Military upgrades to Star Bases is a waste of time and resources. I don't even research that line. Just put some ships there to defend. The ships can move, and as your territory expands you can advance those ships to defend starbases that are more vulnerable. Attack and defense upgrades for Star Bases are just pointless. - Livonya
Oddly enough, the game you are designing/produce doesn't support your political agenda. In Galactiv Civ II you have to raise moral by build things for the people so that you can RAISE taxes. Taxes are the key to victory. If you don't raise taxes you will lose. Period. The sucess of your empire is dependent on your taxes. It doesn't matter if you play as a hostile evil invading nation or as a peaceful diplomatic nation, you must tax your people or your societ
I am sorry, but I disagree. I can and do jude people's actions. So do you. Designing a game and running a country are not the same, and you can't compare them. Your motivations for pleasing your customers so that you can make money are not the same thing as setting a policy for the country. Greed is a good motivator for running a business, but not a good motivator for running a country. Your basic political argument is that taxes should be lower and that we
I almost wish I wouldn't have read your blog. It was depressing. I agreed with almost nothing you said (except for the point that there should be no income tax on incomes less than $30,000). The Republican party is about one thing: greed. What can I get and how can I screw over everyone else to get it. The last 6 years prove that. Reagan and Bush went to war on the Middle Class. Neither cares about democracy. They want (ed) the powerful to stay powerful and th
I have to say that the idea of stream-lining the tech tree sounds bad. Less tech or less tech branches would be a BAD thing. And "stream-lining" does imply less and not more. Please do not remove or simplify the tech tree.
I am slowly making my way through the campaign on Obsecene level. Here is my strategy for the campaign: 1) High populations & high moral/approval raiting 2) Focus all research on Planetary invasion -- be the first player to be able to launch invasions and do it early. If you don't think you can hold a planet then just destroy it with some nasty invasion tactics and then abandon it. 3) I build the defensive building that ads 25% to soldier skills on every plan
