Mystikmind

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Imagine if the AI was smart enough to trade you the weapons tech in order to influence your ship weaponry, the same what us players always do!

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good points. I would add that you can simply limit the number of sensors allowed on a ship... lets say 4.... and the more powerful sensors need Elerium or something like that. Then you can have a dedicated starbase - sensor array,,, It will map out all the assets which moved that turn in a huge area but it won't give you visual or any information toward whom it belongs or what it is.

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[quote who="GavinRuneblade" reply="9" id="3621512"] Quoting Mystikmind, reply 8 12.... AI's sending colony.... 'colon' ships deep up the players ahem,,, is a fine tradition in this game and pretty much every other strategy game that involves the deployment of colonies. I don't know what the attraction

Reply to [BUG 1.6] Can't attack pirates in GalCiv III Support GalCiv3 Forums

I am still on the version before mercenaries, and from time to time i have not been allowed to attack something but it is very rare. There was even one pirate defended anomaly which i was not allowed to attack.... it gave me the usual option if i want to attack or not, i say yes,,,, then nothing? I tried again next turn, same thing again.

Reply to Where are all the planets? in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

Thanks for all the posts guys, its appreciated. As it happens, i did manage to get a pretty good map! I have a small cluster of planets far away from the others all to myself. It is not a brilliant cluster of planets by any stretch of the imagination, but it is useful enough, and that's all i ever wanted. There are a couple of nice things for the early game.... i got the speed trade good on Earth!, plus i got a 50% scien

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9 is very interesting.... Isn't the AI coded to consider diplomacy whenever a planet is lost/gained ? or is that another game i am thinking of? Anyway, you could simply attach that same coding to the star base which provoked the skirmish? 12.... AI's sending colony.... 'colon' ships deep up the players ahem,,, is a fine tradition in this game and pretty much every other strategy game that involves the deployment of colonies. I don't k

Reply to Where are all the planets? in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

[quote who="Ericridge" reply="11" id="3620454"] I once got a start where I had 10+ Star systems with 3 earthlike planets in each. yeah. I just fainted from joy. Was an incredible start. And it also had five precursor worlds that I nabbed. Needless to say my manufacturing was incredible in that game. [/quote] If you can get a brilliant series of planets in a relatively small star cluster, that is the holy grail!

Reply to Quality of life improvement for synthetic races in GalCiv III Future Ideas GalCiv3 Forums

[quote who="bornloser" reply="2" id="3620441"] I'm not thinking 'realism' I'm thinking "reduce the micromanagement." Seriously, the yor used to be my favorite race in galciv 2 because you could just plop down one economic building per planet and focus on spamming ships after that. Now you need to micromanage the growth of every single planet and it doubles the number of things you need to do to prepare a planetary invasion. [/quote]

Reply to Overlord like races. that are design to do one thing. (preventing anyone from winning and dominating anyone or anything in their path.) in GalCiv III Future Ideas GalCiv3 Forums

[quote who="Taslios" reply="11" id="3620434"] how you keep them from rolling over the galaxy... make them a major race without colonization tech. Also set them so that they are unwilling to trade any techs. The bigger question is how to make them so they do not initiate war UNTIL someone crosses into "their" territory. but also they should have territory Set them up so they spawn

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You really do not want to start thinking 'realism' in any way regarding artificial races.... otherwise there is no way to justify they could not simply burn across the galaxy in five seconds like the 'replicators' from Stargate.

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I am also a long time fan of Galciv games and i recently tarted playing Galciv 3 last couple of months. I have observed a couple of things why the AI is not performing well, but the main one by far is ship range. I do not recall ship range being such a big issue in Galciv2 like it is in Galciv 3? Range is a good game aspect, but can we really expect an AI to understand it as well as the player? The other big AI weakness is targeting priority.....

Reply to [1.6 beta] There aren't nearly enough Precursor relics now, etc etc in GalCiv III Founders GalCiv3 Forums

[quote who="neilkaz" reply="6" id="3620403"] Hmm...I've been thinking. I need to launch a game and then use the fow cheat and see how many PC relics there are. Perhaps they are mostly getting scooped up by AI's now before I find them? [/quote] Well yes, the AI knows where all the anomalies are without exploring, and they will prioritize the anomalies near your territory first, above the ones near them..... why else do you think you see so many anomalie

Reply to Overlord like races. that are design to do one thing. (preventing anyone from winning and dominating anyone or anything in their path.) in GalCiv III Future Ideas GalCiv3 Forums

