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Reply to Larger Hulls vs Miniturization in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

You said it yourself! There are pros and cons to each, and its really which you'd rather go with. Want to take ground by force early while the AI is busy? Go Go Miniaturization! Prefer to dig in and tech / production whore, and build a meaner military later on? Rock out with the larger hulls. If you adapt this trade-off into your overall strategy, you can easily get AT LEAST medium hulls before it starts to hurt you, or increasing mi

Reply to Do you settle your "Mars" immediately? in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

As a tech rush player, I grab it first turn, buy a factory (same on Earth) pump out a few labs with a Social Focus, then Research Focus once they are built. While this is going on, I am looking for a good planet to specialize for research. I usually find and colonize one around the time Mars starts aching under my taxes. I then "Upgrade" my factory to an entertainment building (you keep the manufacturing bonus right up until it switches) and flat out purchase all future upgrades (

Reply to Questions in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

As to the Soil Enhancement question, the icon which you see greyed out is merely a placeholder, so that you can get a better visual grasp on what your colony is doing. Once the upgrade is complete, the icon will disappear, and all yellow squares (including the one selected as the upgrade site) will become empty, green squares which you may then feel free to exploit as you wish. Once these have been "unlocked," you may see additional colored squares which you can "unlock" exactly a

Reply to Capturing a Starbase in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

Hehe, while capturing starbases would be difficult to implement, there is a quick, functional, and deliciously devious work-around. Last game, when I was preparing for a big military push, I noticed that the enemy had 4, count 'em, 4 >10 planets, all with full stardocks within a very small space. I designed and built a half-dozen super fast constructors and marched em in right behind my main force. When I was almost there, I rushed all 6 c