just think about why the Air Force, has spent the last 60 years building better missles rather than bigger guns and you have your answer. Because the guns we've got still work? We tried going missiles only around the start of the Vietnam War. That didn't work out so well for us. New missiles and new countermeasures are being developed all the time
I'm a big fan of Stock Markets. You need money for everything else. The influence and morale bonuses are just extras, but they're nice to have. Ground defense buildings are horrible.
I've played a lot of Starcon in my time. Trust me, I know what I'm talking about. You said that only one ship's weapon can get through the point defense. That is entirely untrue. Every single one of those ships I listed can damage a Chmmr through their point defense. I didn't say that they were all good ships to fight with (the Yehat sucks against a Chmmr, but the zapsats don't stop all the damage), I was pointing out that your claim about the effectiveness of Chmmr point defense was
And then the only weapon that could break through it's perimeter defense were the Khor-Ah blades of ultimate destruction. Uh, no. Here is a short list of the other ships that could fire through the perimeter defense in Starcon 2, off the top of my head. I'm sure there are others. Ur-Quan Dreadnought Chenjesu Broodhome
This thread reminds me of the Ilwrath from Star Control 2. They are a truly evil society, torturing and eating all sentient beings as sacrifices to their dark gods, burning any world they can get their spidery appendages on, causing fear for its own sake, and so on. The player can go to their homeworld and engage them in a fun ethical debate, arguing that because their society takes evil as the cultural ideal, and because evil is a concept that is subjective to the values of the society in que
If you don't like seeing the rules change, don't play with software in development. Since the changes made over the course of development and testing clearly upset your delicate sensibilities, you should probably stick to official versions. Even better, play console games. Those never change.
I can't recall anyone ever apologizing for flaming someone. Is this still the Internet? Your apology shows a lot of class, and I respect that. Enjoy your gaming!
The cost of the espionage trait is very low. I wouldn't expect too much from it. Even with it maxed out, you're not an "espionage race" any more than you would be a "15% morale" race for taking that on the side. You just don't have to sacrifice very much to get it, so your overall strategy will still be dictated by where you put your other points. I believe all it does is increase the rate at which you gain higher levels of intel on your enemies. It may not be worth much, but it d
Ur-Quan... best thing to Sci FI since Kirk sex and killing the commies with phasers at the expense of life support The hell? I don't even want to know what "Kirk sex" is. I'm guessing it has something to do with killing the Commies? Commas are our friends. I can only hope that's what is wrong here. Oh yeah, and Frungy is spelled with
well for instance SC:II created the term Precurser Precursor artifacts are mentioned in Star Control 1, giving the ship that found them a random upgrade to crew, energy recharge, turning rate, or whatever. Come on kiddos, play the classics. Besides that, "p
Alex, are you talking about 1.0X or the beta? With taxes being switched to the square root of the population, farms are never worth the cost of a tile unless you've got a big bonus tile to put one on. And then, only build one. Building more than that doesn't mean you'll lose the game, but it does mean you get less revenue than you would if you build economics improvements. When taxes were directly proportionate to your population, I alway
Blow on the cartridge, jiggle the handle, or reboot. Sorry, that's the only advice I have for anyone.
I prefer +50 diplomacy, max economics, +10 morale. Money can be leveraged into any kind of advantage you want, be it a larger military or higher morale (due to lower taxes giving you enough income) or sweetening your diplomatic offers with the extra cash. If I want influence, I can afford a lot of influence starbases. Diplomacy is very useful, but saying that Diplomacy and Influence are all you need is like saying that a big and powerful m
Does anyone want better AI Of course, that's like asking if anyone wants a free dollar. That said, the AI is definitely one of the strong points in GalCiv2. Horror stories from newbie reviewers, combined with the "The AI is not cheating, it's just better than you" unofficial explaination, motiva
Update your video drivers, download the latest patch (not a beta) and run an AV program. The problem here is either your computer or the simian tardman seated in front of it, but it's not the software.
In my mind the best tactical combat I've encountered in a 4X game is the combat in the Total War series. It is also important to note that I don't LIKE the Total War series. Having to constantly switch between detailed, hour-long tactical battles and a grand-strategic game is just too distracting, no matter how good each individ
If you're in a position where nobody will trade military techs to you, just research military techs yourself and buy the others from the other races. Or, you could invade their planets and hope to steal the tech, if you really think you need it.
So all I need is a talisman that protects me from evil spirits and i'm good to go! More or less, yeah. You'd be amazed how many people don't take such simple precautions when they join up with a software development company, though.
The amount of space required isn't changed by miniaturization. Miniaturization just gives you more space on each hull, so that won't affect your calculations.
I could be wrong, but I believe in the current 1.1 beta that they're testing (due to be released as an alpha some time within the next week or so) Alpha and beta are different stages of development, with alpha coming first as a version that is not open to the public at large. Because testing is open to th
HOWEVER: The top 5 scores still listed are all cheese victories with influence victories turned off, and they aren't deleted. Thus, manualy deleting cheese scores isnt working so great, now is it. You know what? Screw it, you're stupid. If you can't tell the difference between an exploit and an
If they deleted your score, it looks like you weren't playing by their rules. Don't be an idiot just because you found a bug and exploited it. If they haven't dealt with the other guy, that's not your problem. The person with the highest legitimate score might have a real complaint, but you've got nothing. You found a bug. Great, have a cookie. Then stop whining. Turning off influence victory is not an exploit. Making a public display of stupidity isn't going to prove your poin
This would be a cool system, as long as the size of the stealth generator is sufficiently large. Basically, a stealth ship wouldn't be good for much except for spying or ambushing merchant ships and unguarded transports. I'd be worried about balance if you could make stealth troop transports, for example.
Wave that e-peen! Show everybody whose is biggest! Be a martyr for the noble cause of exploited Internet high-score stardom! You earned your fame and glory, but The Man is keeping you down. I feel so bad for you. Stardock deleting your score doesn't mean they don't plan on fixing the system. All it means is that there is no reason for
It's built on top of an ancient Indian burial ground. The high turnover rate among the extra devs hired for GalCiv2 was given a more-or-less official explaination in the GalCiv2 Post Mortem article, but the truth is that they were all murdered by the wrathful spirits of the long dead. You can rest assured that everything you just read is true, because it's on the Internet. They don't just let people make stuff up, you know?
