Lyndy62

You can play with core units, its just that you have to unlock them within your tech tree. Instead of doing that, You can use the customize ship option and create a ship that will counter the offenses and defenses exactly. I know you want to play with just the core ships, but in my opinion, I think its worth the time and effort to learn the ship building specs. The mechanics are not hard at all and you can do much better in the game because of it.</fon

I DONT regret buying the game, However I will say that my game crashes nearly every time I play it. Hopefully, with time, they will get all the kinks worked out. Untill then, Well quite simply, I play anyway and just deal with the crashes though I have lowered the number of turns I take before the game auto-saves

I usually have a starbase of each kind near each of my clusters of planets. I then follow my trade routes with overlapping economy tiles. I also use influence bases to maintain or increase my ring of influence. The benefits that I get from these starbases is better than no benefit at all. If I make say an additional 25credits from my economy bases and I am better able to defend and attack within my military bases, Then I see this as a worthwhile endeavor. Besides, Constructors dont cost you mai

Personally, I rarely if ever use farms. Yes, I know that more people equals more revenue. However, there is also a large increase in unhappiness when the population gets larger. I have better use of my tiles than to put multiple population happiness achievments down. On capital planets that I capture/have I receive 10billion peeps. On non-capital, I get 5billion. If I need money I simply raise taxes up to but not over 69%. This usually suffices. If ho

I like starbases. I do think that they should have an attack radius of like 1. That way if a enemy ship comes too close the starbase can attack. This then would add a strategy to the game when placing starbases. And I agree with the premise that starbases increase your races influence on a given area. A well placed base could help greatly against a planet invasion fleet. As for the bonuses that the base gives you, well for me, the bonuses are great, BUT they are really not realistic IMO. I am n

Glad to see all you aussie boys and girls gonna join the fun Heads up and cheers!

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The title says it all, I was wondering if there was something I need to do to unlock the awards at the bottom of my post. It seems they are not showing up right now. Thanks

I felt compelled for some reason to express my appreciation of this game. It has been a LONG time since a game has enthralled me the way GalCiv2 does. It is hard to pin point exactly what part of the game stands out the best. I think if I were to be asked to pick just one reason why I like the game more than anything else, Well I think I would have to say the LONG list of choices that I am offered to choose from. I love the idea of being able to create a race from scratch. I get to pick their po

I posted this on the bug forum also, but I have never gotten a response there from Stardock on previous post, so I am posting here too. Has anyone else noticed that diplomacy is reversed from what it's suppose to be since this last patch? I have a base factor of plus 80% diplomacy. I am rated by most races incredible for diplomatic relations. When I attempt to trade/bartor for skills/abilities, those that I rate incredible with offer me the ugliest deal. (not just one race... all races) The

Has anyone else noticed that diplomacy is reversed from what it's suppose to be since this last patch? I have a base factor of plus 80% diplomacy. I am rated by most races incredible for diplomatic relations. When I attempt to trade/bartor for skills/abilities, those that I rate incredible with offer me the ugliest deal. (not just one race... all races) Then I discovered that those races that I rate relative strength in diplomatic skills offer me wonderful deals. Isn't this the opposite from wh

LOL>.. thanks everyone.. So basically become a whore and go mass murder entire races? hehe (sounds like fun)

I've not graduated to normal skill level yet so the game is sorta easy.. but I'm still learning. My problem is this. Early into the game, one of the races usually wants to trade with me. At this point I only have maybe three or four abilities researched. But here is the zinger. Almost without fail the other race has huge amounts of researched abilities compared to me. I usually start with universal translater then diplomatic research and then trade. ( this gets the money flowing early ) Then I s

This has happened to me several times. I will invade a planet and the animated sequence screen appears. The land on the planet is all white. Like snow white, no features whatsoever. Just as the battle begins, I crash to desktop and I need to hard shut down to get out of the game. Not sure why it happens but I guess its important to note that it doesnt happen all the time. I would say 1 out of every 6 planet envasions crashes the game. lol, its sorta hard to conquer the galaxy when the game is wo

