First impressions

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Hi,

 

just a quick feedback after ~ 1 hour of gameplay. I know that this is not much but I'd like to share my immediate impressions:

 1) The game feels alright. Nice, smooth and responsive interface.

2) Trade screen is confusing: I miss a clear explanation about who is giving what. I only found out which offer is whoms after a trade partner offered something that was not in my list.

3) The tech tree is a mystery to me. I'm missing a graphical overview, right now I'm only selecting technologies that somehow sound beneficial. What I'd like to see is a graphical depiction of that tree to make well founded decisions.

4) Fleet management: I have a fleet of three ships sharing a tile with a single ship. I haven't found a way to combine these. Is there any?

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Reply #1 from GalCiv3 Forums Top


2) Trade screen is confusing: I miss a clear explanation about who is giving what. I only found out which offer is whoms after a trade partner offered something that was not in my list.
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I understand the confusion, it has thrown me a few times, but just remember left are your offers and right are theirs.

3) The tech tree is a mystery to me. I'm missing a graphical overview, right now I'm only selecting technologies that somehow sound beneficial. What I'd like to see is a graphical depiction of that tree to make well founded decisions.
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It gets easier as you become familiar with the game but they need to offer a downloadable tree that can be studied,

4) Fleet management: I have a fleet of three ships sharing a tile with a single ship. I haven't found a way to combine these. Is there any?
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Research logistics in the Engineering tree for larger fleets

Galactic Civilizations IV
Reply #3 from GalCiv3 Forums Top


Hi,

 

just a quick feedback after ~ 1 hour of gameplay. I know that this is not much but I'd like to share my immediate impressions:

 1) The game feels alright. Nice, smooth and responsive interface.

2) Trade screen is confusing: I miss a clear explanation about who is giving what. I only found out which offer is whoms after a trade partner offered something that was not in my list.

3) The tech tree is a mystery to me. I'm missing a graphical overview, right now I'm only selecting technologies that somehow sound beneficial. What I'd like to see is a graphical depiction of that tree to make well founded decisions.

4) Fleet management: I have a fleet of three ships sharing a tile with a single ship. I haven't found a way to combine these. Is there any?
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1) I agree!

2) I agree!

3) You can actually see the tech tree, click on 'tech tree' in the bottomleft (see also my video tutorial on this (shameless plug: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Q1Qzo_Ijbk)

4) This is handled by a stat called logistics. Again I redirect you to the video I made about this where I go through the process of creating a fleet (same link).

Sorry for the shameless plug, but I deal with nr 3 and 4 directly, so thought I'd link it :)