EvilMaxWar

I dare hope that everyone who bought the 99$ founder package did so because they are fans of GalCiv AND love Stardock. I also hope all of the elite founders have realistic expectations as to what an Alpha is likely to be like. But I believe the GalCiv III elite founders will meet those criteria in vast majority. For this reason I think the alpha of GalCiv III will be a positive experience for everyone. Unlike some of those Al

[quote who="Island Dog" reply="45" id="3446202"] Not rushing is key to building a successful town. [/quote] I totally agree, a rushed growth will lead you to trouble. Not building houses too quickly to control your pop growth allows you to make reserves. I think I have about 15k stored food atm. I try to keep 1k food reserve by 10 pop. Worked pretty well so far, at one time I had a scary food drop but

I have to agree so far about this game being remarkably addictive considering how apparently simple it is. It also runs very smoothly on my computer, is rather free of bug and overall very polished. I really like the UI for the most part. Very impressive for a lone man's work. My hat's off to him. So, what is the current record for population on this forum? My town currently have about 150 people. I would say I am doing pretty good so far, maxed out health and ha

^True, no challenge, no fun. ( Well, mostly )

I actually feel more constrained in a SOTS style map than in the 2d Galciv map.

I have indeed found that in almost any circumstances in GalCiv2, larger hull ships are always preferable to smaller ones. Not only do they have better HP/cost ratio but also more weapon space/BC. But that is not all, since attack/defense during combat is calculated on a per ship basis and not on a per fleet basis, larger ships will always be better at negating enemy attacks when using armor and better at overcoming enemy defense when using attack. Even at

Well, ship production for me it goes roughly as follow: 1. Colony rush phase : Homeworld and a few other planets with production bonuses get Spaceports and are producing ships. ( mostly colony ships of course). About 10-15% at the end of colony phase have spaceports and are building ships. All other worlds are focusing on social infrastructure. 2. Development phase : Here I decide what specialization most of the worlds get, most average-low PQ worlds become econ

Screw them tablets. I much prefer gaming sitting comfortably with a cold beer in front of my 26'' monitor. :P Anyway, I have terrible farSighted vision problem. So anything that is not a big screen at a reasonable distance is synonymous with eyestrain for me. Even with glasses. So portable gaming has never been an option for me.

[quote who="chuck1es" reply="49" id="3446005"] How many here use even a quarter of their planets to build ships in GalCiv 2? [/quote] About half in late game, where I spam constructors and transports for my galactic conquest efforts.

Wether HoMM series would count as a 4x is debatable since it is not exactly what most people expect of a traditional 4x, but you indeed do each of the four X in it so yeah, i guess. If we count HoMM as a 4x we might as well count Total war games as 4X too. [quote who="thetraviler" reply="6" id="3446003"] 2. Star Trek: Birth of the Federation[/quote] Ive been wanting to give this a shot for years! Back then one of my buddy had bought i

Yeah starbases in GalCiv are great. They allow some really interesting strategic choices. I'll always remember when I stopped a superior Drengin attack by rushing military support bases. The concept also kind of migrated to the world of Elemental with the Outposts.

[quote who="WIllythemailboy" reply="91" id="3445990"] invasion tactics damage the planet beyond reclamation? What possible degree of combat damage could be worse that what we already face on a regular basis?[/quote] Well, for one, dropping a massive asteroid into the planet, basically simulating the dinosaur extinction. This might weaken the crust and stimulate volcanic activity for a long time. Not something you could fix by ''draining swamps into dese

I have used a Logitech G4 for a long time and in retrospective it kinda sucked. It never felt comfortable in my hand, and I was kind of clumsy with it. Also, I would always press the Sensitivity up button when trying to press the middle wheel. Part of it because the wheel was so damn stiff. But about a year ago I found a yellowed Intellimouse in the garbage while dumpster diving. I tried it and, hell, it's so much nicer! Been using it since.

