What irks me is when the devs are cheating: they tell you that the AI does not cheat although they know very well it does Frogboy admitted earlier that the AI does know where the resources are at. However, I've always been able to win the grab resources part of the game. It would be much tougher for the human player if possession of resou
i counted 24 civ ability picks ( in manual ). I only see Espionage, Loyalty, Range, Repair, and Sensors as almost useless picks. Even they have uses but for my game play they are pretty useless. I don't think the other picks are completely equal but they all can be used in good strategies. I see a lot of them as good choices for a mod type of effect on the game to keep the game fun. And the developers may very well have put a few in that they feel have absolutely no use just
The average pq used to be in th 10-11 range I'm still seeing at least this with 1.31. Just have not had the problem that you've desribed. No difference in PQs from 1.2 to 1.31 for me.
In 1.31 NLCs cost 500 not 300.
Right now getting NLC or Industrial sector tech to early can destroy your economy. You almost want to give it to the AI free to screw his economy. Almost? It is a very viable strategy employed by several players I believe.
But the bottom line will be, how many buildings will fit on a given planet. That is the real cruncher. If you want to out-research or out-produce the others, you have to have better facilities even if they cost a little more to operate. In 1.2 and earlier I agree. However with 1.31, the cost of NLCs and industrial centers are very high
farm bonus hit for morale? really how so? guess i will start a new game then I hope your kidding about starting a new game. As long as your not trying the higher difficulty levels -- it is definitely possible to win while using "poor" strategies and tactics -- actually you might create some of your most enjoyable situations because of them. Play
I don't think the population growth bonus is a must have at all. However, I do feel it is definitely the most advantageous of the civ ability picks. It does require skill to utilize the population growth bonus effectively. It is very easy to reach a planets max population with the bonus and have no population growth at all. Or if a player gets too large a max population limit on a planet, the fast population growth will create morale problems a lot faster. I think the c
a 700% bonus is a 700% bonus so a factory on that tile is the same as 8 factories on normal tiles. Definitely not normal but not extremely rare. It is IMO a very good benefit but there are several other things that would be potentially more beneficial. ( 2500 bc anomalies, 300% industry bonus tiles on some of the first new colonies, map position in relation to other civs, high PQ planets that you can get to ahead of your competitors, resources that you can grab, prob a few more ). I
but when there are zero to 3 within a 5 parsec range at game start this is a no way to recover. I can understand why you might believe that. However, I do believe it is possible to compete from a position like that and believe I did once.
Colonization was my first -- still enjoy it a couple times a year Others I have enjoyed and still play : SMAC, Civ2, Imperiallism2, MOO2, Second Conflict, Korsun Pocket Quite a few votes for AC. I missed it at the time... Young family and all. Would anyone recommend me getting a copy even now? Or will I just think it hopelessly out of dat
the keyboard number keys 1 thru 5 controll the different views.
Kyro is the forum moderator and is a Stardock employee I believe. Frogboy is the man, Brad Wardell, who is leader, the main designer and AI programmer for GC2 Cari Elf is the main bug killer and more. If a poster has the Stardock emblem by their name they are a Stardock employee I believe. They are reasonably active on the forums here and elsewhere.
Tiles that will be available are either outlined in yellow or red ( the ones that will become available for terraforming with the next terraforming tech ) ( the tiles that will become available further out are hidden ). Personally I've always played a Neutral alignement so I just get the extra tiles free, neutral also gets a morale boost that is nice and the NLCs use to be good -- but they are awfully expensive now. A lot of the better and more experienced players seem to prefer the Evi
but I'm wondering if it's worthwhile to build Industrial Sectors in v1.31? Short answer, No build economy starbases instead -- do the math. Of course it is still worthwhile for bonus tiles. Actually the build cost ( 400 ) and maintenance cost ( 5bc ) for industrial centers did not change at all. However Manufactori
More tiles become available with Soil Enhancement, Habitat Improvement, and Terraforming Techs. They do have to be improved to become usuable. You can not controll how many or which ones become available -- the tiles that will become available with the technology on that terraforming tree do show up on the maps ( or use too at least ) Also if you choose Neutral alignement you get all the tiles available immediately without having to terraform them.
Not really sure how much spying costs or how much a spying bonus will save on costs. Spying just isn't that hard or long of a project in GC2. Typically I turn my spying on after I start running surplus's and I get the most advanced stage like 3-4 months later and I turn it off. It is definitely a must do but just doesn't take all that long or really cost all that much. Spying is going to be greatly expanded and become a much larger part of the game with the DA expansion. As
I haven't noticed it. Playing my first 1.31 game and it has approx 470 Habitable planets with plenty of class 20+ and a few class 30+ ( game is scattered, all abundant, and gigantic ) I'm saying that the PQs are the same I saw in 1.2 and the 1.3betas. However it is only 1 game.
Anyone else noticed this? Any chance that we can get truly abundant galaxies again? I haven't noticed it. Playing my first 1.31 game and it has approx 470 Habitable planets with plenty of class 20+ and a few class 30+ ( game is scattered, all abundant, and gigantic )
Spying is really not all that complicated or hard in GC2. It is important to do but doesn't take long to have it maxed out. Never tried it as a racial trait but I would think it would be almost the least effective racial bonus. I've always played the custom race and I have been taking the 70% population growth bonus and the 50% military production bonus lately. More population will make the economy better as taxes are related to the square root of the population in millions. Population
17000 score gigantic, suicidle, max everything. it was like cakewalk.... the AI did not expand. so I played with it...on year 4 after colonizing loads, kicked the hell out of the Ai in one move. I cononize
I don't really specialize planets much but I'm sure that specialized planets are still a viable strategy in 1.31. The big change with 1.31 seems to be that it is no longer viable to have 26B+ populations on planets. Previously players could have 26B+ populations and have some benefits from that that they really liked. As for the 35% research bonus vs 3 more tiles, sort of hard to really know and depends on some other factors also. Besides wouldn't you just be glad to get either?<br/
Well I remember having read that it will be impossible to have GC2 and DA in separate directories to choose between playing GC2 or DA. So it will work more like an update than an add-on. So I don't think there will be new updates fore GC2. That was Stardock's initial plan. However they have relented and have recently stated that we will be able t
Axantur, I think you are failing miserably in your attempt to get GC2 players in an uproar about Stardocks business practices. You are also complaining about the wrong companies business practices. Stardock is apparantly only hiring the guy to do game manuals. I don't see how doing reviews would affect his ability to do manuals. I can see how doing manuals might affect his objectivity in doing reviews -- so your grip should be with the company that is paying him for doing reviews ( pres
just got the game, installed it, and updating it now. Is there anything I should do besides to learn the game? Download the Galactopedia -- there is a pinned post for it. There is a pinned post on modding too. As far as I know there are no more updates planned for GC2 as is. no disk required to play GC2
