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Cheers guys you've definitely given me something to think about.

Good stuff cheers guys. I particularly like the bit about shuttling population from one colony to another to maximize growth. When I am starting how how should I queue my buildings on my home planet? I usually just chuck down a couple of factories followed by a couple of labs followed by a couple of econ boosters.

Hey all I was wondering a few things about trading and the numbers behind it. 1. Exactly what stats should I look for when I am sending a freighter to a planet. I understand that it has to do with the economy and distance the freighter must travel but how does this translate into a figure? Are there things you can do to maximise this from your end or the trade route i.e by building lots of Stock Exchanges? 2. Is there any particular steps one can take to encourage other races to tr

Hey I am a beginner at the game with some idea of what is going on. However I can't seem to get my civilization off the ground past 'beginner' unless I got with accelerated start. I was wondering exactly what more experienced player do in terms of initial buildings, colonizing and whether or not spending your initial bc on buying things like colonizers and constuctors and what have you straight off the bat instead of waiting for them to finish building. Furthermore what things should I th

Hey I am a beginner at the game with some idea of what is going on. However I can't seem to get my civilization off the ground past 'beginner' unless I got with accelerated start. I was wondering exactly what more experienced player do in terms of initial buildings, colonizing and whether or not spending your initial bc on buying things like colonizers and constuctors and what have you straight off the bat instead of waiting for them to finish building. Also do you wait for your pl

I can't remember the exact phrasing of the message but basically when an ally or friendly race declares war or has war declared on them, I am given to option to help out my friendly race by declaring war as well. However regardless of whether I accept or decline it seems I always end up at war. I have only gone the Terran Alliance (noob :P) and I don't know whether this is a glitch or if it is a race ability which some of you have been alluding to. Anyway thanks for the help ke

I have a problem in that whenever I am given the choice to go to war with a race of 'similar ethics' I am forced to go to war even if I decline the offer. Has anyone had this problem or am I just doing something wrong?

Hey I have just started playing GalCiv II a little while ago (won my first challenging game just last night :P) and absolutely love the game. I just came across this page and I was wondering if there are any 'must-have' mods for gal civ II (those of you who have played sim city 4 think the Transport Path Finder Mod). Steve