Agreed. Cheats kill games. Cheats destroy good games and Cheats make multiplayer in particular particularly annoying. Look at what happened with BF2 and Unreal Tournament. Auto Aimbots and Spawnkilling and general Exploit Abuse killed all the fun of trying to be the best on game ranking servers. These games used to be fun now you can count on half the anonymous players to be cheating. What fun is that?
Make the Pirates go "Arrrrgggghh!"
I've also noticed this on largest galaxy size
Oh, and I consider taking advantage of the AI by draining its money supply is the equivalent of an exploit. Thats how real wars are fought. Do you think WWII was simply a war of attrition? It was an economic one as well. Economic sabotage is just as valid as military combat, besides, GCII is also supposed to be a game of diplomacy- and if you enjoy usi
Personally, I think starbases should be proactively able to attack any enemy ship within their sensor range. It seems the only practical use for them since otherwise their only purpose is a bonus to friendly passing ships. I'm playing a massive universe all the way up the tech tree and the cost of upgrading starbases with 1hp constructors outweighs their usefulness. Why not have them make ranged attacks and hey, mobilize them REALLY, after a certain le
"bread and circuses for the plebes. " You're a hell of a harsh dictator with more moodswings than Adolf Hitler on Zoloft Feast one day, famine the next. Perhaps the AI should adjust 'rebellion' statistics accordingly
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As far as I can tell mars lacks terraforming, No extra spaces and nowhere to grow to. I could be wrong
I had a revolt on one of my planets and they broke away and formed their own collective. Fun. As soon as the aliens started kicking their butts I began trading with them. As for pirates- I always have the prisoners on my planet every vote. I like the bonus. Oddly enough, when the pirates show up they're always attacking the other races! 2 in one game. Pretty cool, actually. I guess the pirates are afraid of me since I'm actually more evil than they
Still doesn't make sense to me how you can have starbases built using tech that you haven't even earned on the research tree.
How far can starbase attacks reach? I built a mega starbase with a hugh influence sphere over two planets I own and the Iconians sent in a troop module to attack one and never had to fight the starbase. Whats the point of building a hugh starbase like that if the enemy can slip right on by it's range without even fighting it? It cost billions of credits and many many turns to get it that powerful
I've been playing Beta 3 the last 3 days on massive universe 9 AI, 7-9 minor races etc. At several points in later stages of the game alien spacecraft would attack my freighters and the trade route would be dropped because it was 'too dangerous.' Oddly enough, all of the trading ships deployed on the route continue to make money, although I can't locate them. One would assume they switched to the safest trade route already established, but, at the an
I agree. Xeno Ethics should be a diplomacy modifier, but not affect individual moral choices. When options are given to you your alignment should still shift back and forth which determines how those you govern or in your sphere of influence react to you. Imagine for a moment you have minor races in your sector, then you do something totally unethical which makes them suddenly fear you- they might react by suddenly launching an attack as a preemptiv
no need for flaming
Iconians. What a thorn in my side. Half the galaxy cowers before them. I know their secret though- they wait until they max out planetary assault vehicles and send them all out in 1 turn to conquer the galaxy. The best tactic to defeat them is to send out the largest ship you have available and equip it with max defenses and the fastest engines to explore the galaxy and eliminate the fog of war. Once you've done that you'll have ample time to eliminate
I've been playing Beta 3 for the last three days in a massive universe and it's fantastic, but a few things I think are lacking or could be improved; There is no interface for espionage on minor races. I'm playing with 9 AI players and about 9 Minor races. Who are they aligned with? I can make allies of them but I can't tell who they are at war with. They will plead for help but it's usually too late. Also, they tend to look alike. More variations in t
Orbital Fleet Manager keeps logistics bonus for fleets in orbit.
Friggin Iconians!
I have no problem. I made an alliance with someone of total opposite alignment. The key is to study diplomacy trade and social things that benefit their economy. Soon when a larger force attacks theirs, they'll come begging for help and jump at the chance for an alliance. If their society is much stronger than yours, don't expect them to ally with you- instead you should be prepared for an attack.
Did you bother to check your population? Less population means less production. If you're attacking planets with troop ships that are large you can reduce the population of your planet down to nothing. Even with all the infrastructure built a small population will have a hard time keeping up production levels on a large planet. The game is tricky sometimes because there is so much potential micromanagement for each planet, each t
I had the same thing happen, Nvida 5800. Didn't do anything special. May have been low ram, happened after about 500 turns. Though it wasn't recoverable I was still able to save the game, so it's not a major bug.
