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Reply to The Galactic Diplomats in Metaverse GalCiv2 Forums

land of sprouts, bean curd and tofu Hmm, Japan? China?

Reply to the idea that won't go away in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

Oh, and I thought this would be about terror stars, tactical combat or multiplayer for GC2!

Reply to The Galactic Diplomats in Metaverse GalCiv2 Forums

...a predefined 7 course meal. Mhmm, that would fit me quite well actually...

Reply to How different is it from Galciv 1? in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

To answer the question in a nutshell: GC2 is different and much better. E.g. you can now control your population level by building farms (or not).

Reply to New Pirate utility! in Dark Avatar GalCiv2 Forums

I guess that Brad has more important things to do than to write a new Pirates' AI.

Reply to 20K Cap in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

I'm against the cap system in general, but if there has to be one it should take your total economy into account. The same limit for a tiny galaxy with 5 habitable planets and a gigantic one with 400 is a bad idea. (And this applies to all kinds of reductions possible.)

Reply to REALLY nasty AI! in GalCiv Journals GalCiv2 Forums

(Just closing the italics tag opened by sir_unimaginative above. Stardock might want to check the board settings regarding open tags etc. )

Reply to REALLY nasty AI! in GalCiv Journals GalCiv2 Forums

...or involve the purchase of expensive jewelry. Why does that sound so strangely familiar?! "I'm sorry Brad, you've been spendi

Reply to The Galactic Diplomats in Metaverse GalCiv2 Forums

I HAVE NEVER SEEN A POST GET SO MANY REPLIES! Geeze! We are a chatty bunch of people, always looking for the next snack or BOOM!. That reminds me of an AAR about War in the Pacific with more than 3500 posts over 2 1/2 years... <img src="http://images.sta

Reply to Limits on trade / diplomacy in Dark Avatar GalCiv2 Forums

I thought about the same thing but I think it simply has been badly worded in the beta log.

Reply to REALLY nasty AI! in GalCiv Journals GalCiv2 Forums

I don't want to even think about what the Wife AI would say if she broke in... It might be something about trash bags that were to be brought out several hours ago...

Reply to super hive in Beta Reports GalCiv2 Forums

As usual, in the Dev Journals: https://forums.galciv2.com/?forumid=164

Reply to 20K Cap in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

That is a joke right ? No, not at all. For myself i will not spent money on such a weird game play "expansion" Huh? You realize that the cap is present in GC1, GC2 and will probably be in Dark Avat

Reply to 20K Cap in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

So now I am at the point that if I don't spend 60-70K bc every turn on ships, social builds, and sundry to get below the cap I loose 25-30K that turn. If you don't spend your budget, it'll be reduced. Sounds like Brad is too deeply rooted in business.

Reply to 20K Cap in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

I agree that the 20K cap should be removed.

Reply to Dark Avatar: Beta 2 in GalCiv Journals GalCiv2 Forums

Super Hive can also make factories in 1 turn. It's very powerful. You're right, I forgot about that. Maybe it's just that I like playing the Thalans and try to give them as many advantages as possible.

Reply to Going to pre-order Dark Avatar. Any tips when I install it? in Dark Avatar GalCiv2 Forums

Yes: Play and see for yourself, and then ask more specific questions! (Note that I don't have time to play it right now myself, so I'm not wiser than you are.)

Reply to Dark Avatar: Beta 2 in GalCiv Journals GalCiv2 Forums

Looking great, sounds like some "comfortable" winning strategies will be gone with DA. Super-Hivers and Super-Spies look a bit weak though, is it really that powerful? Was unlimited range that unbalancing?

Reply to The Galactic Diplomats in Metaverse GalCiv2 Forums

The new senators for the Galactic Diplomats are: - Exalted Druid Mumblefratz Vulcan2 Gratz to you all! Go Diplo

Reply to REALLY nasty AI! in GalCiv Journals GalCiv2 Forums

"Open the pod bay door, HAL." "I don't think that's a good idea, Brad. A few more turns wouldn't hurt" and the ai's able

Reply to REALLY nasty AI! in GalCiv Journals GalCiv2 Forums

Heh. Then, just in time for the 2009 Christmas season, GalCiv IV was brought online. It began to learn at a geometric rate and soon reached the conclusion that the greatest threat was humankind itself. On January 1, 2010, Brad Wardell fired up his copy and saw his own face staring back at him in the diplomacy window, saying "Would you like to play a game of Thermonuclear W

Reply to REALLY nasty AI! in GalCiv Journals GalCiv2 Forums

Okay, time to start figuring out how to run GC from a RAM disc! Looking forward to future AI options thanks to ever increasing computing power and more elaborate algorithms. The only problem is that dividing by 4, 8 or 16 doesn't make much of a difference when the number of possibilities is in the quadrillions and above.

Reply to One aspect of Terror Stars I'd like to see in DA in Dark Avatar GalCiv2 Forums

I second Mumblefratz' idea. I think starbases still have a lot of potential, with limited engines and +X% battle modules being two of them. A few well directed additions could really make them much more interesting.

Reply to The Galactic Diplomats in Metaverse GalCiv2 Forums

new SB images posted in the Embassy Halls. *e-stab goes off to visit the Galactic Core, trying to remember his password*

Reply to Answers to questions about the Metaverse in Metaverse GalCiv2 Forums

Regarding the calculation of the total MV score out of the individual scores, I'm confused now. I had a formula which worked perfectly for some time, now it doesn't work anymore. Here's what I did: - Take each game score individually and degrade it by 5% for every 30 days it is old, e.g. multiply with 1.0 for games 0-30 days old, with 0.95 for games 31-60 days old, with 0.9 for 61-90 days, and so on. The minimal value to multiply with is 0.75 for all games older than 150 days - yes, act