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Few More Quickies (admins and such)

March 19, 2018 11:06:00 AM from Galactic Civilizations III ForumsGalactic Civilizations III Forums

1) Is number of admins from trained citizens capped?  It looks like it is, but I'm not sure.  Haven't gotten there yet.  Would be good to know.

2) Cities still.  I've finally built them, but I'm not convinced 4 food is the only requirement, nor am I convinced you always need 4 food.  Maybe there's a bug?  I think happiness is involved too, btw. 

3) Adjacency guide?  I wish each improvement listed what it would benefit from.  Sometimes I have to terraform 'blind.'

4) Are old ship designs auto-carried over to Crusade?  I don't think I'm seeing all of mine.

5) I'm not used to the ai beating me on wonder construction.  Any wonders that are must-have on ludicrous-no-victory-conditions?

- colonizer and xenophobic both seem really overpowered.

 

 

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Reply #1 March 19, 2018 2:03:11 PM
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1) Is number of admins from trained citizens capped?  It looks like it is, but I'm not sure.  Haven't gotten there yet.  Would be good to know.

Yes, you can only have 10 Administrators at the same time. However, you can promote Administrators to Ministers, they also give admin points, or Mobsters, thus freeing up space for more of them.

2) Cities still.  I've finally built them, but I'm not convinced 4 food is the only requirement, nor am I convinced you always need 4 food.  Maybe there's a bug?  I think happiness is involved too, btw. 

The cost for a City is 4 food and 10 Duranthium. Approval has no bearing on building Cities.

3) Adjacency guide?  I wish each improvement listed what it would benefit from.  Sometimes I have to terraform 'blind.'

In the tooltip for improvements, just under their name, it lists their type. They receive adjacency bonus based on that, usually.

4) Are old ship designs auto-carried over to Crusade?  I don't think I'm seeing all of mine.

Yes, check the ship designer options for it to show over mass designs and others.

5) I'm not used to the ai beating me on wonder construction.  Any wonders that are must-have on ludicrous-no-victory-conditions?

Depends on playstyle and what victory condition you are aiming for. Eyes of the Universe is good for knowing the general area of you opponents.

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Reply #2 March 19, 2018 2:40:17 PM
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To be clear, the cost for cities varies upon which type of civ you are.  There are different costs (and adjacency boni) for Carbon vs Silicon (Silicon cities may be destroyed as well, while Carbon cities are permanent).  And the robots just build pop, no cities needed.

 

 

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Reply #3 March 19, 2018 2:43:14 PM
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Regarding the wonders:

if I am Carbon, and have Monsontium, there is no contest.  I'm getting that food.

wonders with tech bonus, I try to place in a nice spot for the Computer Core (or any tech building, if aquatic) but it gains no adjacencies, so I place it carefully.  I like speed and vision, and the Brindle's bonus planet is awesome.

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Reply #4 March 19, 2018 2:49:47 PM
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Since you are asking:

Carbon-based : cities are permanent, +25% pop cap per adjacency, costs D and P and Food
Silicon-Based:  cities can be destroyed, +0.5 raw cap per adjacency, costs D and P (no food)
Aquatic:  Cities are carbon, food costs much more research to build, but the first buildings are awesome, research buildings kick ass
Robotic:  Cities do not exist.  Build pop using D and P and social manufacturing, up to the planet class.

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Reply #5 March 20, 2018 9:48:59 AM
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Okay, I discovered my issue with cities.  Its 4 food collected per civ, NOT colony.  Doh.  I finally noticed the little food icon on the top of the screen.  So I've started converting more colonies to purely agricultural, and destroying farms on economic colonies.  Meanwhile I'm fighting a war on two fronts, my empire is a gigantic C shape, which pretty much triples my defensive line, and I'm way behind in techs still.  Gah.

 

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Reply #6 March 20, 2018 11:46:28 AM
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Glad you are getting the hang of it - agricultural worlds are great.  If you get around to Farmer citizens, they will help quite a bit on these worlds.

Don't over-worry about your tech gap.  Weapons techs are expensive, though weapons augmentations are cheaper at the start, so stacking a few small ships which boost your damage or recharge rate, along with a heavy capital, can make a huge advantage.  

 

 

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Reply #7 March 20, 2018 11:49:34 AM
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Regarding fleets.  Augmentations do stack.  So with (for example) 20 logistic, you can place 2 medium and 5 small ships.  If each of those small ships boosts kinetic damage by 10%, your medium juggernauts do an extra 50% kinetic damage each.

Just make sure those boosts are fleet-wide, or they only affect the ship they are on.

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Reply #8 March 21, 2018 1:18:27 PM
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Quoting AdamMG,
reply 7

Regarding fleets.  Augmentations do stack.  So with (for example) 20 logistic, you can place 2 medium and 5 small ships.  If each of those small ships boosts kinetic damage by 10%, your medium juggernauts do an extra 50% kinetic damage each.

Just make sure those boosts are fleet-wide, or they only affect the ship they are on.

How will I know if the boosts are fleet-wide?  Does the tool tip indicate so?  On the tech tree, they just say: '+10%.'  That can't stack by ship, can it?  That would make those specializations very strong.

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Reply #9 March 22, 2018 7:52:18 AM
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On the ship design screen, the last tab is for fleet-wide (except for the thulium hit-point thing at the very bottom).  The tab just to the left of it gives boosts for individual ships (as well as sensors and range).  These components are unlocked with techs, the weapons are on the <weapon> augmentation tech path.  You can get speed boosts (from propulsion techs), faster repair (engineering techs), etc - all fleet-wide boost components are on that last tab.

When designing the ship, sometimes the component mouse-over is vague.  If you place it, and look at the ship stats on the right of the screen, at the very bottom - all special components are listed.  Mouse over this list to see the actual numerical advantage to the component (a bit of a pain, but at least those numbers are there).

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Reply #10 March 22, 2018 1:05:57 PM
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Quoting AdamMG,
reply 9

On the ship design screen, the last tab is for fleet-wide (except for the thulium hit-point thing at the very bottom).  The tab just to the left of it gives boosts for individual ships (as well as sensors and range).  These components are unlocked with techs, the weapons are on the <weapon> augmentation tech path.  You can get speed boosts (from propulsion techs), faster repair (engineering techs), etc - all fleet-wide boost components are on that last tab.

When designing the ship, sometimes the component mouse-over is vague.  If you place it, and look at the ship stats on the right of the screen, at the very bottom - all special components are listed.  Mouse over this list to see the actual numerical advantage to the component (a bit of a pain, but at least those numbers are there).

Awesome.  Thanks.

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Reply #11 March 22, 2018 2:51:58 PM
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Keep posting bdtgazo, you have good questions and good observations.  

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