How old is the picture of the Graphs Screens? I'm just asking, because it shows a starting date of 2238. According to the Timeline , the current year is 2242, or is that only the case for the campaign? Also, interesting to note, that we are down to two spending sliders (production and research). Big improvement over the four in GalCiv 2. Are those sliders still dependent on another (can't set both to 100%
[quote]GalCiv III has sublight speed, mass, rate of fire, weapons range, accuracy and evasion to deal with along with the roles of ships in a fleet. [/quote] On the one hand, I'm intrigued by these news, but on the other hand, I'm also a bit worried. I'll try to refrain from judging, until I learn how combat will actually work.
[quote who="NitroX infinity" reply="26" id="3420628"]it is possible to have a large population, high morale and high tax rates.[/quote] Please define first what you consider those to be. If you consider a population of 20b to be high, then that is perfectly achievable. WIllythemailboy, however, was talking about a population of 32.2b in his post. I consider an approval value of 75%+, and a tax rate of 69%+ to be high. A tax rate of 69% reduces morale by 96%. In
[quote who="yarodin" reply="2" id="3420555"]Theoretically, star gates still make sense - if the gates are far enough from each other and travelling through them is instant, you can be much faster than with the hyperdrives.[/quote] Stargates don't work instantly in GalCiv. In fact, they are much slower than hyperdrive: "A ship going through a stargate would still take mont
[quote who="tid242" reply="58" id="3420501"]Boulder's Gate[/quote] It's called "Baldur's Gate". [e digicons]:typo:[/e]
[quote who="Lucky Jack" reply="349" id="3420350"]Star Wars #6 (book? chapter?) -- the third one released. When the Rebel Alliance is planning the attack on the second death star.[/quote] I wasn't asking about RotJ, but for a link to where it was said, that Bothans (allegedly) died to bring us those (supposed) informations from Brad.
[quote who="Achronous" reply="9" id="3420351"]But are the Dreadlords even in Galciv3?[/quote] I doubt it. They were permanently defeated at the end of the TotA campaign. The Arnor are also gone for good.
Okay, I've got a question regarding the ship concept art. That's obviously the Yor, those are most likely the Altarians, but who is this ?
Is it just me, or is Lord Kona looking uglier than usual? Old age must not be agreeing with him. Or is it the Torian diet? [e digicons];)[/e]
[quote who="NitroX infinity" reply="1" id="3420176"] It has been indicated that they are seperate engines.[/quote] Actually, it has been outright stated that they separate engines: Q: Is Galactic Civilizations III using Oxide's new Nitrous engine? A: Stardock is thrilled about our strategic relationship with the talented team at Oxide Games, but Galactic Civilizations III is not using their Nitrous e
[quote who="asddaw" reply="2" id="3420154"]I think you missunderstood me, I want to see my lasorZZ pew pew, I dont really care if I'm the one making the decisions or if its like it was in galciv 2. I just want the "real time" battle to happen and not just be a combat log.[/quote] In that case, you shouldn't call it real time battle, because that has a completely different meaning.
[quote]4) Can we post beta screenshots/videos upon the game's release?)[/quote] During the FE beta, we could freely post screenshots and videos of the game. I guess, it'll be the same here. No idea about the rest though.
[quote who="Ashbery76" reply="347" id="3420140"]Many Bothans died to bring us this information.[/quote] Link?
[quote]I want real time battles,[/quote] Not going to happen. GalCiv is a turn-based game, and the devs have already stated, that you won't be able to control each ship during combat. [quote]I want balance[/quote] Also not going to happen. At least, if you are talking about balance in multiplayer. Both have been stated in this interview. <p
[quote who="Martok" reply="344" id="3420101"](and Stardock has indicated the game will include some form of tactical combat),[/quote] Where? As far as I know, there hasn't been any conformation of tactical combat (implied or otherwise). They've only said, that there'll be improvements to the combat.
[quote who="ParagonRenegade" reply="18" id="3419912"]"Profit is all that matters; keep the people consuming our products no matter what." BnL in a nutshell; basically a soulless megacorporation devoted to profit, without the explicit evil. Best called opportunistic, they'd be called "neutral" in GCII[/quote] So, they are like Morgan Industries from SMAX? [quote who="Frogboy" reply="16" id="3419908"] Some more new goodies have been added here: <a href=
[quote who="Frogboy" reply="12" id="3419899"]more like Buy and Large from Wall-E.[/quote] I'm not familiar with that one. [e digicons]:S[/e]
[quote]The Iridium Corporation, for instance, was always part of the series’ lore but never a playable race. Boyer notes that “they are essentially ultra-capitalists, like if Apple was a race that was going to take over the universe”.[/quote] So, what makes them different from the Korx then? [e digicons] In any case, I like the new UI. It looks pretty good. Everything is clear, and easily accessible on first sight. However, I will retain final judgmen
[quote who="abiessener" reply="18" id="3419824"] Thanks for catching those discrepancies upthread, guys. Timeline has been changed and vetted, everything should be accurate now.[/quote] Glad to be of help. Sadly, there is still one major discrepancy though. On this page of the Story, it is said, that it's been 10 years since Earth has been imprisoned. However, that happened befo
I think something like that is planned. At least this part from the FAQ gives me that impression: Q: Will the game require a network connection to play? A: No. However, some of the AI learning mechanisms will require access to the Metaverse in order to perform analysis on player strategies. This will be optional and able to be disabled by the player but does require an Internet connection.  
[quote who="yarodin" reply="130" id="3419767"]Really parsecs? Not AU?[/quote] Yes, parsecs. Well, adjusted parsecs, to be precise. Take a look at the post I linked to above.
[quote who="Tridus" reply="337" id="3419731"] This thread's refusal to die despite it already being said there isn't tactical combat is impressive.[/quote] Agreed. Maybe reposting the official word from the last interview will help: "We don’t want to turn it into something like Masters of Orion, where you have like fleets of thousands of ships and yo
[quote who="Starhawk11" reply="14" id="3419710"]But then there is the return of the Terran First Fleet which if they were stuck in a pocket universe may very well have experienced accelerated time and advanced considerably which would explain why they were LOSING the war and then suddenly they make a brutal curbstompish return in the game intro.[/quote] Or maybe the First Fleet spent the last years to study and reverse-engineer the artifacts left behind by the Dread Lords in the pocke
[quote who="Larsenex" reply="7" id="3419571"]I found that Autumn Twiiight has better ai... [/quote] Thanks! It's good to see, that my work is appreciated.
[quote who="Tridus" reply="9" id="3419582"]They did say that SP is the focus. MP will be present, but the game is SP first and that won't be compromised for MP. Their words, im paraphrasing. On a tablet right now, not easy to find the exact quote.[/quote] Here you are: "I mean it’s a single-player game first. We’re not making any promises to have some ki