I'm considering declaring war on the one with the economy 1/10th the size of mine or the one with the economy 10 times the size of mine? :SURPRISED: 2) The economy sliders.

Lousy ungrateful bees. You give them a home, and even do a little housekeeping for them, and [I]this[/I] is the thanks you get? ;)

[quote]The Redone UP would be a $9.95 type thing and the redone events/political system would be a second $9.95.[/quote] Cool, where do I pre-order? ;)

Why does this remind me of Monty Python?

2 years away? :SNIFF!: I thought it was only 1 year off...

Hmm, there's a rumour floating around that Amazon is about to introduce a digital download service for PC games. Now [B]that[/B] would qualify as changing the PC game industry. Brad was in the NW this past week on business, and Amazon is based there... perhaps Stardock is somehow involved in it?

Hmm, while I'd like to think it's an official announcement of the fantasy game, "The PC game industry is about to change..." seems to imply it'll be something else. Maybe the new digital distribution system (Impulse is it?). Hmm, a tool for buying things called Impulse. You guys are mean! :D

Thanks for the clarification. I was worried that linking it to GalCiv2 backstory would tie your hands in what you could include, but it sounds like that won't be an issue. See, if you guys would just release some official info for the game, we'd all stop sitting around dreaming up ways you guys may be screwing it up! ;)

[quote]When all major gaming clans agree that the patch is a very bad idea and screws up game balance then it is quite safe to assume that they are right. After all, those people play the game the most and usually know what they are talking about. Their voice should be heard when making game balance changes.[/quote] They're also a tiny, insignificant fraction of the total number of people who buy and play the game. Just because they're prolific forum posters, it doesn't mean they shoul

[quote]This time period is still known as the cataclysm in which the surface of Altaria was decimated and over time, the world was recolonized bit by bit.[/quote] Hmm, so civilization was devastated, and all that was left were a few isolated pockets that then had to recolonize the planet. So a bunch of isolated cities that each had to grow... found new cities... redevelop the land from scratch. Gee, that would provide a good setup for a TBS game... maybe even a fantasy TBS game...<br

[quote]Stay tuned.[/quote] Damn you! :) This hybrid of a strategy game and an RPG was what made MoM so unique. It actually managed to capture the feeling of not only national power, as with all strategy games, but also [I]personal[/I] power. The successes and failures of your armies on the battlefield could directly affect your personal power, if they captured or lost mana nodes. Similarly, your personal power could directly affect the battlefield and the world. Ma

Ugh. I was potentially interested in that game, but I guess I'll be scratching it off the list. Ah well, guess I just saved some money. ;)

Classy! What's LEI? I want to know to avoid it, and anything else the developer makes.

Yeah, unfortunately it's not an option on some of the models I'm looking at. So to get discrete graphics, I actually need to switch to a different brand entirely, and make compromises elsewhere. Stupid hardware companies...

God bless cranky old men!

No, I think everyone in this thread has been limiting their complaints to the _hardcore_ multiplayer people. Those are the people who play really competitively, always worrying about ladder rankings, scores, etc., so they get their panties in a bunch if they feel choosing one race over the other gives someone an unfair advantage. I'm a fan of multiplayer myself, and I'm glad that the fantasy game will have it. As someone else pointed out earlier, imbalanced races provide a nice way of