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[quote]I think the idea of having the starbases and ships situated in them helping out fleets in close proximity when attacked is a good idea[/quote] hang on... it was always my understanding that that is precisely their function... are you saying the att/def DON'T stack on any ships within said bases influence radius?

All hail Carglor!

[quote]memory leaks all over the place[/quote] What does this mean exactly? Is this the thing where your game runs slower and slower until the omega molecule appears? If so... can you explain why you get it and I don't? [quote]Especially the greatest flaw, that comes from the multi-threaded way the game runs is something that we will just have to live with. If you want to experience this bug, go play a DVD, run defrag, and copy a big file on your harddisk around. While all

[quote]I would also prefer it if an option could be added so i could choose not to know what an AI ship consisted of (weapons etc) until i had a very good espionage level with that race.[/quote] Great idea this, limiting our ability to exploit the AI is as good as an upgrade IMO.

1) Be able to build ships and alter mini map colour (that is, see how they look against each other) without having to start a game. Anymore than one game per boot crashes my gc2 and which translates to a LOT of fiddling around to get the colours discernable. 2) No messages that give away who you’re playing against until first contact is made. 3) Breaking alliances to damage the player. Cauldyth's morale suggestion was excellent, that being anything from immediate defection to a

[quote]Maybe that's what happened to the dinosaurs....it wasn't a meteor at all....they just woke up one day and thought "shit...there might be a meteor....we're all going to die" ...so they did...[/quote] When you make the UP add-on, can you please make this the description for Xeno Mysticism?

I actually came here tonight hoping to find such a thread. I guess what I need is clarification from some experts on my first full game of ToA, does this sound right... 12 trade routes, covering anywhere from 60 to 90 percent of a "Huge" map... all earning 20 - 35 bc. 1 trade route, travelling about two sectors... 40 bc permanent. Now I am playing the Korx and as well as Super Trader I have built the "be awes @ trade" improvement. Now I am sorry if this is all standar

[quote]The problem is that Americans eat up well-advertised mediocrity.[/quote] I don't know if geography is much of a factor there. I think pre-conditioned markets exist almost everywhere now. I don't hate EA myself. They make things possible I suppose, if it wasn't them, someone else would turn up to feed the monster. I do however lament the slow but steady assimilation of imaginative game design/story telling, by market mentality and short sighted profit strategies (the "wh

So don't do what Donny Don't does

[quote]For instance, trade routes appear to provide exactly the same amount regardless of the position of the minifreighter.[/quote] Yep. I seem to be having this one in my current game.

Digitally Imported Ambient for me.

Australia here... Dude, it's smoking down the wire at 155. Was not expecting this sort of speed at all, in answer to your question: Yes. This does fuzzy me up regards digital d/load, I wasn't expecting to be playing for hours... Good thing I'm sick and there's a storm coming. :) Today is a great day.

You bunch of champions. May your natural fragrance be an aphrodisiac etc...

@ Alfonse, Firstly, excellent post, I must admit I wasn't thinking in those terms in the slightest. However, while I feel your example carries significant weight (individuals and corps alone adapt to every empirical condition regardless if they manage to smuggle a couple of token principles along for the ride) I don't know if it can be applied to this specific example. GC2 has more than one byte in the grave, Frogboy has said as much in the recent past, I assume this thread is

[quote]The Redone UP would be a $9.95 type thing and the redone events/political system would be a second $9.95.[/quote] I would hope that you do this, but am in no position to calculate the risk I suppose. However, I am definately of the opinion that gc2, as well as being polished in its own right, still has a ton of lurking potential. Surely the uncoiled angst of a few malcontents is not in any way a factor here? If there is a reasonable possiblilty of gc2 becoming even more

[quote]Anyway, if I had to complain about GC2, it'd be:[/quote] I'm sure I've read as much elsewhere, but thanks for reissuing your stance. Just your paraphrasing alone, seems to validate the negative sentiment with a weight far greater the meager terms of the title.

Yer it's about time I added my thanks to the pile... Galciv2 is just an amazing piece of work and you deserve every ounce of success that comes your way. In a landscape that is fast becoming assimilated by the same undead marketing spooks that have sucked the life out of so much thats good in this world, Stardock shines like a beacon of shameless passion. The dedication you show to your art and its community is truly humbling and with any luck, might one day serve as a catalyst