[quote who="jscherzi" reply="2" id="3445970"] I don't think you can include Civilization VI when they are still debating when or if it might be developed or not. .[/quote] lol, sry for the typo. I did not play SOTS for very long but I really liked their take on diplomacy. Like you could build sentences and communicate specific ideas to the AI leaders.

[quote who="Frogboy" reply="143" id="3445935"] Gods can die.[/quote] Sounds like something a pissed off mortal would shout while looking toward the summit of Mount Olympus :p

[quote who="Lord Daros" reply="70" id="3445911"] Just cant get past mission 3 in the storyline.[/quote] Dem pesky Dread lords ships ruining you day? Been ages since I played the campaing so I do not remember what mission 3 was. But Its funny because earlier today in another thread it has been discussed about how using lots a cheap ships with only attack is a valid method to counter the Dread Lords uber space squids.

Some other discussions on the forum prompted me to think about what would be my top 5 favourite 4X games ever. While I am pretty sure about the two firsts, the 3 others are not as certain. There are a few other games I considered but I eventually settled with this. This is a For Fun thread, do not feel obligated to explain your choices. Hopefully this might prompt some people to try some games they did not before, or discover some underdog gems. Although in my case my choices are quit

[quote who="The_Biz" reply="3" id="3445944"] in terms of the actual 4X genre and its original target audience, it has been downhill for quite a while, mainly because of there being negative progress since civ4/galciv2 the money (eg. civ5's customers) comes from people who want to run an empire or look at cool things, not people who actually have a clue about the decision-making involved in any of the 4 X's[/quote] GalCiv2 and Civ4 are my two favourite 4x

Haha, that`s alot of Ifs :p Yes Stardock is a great company with an attitude unlike most others. That is part of the reason I like to support them. This being said, on the other similar thread Brad posted this: [quote who="Frogboy" reply="46" id="3445696"] We'll definitely need an overlay on the alpha. The biggest problem I see in alphas is people will find them boring. Alphas ARE boring. Take your favorite game, doesn't matter

It is hard to tell if the niche is shrinking or not. The overall player base is probably getting bigger when you consider that more people than ever before have PC. But the ratio between the cost to develop a modern game vs. potential buyers maybe slowly shrinking as you said. I would not be able to say. Some 4x derived franchise like Total War are doing fairly well on the market.

[quote who="Tridus" reply="45" id="3445913"] You do realize the irony of that statement in a thread where half the posts consist of "I'll reserve judgement, but I like the old system better", right? [/quote] I know you were not talking directly to me but if you read my earlier posts about the dual queue I think I made a fairly decent explanation of what I like about the dual queue in GalCiv2. You will also notice I never tried to compare it to what GalCiv3 might

[quote who="Tridus" reply="6" id="3445891"] Quoting EvilMaxWar, reply 5 Isnt it already the case? In galciv 2, larger hulls always give you more bang for your buck. And obsolete ships do 0 damage to a properly defended ship, making it totally useless, Beside for military ranking in diplomacy. In my last game the Drengin declared war on me, convinced about their higher military they could give me a whoopass. One stack of 5 of my highly shielded med

I agree with op that race/alignent specific government models could be a very interesting addition. It is in the same order of ideas as the race specific tech trees that I like so much in ToA

[quote who="TheBirthdayParty" reply="41" id="3445889"] I'm 50/50 on buying this game. I've read this discussion and the reviews on steam. The main con for me is that the game is described as a lot of sitting around staring at the screen; things happen very slowly. A lot of down time for the player. Have you experienced this? Not to imply I want things to happen fast, just that I do not want to wait and wait and wait for something to happen or a reason for me to interact wi

In my case everything seemed fine just before. I thought that maybe i had accidentally selected ''gather ressources'' to some random unreachable place. The folks start walking and if I click on them it says ` working or Fetching ressource `Even the freaking Teacher is doing it. Then they seem to get stuck in a loop when they reach the corner of the map and only come back to the town if they are cold or hungry, and usually die before reaching town. I tried