This has happened to me several times. I will invade a planet and the animated sequence screen appears. The land on the planet is all white. Like snow white, no features whatsoever. Just as the battle begins, I crash to desktop and I need to hard shut down to get out of the game. Not sure why it happens but I guess its important to note that it doesnt happen all the time. I would say 1 out of every 6 planet envasions crashes the game. lol, its sorta hard to conquer the galaxy when the game is w

Hello everyone, Just got my collectors edition box from stardock! I opened it and found my CE serial number. I went to the site that sheet of paper suggested for me to go and I downloaded all of the content there. No where was I asked for a serial number. This is why I am doubting whether I have the new content or not. Since I dont know what these new items look like, there is no way for me to know for sure. If anyone can help me I sure would appreciate it. Ohh BTW, I did go to stardock central

Hey everyone Just thought I'd get on here and gloat alittle LOL Won my first cultural victory. Yes it is true that I was playing at beginner level, but since I am a beginner I felt as though I did pretty good overall. Of course I was learning more and more about the game as I played through. I do have a question if anyone cares to answer my pompous butt hehe. I was wondering

Is there a way to flip or rotate an add-on component. Sometimes when they sit themselves they are not the mirror image of the opposite side. Example, I tried to place two hyperdrive engines near the rear of one of my ships. Two hot points same distance away from one another. I placed one engine and it faced outword. I placed the second engine and it was outwards too ( The same direction as the other ). In a case like this you dont want >>>> >>>> You want >>> and I cant seem to ach

Hello everyone, I am running into a problem here that I am not sure exactly how to fix. I am hoping that one of you pros out there will be able to lend me some help. My problem is my population is growing to the point that my approval rating is starting to fall. Is there any way of telling da' horny bstrds to stop frolicking? I know you can send them to new colonies but to do that takes money and ships. I am looking for more of a chasity belt fix than a send them out and multiply fix. Any help?

Hey everyone, the game is simply awesome. I will admit that it is a bit overwhelming even with the GREAT video tutorials. There is just so much information available to you all at once... I find it hard to focus on which direction to head first. At last, I have been on the computer all day and to be truthful, my butt hurts! So I believe that I will take my leave from the game and you good folks so that I may rest up for what I can assure you will be a marathon session later on <img src="smiles/S

Yes I received the same email... very disappointing Should I reorder with stardock? I really really really want the collectors edition. If walmart is delayed and collectors edition is almost out ... then Im thinking Im doomed

Anyone who ordered the game via Walmart.com should take note that they are saying that Stardock is scheduled to ship no later than the 23rd. They also said that as of 8pm CST tonight (tuesday) they did not have the game in their computer system. So those of us that ordered through Walmart (only one of three online sources ((if you include stardock) to provide the collectors edition) should expect a delay. Lets hope we have it by tuesday of next week.... It's gonna be a LOOONNNNNGGGG weekend!

Hello everyone, I am reading some of these post and they are so aggressive that I wonder the sanity of the writer. People are writing in complaining about download times ... AARRGGHH! Today is the national release of the game. Just think of how many people are online trying to do the exact same thing you are. Some are complaining that the game isnt working right only to later find out that they were doing something wrong. And then some have legitiment arguments that they are finding bugs withi

Hello everyone. I was reading the "Game Example: Altarian Downfall" post and I realized that there was something wrong with the game. Each time a race becomes lost the message received is exactly the same. "Our war is lost. Before we are completely obliterated, we have decided that we shall surrender our remaining worlds to the _______ (fill in the blank) empire. Our fate is in their hands" With so much work done with the speech of the game this sorta surprised me. I would have thought it

Hey everyone I have been going over the many screenshots from the game and I have noticed that there are not any of ground warfare. From what I understand there is suppose to be massive planet battles. If this is true, I was wondering why there isn't any screenshots of it. Any input would help