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I would like to see more out of the UP no matter what it is. Whether they simply meet more often (2-4x per year instead of once) or there are entire additions to their implimentation such as the aforementioned backroom dealings. Right now the UP seems nearly consequentless. One other note: I'm playing the 1.0X and when the UP votes on a minimum speed for constructors, it makes that the maximum speed as well. If my ships can travel faster due

Gorgeous ship btw

By mass, the galaxy is the largest official ship in the federation (if you do some math on the dimensions it has roughly 3x the internal volume of a soveriegn even though its official mass is only about 30% larger). But if you want to go by combat power then the defiant has to hit the top of the list (with the prometheus of course, and perhaps the soveriegn). The thing about federation ships that most people don't realize is they aren't warships. Look

Nicest system I ever ran across was Civilization: Call to Power. (I haven't played Civ 4, I got burnt out on conquer earth games so I don't know what its system is like) You had an amount of your revenue that went to "public spending", then, when you wanted to upgrade the tiles you simply opened up the appropriate toolbar, selected the upgrades you wished to build, and clicked them into existence. Eliminates need for constructors (this games version of

I also have a question about capitols for someone more knowledgable than myself. If I grasp the games mechanics correctly, it does no good to put a capitol on a resource tile with the appropriate bonus... correct? Heres my guess at why, those bonuses only apply to the amount of the appropriate resource which is produced (morale, tech, manufacturing points, etc). Those % bonuses will not apply to buildings which produce no points and instead m

I'm playing on the step above challenging (tough I think its called...) and (with a spot of luck here and there) got a significantly better grab than the AI at the beginning. Just follow the above steps about buying out 3-4 straight colony ships and at least one manufacturing plant at the beginning and you'll be alright. Another thing that helps me is to send my flagship and my colony ships in DIFFERENT directions. This lets me scout more faster,

I could live with it as an option, but I don't forsee myself using it. The random elements in the surrender system are sometimes realistic. Even if the AI is handing a specific player a win, its because they would rather give someone a victory than die at the hands of the (often backstabbing) human (or other AI) who is crushing them. Frankly I've strategically used surrenders to win before. Maxing out my diplomacy skill as a race ability, combigne

Classic Best Games: Falcon 3.0 Mechwarrior 2 Dark Forces II: Jedi Knight Civilization 2 Alpha Centauri Knights of the Old Republic 2: The Sith Lords I'm hesitant to list anything too recent, though I wouldn't be suprised if GalCiv2 makes this list in the future. And I went ahead and listed KotOR II despite its relatively short lifespan because it has more philosophical thought packed into it than the sum total of all other games I've played. (And huzza fo

I have the difficulty roughly middle-highish and the Drengin consistently start out on top in my galaxies. I'd imagine that its just happenchance, or the difficulty needing to be turned up (if you're on the easier settings)

I don't know stardock personally. Their a corporate entity to me. I don't know StarForce. They are an equally distant entity. I don't pirate games I didn't pay for. And I word that carefully. I have pirated games... games I bought legitimately. Thus I find it hard to praise the people of Stardock, or decry StarForce's employee's. What I do find refreshing is the lack of copy-protection software which is to me (a legit user) the lack of frustrating software. Thus the policy and seeming ideology w

The lack of piracy protection on this game rules. For multiple reasons, of which only one really shines to me. It isn't that I don't need to lug around a cd. It isn't that I don't have to keep track of some credicard sized number which I will inevitably lose and end up needing to hack the game I legitimately bought just to keep playing it. It isn't for any of the numerous frustrations of attempting to find and repetatively type in those god-forsaken numbers/letters. Its because t