Wintersong

I'm happy with the 2D map (vs a 3D one). Plus no pentagons ruining the landscape. :)

Being alpha, the game is really nice. Some stuff still needs work, obviously, but I find it quite polished and fun. The AI isn't a genius but it does more than GalCivIII's. :p And it's really nice in battles how nearby armies join as reinforcements (a couple units each turn). Scary when you are in the wrong side. :p Very promising future. And it's (relatively) cheap! [e digicons]\o/[/e]

Is there going to be a Youtube version much like Stream #2?

The tiny hulls (fighters) are not necesarily manned in GalCiv, at least for custom civilizations (I read of Yor scoutships being manned by a single unit). Or any other hull. You don't use population to "eject" them from the planet (colony/tranports just for cargo) so as far as the inner storytelling of each game, all the ships may be automated. I certainly enjoyed creating Cylon Raiders in GalCivII (cybernetic as they are in nature). Unless Stardock goes out of the way jus to add

[quote who="ElanaAhova" reply="109" id="3460405"] We can edit the name of the star that's already been accepted? Good news. Would like to capitalize one letter. How do we submit for an edit? [/quote]If you log in, you will see a link to edit your entry (" submit a new star name "). Also: " Star names are limited to 16 letters/numbers/spaces (no punctuation, please), and will be converted to title case in-game (only first letter capitalized). "</p

THere are some really curious names in the list. Very nice that name declaring love for Julia.

[quote who="Hostile1972" reply="14" id="3460152"] I think flipping star bases is simply too silly for game purposes. But so is flipping planets based on influence. No matter how many McDonalds/Starbucks we open in a country, we aren't gonna flip an entire country to our side. But hey, it's a game right?[/quote] Cultural conquest is real. It has been forever. But these days it's global in scale. Building Krusty Burgers may not flip a country but it can be a step in th

Somone would make some nice bucks by developing a 4XMaker instead of an RPGMaker.

Yay! Oh wait, mine if perfect already. [e digicons]}:)[/e] Man, that list does weird stuff while not logged in (Chrome). Once you log in (more space down there), the three columns are perfect all the way.

Ideology trees vs ideology web?

Spawn only Minor Civilizations and disable all victory conditions except Ascension

[quote who="androshalforc" reply="101" id="3459504"] 1464 names so far.. Yoloswagulus Socketsmom TeSsElAtOr well if the first two of these make it past the screening im gonna delete them in my game and the third will get fixed when they use standard capitilization [/quote] They already say " and will be converted to title case in-game (only first letter capitalized). " s

Meh? I'd not oppose the option but I don't see myself using it.

[quote who="DARCA1213" reply="5" id="3459265"] Red Skittles 13 can't be a star name because it has spaces.[/quote] It was Redskittles before. I assume that "Skittles" is a dev and is part of testing the new system that actually allows for spaces... which have been promised along with numbres. All in 16 characters space! In any case, too much worry about names. Astronomers in the GalCiv universe can be weird in their naming conventions, so what? :p

Red Skittles 13, huh? The testing of new system seems to go well?

[quote who="Alstein" reply="228" id="3458804"]The reason Stardock went to Steam is simply man-hours, they couldn't spare the people to make two versions of games anymore with their expanded output. (at least that's the impression I'm getting overall- that Stardock right now has a lack of people to do everything they want to do)[/quote] They could have made a "GoG"-like version and put it in Steam. They choose otherwise because cool kids integrate with Steamwork

Sold!

Very interesting stuff about feelt battles and carriers. Launch the Vipers!

[quote who="Nukar" reply="27" id="3458500"]Well the ones that dont know how to convert timezones might just be that... [/quote] Didn't we have enough with internet disconnection disputes in this thread? [e digicons]:moo:[/e]

[quote who="econundrum1" reply="56" id="3458476"]This is why I see the colony view as [/quote] An information screen generated by an application and that I can see from my Samsung Galaxy 4k Awesome Edition (the Legendary Edition is the one with holographics but it'd be wasted as there was no money to pay for holographics in the application) while waiting for the Altarian representative to arrive to the conference room.

[quote]we have BIG PLANS. PLANS SO BIG YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW)[/quote] Autocleaning Drengin Toilets. [e digicons]:cylon:[/e] [quote]I'd like to get an Elite Founder to join in for a multiplayer match with Paul and producer Ray Bartos. That sound good to you guys? Everyone who is interested, post in here and I'll roll some dice or something to pick someone randomly.[/quote] That sounds interesting but don't roll for me. Cannot guarantee presence. But it do

[quote who="MarkimAltair" reply="5" id="3458191"] Create new Universes (or Dimensions) with different new psychics[/quote] Which render useless your regular techs (designed to work in a set code of physics) and force you to research whole new techs (or at least variations like "Alternate Dimension Lasers I" with prper ships designed to work in that dimension) just to be able to do stuff there? While I'd not mind a second map a la Mirror from MoM, I'd not go

Instead of shoud not give points, there should be choices similar to planet events.

I like the lack of useless hexes in the map. Don't distract my eyes with useless lines! I like the configuration of the screen except that I don't see why such a big space for the manufacturing/research/economics. It also seems to lack access to details like orbital defenses, extra planetary details,... stuff? Edit: USA's (real's world) surface is just 1/3 of Africa. Just saying.

[quote who="dumicat" reply="272" id="3457834"] How many founders are there ?[/quote] Up to Chreden, there are 1112 founder stars. Multiply by $100 (rounding up the price). Also, found my name and surname as star names. [e digicons]B)[/e] If they ever spawn next to each other, the universe will explode.