[quote who="markmid" reply="9" id="3620367"] Wanted this for a while actually [e digicons]:)[/e] , when I saw the potential they were using with personalities, the only problem is how do you stop them rolling over the galaxy? It'd need a new mechanic to limit growth, and also still show they are a threat to other races so they don't get in wars where they just wipe others out (often anyway). Perhaps they have a dying, leaving or ascending population, and a 'fear' or '

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[quote who="Achronous" reply="9" id="3620308"] there's a mega event like that, that gives a precursor artifact to a civ. makes the civ more powerful over time. I wonder if it can be modded as an increasing difficulty for all [/quote] Hmmm well I'm not sure i would like endless bonuses to their fleets, because at some point the player is no longer going to be able to touch them.... well ok, in preparation i can make a ship set to match the T

Reply to Overlord like races. that are design to do one thing. (preventing anyone from winning and dominating anyone or anything in their path.) in GalCiv III Future Ideas GalCiv3 Forums

Mebe there can be like an emergency 'boring' button that you can press when you start getting bored in the game, to spawn a mega invasion event? I like that idea too!

Reply to Overlord like races. that are design to do one thing. (preventing anyone from winning and dominating anyone or anything in their path.) in GalCiv III Future Ideas GalCiv3 Forums

[quote who="admiralWillyWilber" reply="2" id="3620268"] Its moddable [/quote] If its moddable, somebody has probably already done it? A super race that mostly stays out of it, just lets you play a normal game, then when the normal game runs its course and starts getting boring, you have something very interesting in reserve to sink your teeth into..... i would call that a BRILLIANT idea!

Reply to [1.6 beta] There aren't nearly enough Precursor relics now, etc etc in GalCiv III Founders GalCiv3 Forums

Hmm, well this whole debate over how rare they should be is irrelevant. Because that is the whole point of having the abundance settings, so people can chose for themselves.... so fix it! If someone wants so much of something that its just absurd, then let them have it, let them play their game thinking how crazy it is there are so many.... and next time they might turn it down a bit.... what is wrong with that? you tell me?

Reply to Overlord like races. that are design to do one thing. (preventing anyone from winning and dominating anyone or anything in their path.) in GalCiv III Future Ideas GalCiv3 Forums

You know what, its not such a bad idea,,,, but what i think would be even better.... have a race like say the Vorlon from Babylon five. They will keep to themselves but woe be told anyone who enters their territory! It would be like the cherry on top at the end of a long hard game for the player to test out all their hard earn't tech and ships instead of just abandoning all that hard work when the challenge is gone, like you normally have to in this game.

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[quote who="Achronous" reply="7" id="3620244"] if you start in the centre of a spiral map you are likely to get lots of planets. Why don't you play the tournament or duel maps? They are more balanced if that's what you want. [/quote] Well, i do like the AI to have more planets than me,,, because i only play up to genius level,, Because i really do not enjoy dealing with overwhelmingly powerful AI's early game.... but i defini

Reply to Tactics in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

The last number i saw was 6 7) Combat may be more interesting than in GC2, but i also think it is too easy to avoid losses. What i think will help the AI is to bring back some degree of crossover defense. What i personally think would be more fun is to have shield defense only, but have 3 shield types, each one is especially effective against one type of attack, but also does work a little bit against the others. That seems much more realistic to me..... and the visual

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Update: I started another new game yesterday. Now suddenly i have too many planets on this game!!! Now i can see what is going to happen,, i am going to become to strong and get bored and quit. Anyway, i guess i will see in the next few days? But why can't i just get a normal number of planets instead of these extremes one way or the other? its driving me nuts!

Reply to science world specialization in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

[quote who="Gaunathor" reply="9" id="3620137"] Quoting Mystikmind, reply 8 What i learn't in Galciv2 is that the Drengin are no good. What was the last version of GalCiv 2 you played? v2.04? If so, then the Drengin most likely failed, because they couldn't get the critical mass necess

Reply to Problem with AI and Defended Anomalies in GalCiv III Founders GalCiv3 Forums

There is only one possible response to this.... In the game settings, Anomaly frequency, set it to 'none'

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[quote who="Ericridge" reply="7" id="3620023"] Quoting Mystikmind, reply 5 Quoting , quoting post Why such a harsh treatment ov

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[quote who="LongDeadFingers" reply="21" id="3620101"] How about special missions like capturing x number of space monsters, having the option of harpooning them and dragging them into a black hole or using a special ability to charm them into your fleet. [/quote] Oh, i just got a memory flash.... were there space monsters in galciv1? It has been so long since i played it, i am not sure if my memory is tricking me?