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Agreed that variety and diversity are good however we need to keep in mind that an end goal will likely result in similar products. For instance just looking at weapons developed by differing countries over the last century should provide the logic that a standard once developed is very influential in the design of the next generation. To simplify this statement, if race A were to develop technology A race B would develop a technology simila

For what its worth, I think we can look at history for a good set of events / mega events see reply #3 for an example. To look at world history and see what plagues and or (depending on outlook) early biological warfare that played out and reeked havoc on civilizations in just our small piece of the pie would be refreshing. Not to say that we should have the option of giving blankets to a newly discovered alien civilization or anything but one has to wonder at whether or not some of the drama

From what I have gathered it comes down to what fighters add to the game (without unnecessarily increasing complexity both development and resourcewise). Do we include fighters because you want to circumvent fleet cap? Does having 100 fighters with 1 of each weapon and no defense increase the play-ability of the game? You cite diversity but what is the net gain in said diversity? Both for the player and for the developer?

Just my $.02: GalCiv II was great in its own way and if it didn't appeal to certain people that's fine. Just like COD doesn't appeal to RTS fans, lets not encourage making this something that it's not. When you attempt to be a jack of all trades you end up being a master of none and that applies to everything. Could the fleet combat use an upgrade or set of new eyes? Sure, and I think that's exactly what we're going to get. Until we get confirmati

I would like to begin this post with admitting my deep sadness that we have had no confirmation on Linux (or Wine) compatibility even though Steam has opened up a section for Linux games. Would I be even more stoked if that were a feature? He11 yeah, it would preclude me from having to install a WinDoze partition and make my life significantly easier. That being said I love GalCiv FAR too much to not go through the headache preventing me from playing it (and testing it). GalCiv II was my favo