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Personally, I like espionage. I am playing a gigantic galaxy with 9 oppponents on Tough AI and haven't had any real problems so far. There is a give-and-take of espionage with certain opponents and I always try to have 3-5 agents in reserve ready to nullify theirs. If I run into a race that specializes, I should get hammered. It is their "military" .... so far, as my games have gone, so good.

Uranium - 235, I don't really appreciate the obscenity. That aside, you have the option to "turn off tech trading" ... simple and effective. I haven't discovered the Yor's super project yet .... what is it? (the early on one?) I'm playing with ultra slow tech in a gigantic universe with trading off - so the only way to get techs is through planetary conquest.... so far, the game has been wonderful. I'm in love with ToA.

Sorry for the double post in the forum - I've only posted once before and didn't realize there was a delay between submitting the new post and it appearing... I thought I had done something wrong and re-submitted. Apologies.

Thank you for the reply (and sorry for the double post in the forums) I've also noticed a rash of major breakthroughs and galactic wonders early in the game from some of the civilizations. The Krynn have already built a super spy center of some sort... and the Thalians built something but I'm forgetting the name.... It feels weird but in a good way to have the techs so different.... but I like it A LOT more than the original.

I just started my first game and am having a hard time re-adjusting to the new tech trees.... For example, I've been playing the Yor (my "usual" race of choice) and keep going into economic meltdown b/c I can't seem to see any way to gain economic centers to build on planets? In the "old" Dark Avatar games (I bought the gold edition - before that I hadn't played GalCiv2) every race had marketplaces right off the bat... I'm not complaining -

I just started my first game and am having a hard time re-adjusting to the new tech trees.... For example, I've been playing the Yor (my "usual" race of choice) and keep going into economic meltdown b/c I can't seem to see any way to gain economic centers to build on planets? In the "old" Dark Avatar games (I bought the gold edition - before that I hadn't played GalCiv2) every race had marketplaces right off the bat... I'm not complaining - just making sure I'm not missi

I have never posted here but have a well-worn (very well-worn) copy of GalCiv II Gold Edition on my desk which has been one of my top 3 games since the day it arrived at my local gaming store. I received an email today from Stardock talking about the Arnor expansion and see that it is available for digital download. Does this mean it is finished in terms of testing etc. and is the final product? Or is it still a beta? I tend to wait for a "hard" copy as I like the bo