mrblondini

Step 1: Allocate one spy - preferably both, it speeds things up - to the Race you want to spy on via the Espionage screen, accessed from the "Home" screen. Step 2: Wait until you receive information on the Race in question. I'm not sure at precisely how many turns, but at some stage you will get access to your enemy's planets and then you can place one spy or more on one of their tiles. Others will have more detailed info, but them's the basics...

[quote who="Frogboy" reply="49" id="3760358"] So we've been thinking a lot about what would be in GalCiv IV -- and what would not be in GalCiv IV. Here are, in no particular order, some thoughts: Fewer but more distinctive civ abilities. Vastly, vastly bigger maps with far more planets. Most colonies aren't managed they provide w

Ideology: Remove it or make it meaningful.Increasing Ideology Points needed to buy from Pragmatic once you buy from Malevolent is a start, but you can still zig-zag through the Ideology Tree without real consequence. So: you can grab the 1 free frigate from Malevolent after the 3 free constructors from Pragmatic, but your party will lose the next election and your galactic neighbours will start wars with you or diplomatically punish you. Get rid of the "Can

I've found two Chimeric Biomasses in the first three planets I colonized - the first being my Homeworld. I wouldn't look that gifthorse in it's mouth and use those 6 Archives. To The Max. Research all Precursor knowledge - Centers, etc - to make the best of them. It sounds like the RNG just went and rolled your way big time. As to whether the AI knows what to do if it finds itself in the same situation, I don't know. You'd hope it does to make the game as easy for it a

[quote who="Nilfiry" reply="7" id="3759073"] You got me then. There really should not have been any reason for those planets to go un-captured if they were literally just sitting ducks unless somehow the scenario is just scripted that way. [/quote] That wouldn't surprise me at all. Scenarios seem to be set up so that the AI will act a certain way no matter what. Which isn't a critism of SD, just an observation that scenarios are designed for the Meat Person Playing

[quote who="Gauntlet03" reply="53" id="3758926"] Quick thought... I remember a small risk like game... where territories (planets) when surrendered, only about 50% went to you, and there was a high chance that many territories became independent or joined nearby other factions. A somewhat random result of a surrender on a per-planet basis, might be a lot of fun. Proximity/Influence should of course matter. So a empire surrendering to you that is very far away, may only give yo

I think it's sensible that a surrendering civilization wouldn't want their enemies access to a pristine Class 17 planet. They're not surrendering because they want their enemies to prosper, after all. It's not without historical context - that The Defeated Party killed themselves rather than surrender (Jonestown, etc). But in game-world and so it's a bit more fun: Other than a toggle switch, which of couse thrills the "Give Us More Options" crowd, how about, on surrendering,

My complaint with ads is that when you close an ad and click "It's Not Relevant" it doesn't seem to make any difference. The website cycles through the same 3-4 ads regardless.

I can imagine a Celebrity just giving up and joining his/her conquistador/doress because, let's face, they aren't the sharpest knife in the drawer. Spies maybe would join up with the new boss because, really, they're for hire anyway. If your spies know how to spy on your enemy, they probably learnt how to spy on you as well. Counter-spies etc. Scientists, Generals and others may have more loyalty to their original bosses, though. The simplest solution is maybe to come

Agree with all other posts about not worrying about the backstory. For reference, if you're thinking about being part of the development of GalCiv4 or simply buying it when people like me have done the un-fun, grindy, hard work for ya :), frogboy said when he was introducing Intrigue that he would have vetoed the campaign part of GalCiv3 had he been more involved and you can pretty much expect no campaign in GalCiv4.

[quote who="-RG-" reply="3" id="3747387"]I also changed (expensive) all our light bulbs to LEDs....People do not change overnight and the cost of change is well, pretty spendy. [/quote] There's one of the main issues right there. People ultimately think of themselves first. So the way to make them concerned about the environment/climate is this: Tell them how much money they c

https://forums.galciv3.com/493347/galactic-civilizations-iii-retribution-journal-6 To confirm Gauntlet03's memory. So either it's not WAI, or mormegil didn't get the memo...

