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I really like the idea of planets have a few attributes; i.e. temperature, O2 levels, and H2O levels and each race has different ideal zones so the same planets are different classes for different races. Terra-forming could then move these attributes closer to your ideal range so as you make a planet more hospitable for yourself it becomes less hospitable for others. I guess this would cause problems when planets are conquered or flipped though.

[quote who="ElanaAhova" reply="12" id="3515251"] Fallout 4 is 'rumored' to becoming out the last quarter of 1015, or first quarter of 1016. So, 'hopefully' you haven't missed it yet. [/quote] This thread made me do a little research and it looks like there is no release date for Fallout 4, and in fact there are some rumors that it has been put on the back burner because Bethesda wants to push out Elder Scrolls 6 first.

I like this idea. Anything they can do to help people with large empires keep track of what planet is where and doing what I support.

[quote who="Soronarr" reply="11" id="3515764"] Are you honestly accusing me of not wanting to give honest feedback [/quote] I never accused you of not being honest, just not being constructive.

Soronarr, I think over all you just want this to be a different game then it is. This is an updated, expanded, and improved version of GCII. Also your post seems to be made in complete ignorance of state of the game and how incomplete it still is. [quote]The races play the same. [/quote] Only one of the traits, which are the t

Paul, you stated in the stream on 1/9 that you didn't like how Assembly was working for the Yor and were looking at changing it. As someone who loves the mechanic I am curious, what don't you like about it? Is it just a matter of balance and getting the numbers right, or are you planning to change the mechanic wholesale? On a somewhat unrelated note, I'm not sure why so many people have a problem with approval and the Yor. If they are sentient I don't see why they coul

Can we get any word on the major characteristics of the final 2 factions or the traits planned for the current ones?

I only occasionally check the steam forums, but I did today and there's a great post from Brad titled " GalCiv III Status as 2014 ends" from the middle of December. I can't figure out how to link to it, but if you are someone who doesn't check that forum you should pop over just to see that thread.

The Yor and Drengin science and manufacturing buildings are significantly worse than the base equivalents used by the Terrans, Alterians, and Iridium (10%/20%/30%/40%/50% vs. 25%/30%/40%/55%/75%). Is this on purpose?

[quote who="admiralWillyWilber" reply="24" id="3515483"] I like the idea of exclusive techs. It would make for a different research path each time. Basically you would probably have two different tech trees the same size overlapping each other. All a tech would eliminate is one tech, but move you up on both trees.[/quote] This is an interesting idea from a game-design perspective that I don't think would feel right in the context in which you are putting it. It just doesn&#39

The standard ship designs generated by the blueprint system are often not what is needed (i.e. you often need one weapon type but not the corresponding defense), but the blueprint system itself is very cool. Is there any chance we will see an in-game blueprint editor?

To be clear, it's not that I want auto upgrade taken out as an option, or even as the default. All I want is the ability to skip upgrade levels instead of being forced to go step by step up the upgrade ladder.

[quote who="Seilore" reply="3" id="3515403"] However, I use the tourism economy buildings and they don't get bonus's most of the time [/quote] I went through all my Beta 3 saves and couldn't find an example of them not working. Are you sure you are building the tourism buildings and not the influence buildings? Do you have a screenshot?

[quote]What do the purple tile bonus icons indicate? [/quote] Tourism [quote]Altarian question: Why does it seam the Altarians don't get as many terraforming options as other races... [/quote] Altarian terrafroming is supposed to come a little earlier but ultimately be a little different from standard terraforming. They get biosphere manipulator instead of ultra terraformer and biosphere. Unfortunately it seems that Biosphere manip

[quote who="Seilore" reply="3" id="3515350"] Okay the planet has 450 manufacturing points are all of them going to the planet or are they being split to shipyard? (truthfully I haven't looked that closely at the numbers so I don't know if it shows separately for that ) [/quote] No. The issue is that I have enough manufacturing to build the level 5 building in one turn, but instead of having that option, I have to build the level 1, then the level 2, and s

When auto upgrade was first implemented there were a number of threads made to complain about it. I was there defending it, thinking it was more efficient and helped you build in an optimized way while keeping your list of buildings clean and decreasing micro. Then the Yor came and I started paying more attention to production. Before, I never really did much micro. I set up my planets, queued up some buildings and let them run. With the Yor I started to pay attention to my manufacturing numb

If you want to see exactly what these roles do, check BattleBehaviorDefs.xml. They effect the starting position of the ships as well as what they target and what targets them. I'm pretty sure this matters under the hood currently and will be clear how it effects battle once we get the viewer.

In my last Yor game I had a conquered planet that wasn't actually producing the manufacturing it was saying it was and wouldn't produce more Yor. I have no evidence, but suspected it had something to do with the old owner's shipyard that I didn't destroy before making peace. I tried switching it to use the empire-wide production ratios and went back to war and destroyed the shipyard. I'm not sure what did it, but it did eventually start acting normally.

In the base game there will be no ship leveling, but currently the first expansion (which sounds like it has been pretty well fleshed out) is planned to be spies and captains. Captains will level up and gain RPG-style skills and can be transferred between ships. That is the plan at least, all subject to change.

[quote]Example, it takes several techs to get to the first guns/beams/missiles or defenses. [/quote] Actually you get the first level weapons all from a single tech that can be researched on turn one. Same with defenses.

[quote who="markmid" reply="9" id="3514602"] Do the yor have a collective or individual intelligence? [/quote] From the databanks : [quote]Since they were last seen, the Yor have begun to evolve from being a collection of individual sentient beings into a single super-organism. Thus they are now referred to as the Yor Singularity rather than their old mo

[quote who="Tohron" reply="8" id="3514395"] So... are you advocating making the outcome of the game almost entirely dependent on the first 50 turns of expansion... because of realism? Anyway, new interstellar colonies probably wouldn't be self sufficient - at least, not if you wanted them to develop at a reasonable pace. [/quote] I'm trying not to say L2P, but overcoming a poor start through good planning, management, and aggression is one of the great joy

[quote who="leiavoia" reply="8" id="3514033"] I'm looking for per-game time, not total time. I'm particularly interested in seeing how long different map configurations and difficulty levels take. [/quote] Like this? It's already there.

I think the way to go with this is to have race-specific weapon augments, but keep the base weapons the same.

While I disagree with the tone of the OP, as well as his opinion that most techs are worthless, I do think it might be nice to have tech progression be a little less incremental and have a few more techs that feel like major breakthroughs, especially in in the mid to late game. Early, many of techs feel important because they allow you to do things you couldn't before. Weapons and defensive systems, and every time you get a new type of building feel like critical steps forward. A little l