I suggest the central point of blame is that the vast majority of 4X fans favour the Xterminate part of 4X over the other 3 bits. This allows those folk to kill to their heart's content. But, yeah, constant war should have a negative effect on civilization morale and your government/ruling party's popularity and other things like productivity, etc. Even if you're winning, there's still metaphorical sons and/or daughters (or young versions of Drengin, Yor and

Galactic Civilizations III: Retribution - Revenge Of The Meat People. Frogboy and co have realized that they are Meat People and so you synthetics, aquatics and silicons can just Sit. There. And. Suffer. Revenge is a dish best served cold in a restaurant rather than by Uber Eats where by the time they find your address it will a dish served frozen.

Definitely done to nerf the "I Must Colonize Every Single None-0 Planet I Find" approach. Now you've got less people, you've got to ask yourself if colonizing that particular planet is really worth it. And adding the artifacts, that approach is even more important now. For me, I always avoided the Less-Than-10 planets until I'd colonized the better planets. I was playing Tall for my own enjoyment, I think the game was - and Frogboy even acknowledged it once or twice, I believe - total

Metacritic are such a tease. They said this would be released 20 minutes ago. Because I'm in New Zealand and it's 21 February. But I merrily log on to Galactic Civilizations III on my desktop and, ah, no, it's still Intrigue. Cheeky Monkeys! On the bright side, it means I don't have to call my boss tomorrow morning and say "I can't come in. I have a pressing engagement with my computer." I've got 22 February off as a holiday so, please, please, let that be the

[quote who="jabberjaws" reply="81" id="3740171"] Quoting ForgottenSlayer, reply 80 Are you being serious right now? Because if you are that is like saying how “Taken” promotes sexual purity. Quoting jabberjaws,</div

How does one get into the Beta? Who's palm has to be crossed with BCs, the shattered bodies of broken Drengin men and recordings of the lamentations of their women (which are not the most melodious sounds in the universe, I assure you!)?

[quote who="jabberjaws" reply="26" id="3739343"] Great , new content and , as I suggested , stargates, but... disappointed not to see the possibility of building minefields to have strong borders, basically there are no borders , and really will never be true borders. being able to fly in and out of other races territory so easily is not good How long will it take to fix all the new BUGS when the old bugs still exist ?and the messing with the entire tech tree .. hmm I dunno...

[quote who="cbholmes" reply="13" id="3739501"] Quoting mrblondini, reply 12 However, to throw a fit because Stardock want to offer alternatives that, in their own way, are as likely (or close enough to not be obviously non-prime) of success as yours seems kind of churlish. Ma

Why shouldn't Stardock nerf the Colony Rush? The idea that you can turtle and build a tall empire and have some success with it is a myth. You can role play that you're The Man With A Tall Empire, but can you win that way with anything like regularity? If you start with 3 20 Level planets within easy reach and you get those, why can't you Xploit and Xterminate from that base and pick and choose to colonise only the best planets to complement them rather than "Better build another shi

I hope this change of approach by the Terran brings break-away races into play (The Hippy Terran arise) and makes foes out of former friends (ie the Alterians hate the Terran now) as well as foes into friends. But I have to agree with frogboy about the campaigns. I wouldn't really miss them if they weren't there. Just create races with a history and a lore, traits and personalities and let everyone sandbox away...

Makes a mockery of the whole idea of Ideology, though. I mean, the Soviet Union didn't flip-flop between Communism and Capitalism at a whim. Nor the United States. They stuck their respective choice. And if it is Pragmatic to not stick to one Ideology, should that even be called an Ideology? Ideology: a system of ideas and ideals, especially one which forms the basis of economic or political theory and policy. Simply chance the name to Options

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[quote who="admiralWillyWilber" reply="31" id="3737138"] As far as trading, how much you pay depends on your relationship to the opponent. specializations leads to the same tech, not a different path. I think it should. I agree on tourism the easiest way to do this is give a bonus to the planet quality above 15 for each planet like this, also give a bonus to how much entertainment, scientific, natural wonders, certain resources ie snugglers..., and economic buildings on the pl