Ex Mudder

Ex Mudder

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Reply to Sensor Range in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

-1 cumulative for each module beyond the first I would support, with an possible exception for the first survey module. One of my problems with this is actually visual. Once I build my 32 sensor range cargo ship, I have to zoom out really really far out to see everything it sees. I find that decidedly odd, especially so early in the game.

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Reply to [.97] Altarian Biosphere Manipulator is still Colony Unique in GalCiv Beta Feedback GalCiv3 Forums

When I play with the Altarian tech tree as a custom faction, I get to use the Biosphere manipulator once on a Soil Engineering tile. The text says multiple times, but I have never actually seen that happen. Didn't even realize it was supposed to be more than once. I also get a "Universal Soil Adapter" from Habitat Improvement.

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Reply to Large Empire Penalty WAD? in GalCiv Beta Feedback GalCiv3 Forums

New system really hurts new colonies, while barely effecting older colonies. -20% of a pop 5 colony is much less painful than -4 base morale. For a built up colony, that can be offset by a single building. Also renders +% building irrelevant. +100% of zero is zero.

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Reply to After Battle Repairs in GalCiv Beta Feedback GalCiv3 Forums

Makes anomaly pirates a pain, as it is 40-50 turns until you can send your starting survey ship into another one, and I've found you need 2 mediums, one with the survey array, to effectively plow troung ship graveyards safely.

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Large Empire Penalty WAD? in GalCiv Beta Feedback GalCiv3 Forums

At first I was happy to see that change in large empire penalty from -1% per planet to -.2 per planet. Until I read the fine print. 11 planets. -2.2 morale. Your colony capital starts with a base 3 morale. Now base .8 WAD?

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Reply to Abundant planets / abundant habitable planets question / observation in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

I'd day that common habitable planets settings have too many habitable planets, often 2 or 3 per star system, on par with what I would consider abundant. Uncommon seems to have a good amount for an "uncommon" setting. Abundant is certainly abundant. I'd like to see abundant toned down a bit, but I will see if I can do that on my own by having fewer planets and stars. Occasional planets / common inhabitable seems to work well for me, esp a

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Reply to [Question] Useless Techs in GalCiv III Support GalCiv3 Forums

Not useless. Other things (like trade resources) also boost speed, and they all stack. Only useless if you use ships without engines. Less useful than some other options, certainly. I prefer reduced engine mass so I can fit more weapons on my ships and still have decent speed.

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some more Custom Game options on game start in GalCiv Beta Feedback GalCiv3 Forums

We have "no tech trading" as a game option. I'd add a few more: 1) No tech brokering. You can sell you own techs, but can not resell techs you bought from a 3rd party. Upside, minors and allies can not resell the nice techs you sell them. They might still be obtainable via espionage and invasions. 2) No sensor stacking. Sensors currently stack, would block the Eye of Sauron cargo ship with 22 / 30 /

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Major and minor constructor issues with 6.1 in GalCiv Beta Feedback GalCiv3 Forums

1) When I met the Terrans they were building constructors, not colony ships, and ignoring planets I knew they could see, since they sent a constructor past them to take strategic resources. 2) They sent constructors deep into my territory to take my resources. I never saw a scout. 3) Minor races are not building constructors at all, even though they have resources visible from their homeworld. They are build

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Reply to Abundant planets / abundant habitable planets question / observation in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

I had 20-30 class 10-15 planets near my homeworld with abundant / abundant and abundant / common in beta 6, but only 10 or so on common / common. So both settings impact the frequency of habitable planets. If that is the case, star frequency would also impact total number of planets. I have Occasional star / uncommon extreme. Seeing far fewer class 4-8 and 16-21 as well. But I have only generated a few map

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Abundant planets / abundant habitable planets question / observation in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

When I started games with abundant / abundant, I got way too many planets. When I went to abundant planets / common habitable, I got way too many planets. It was only when I turned down planets to common that I got fewer planets. XML issue with planet settings, or small of sample set? I'd think tweaking habitable planets would impact habitable planets more so than total planets.

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Minors not building constructors in beta 6 in GalCiv Beta Feedback GalCiv3 Forums

In Beta 6, the minors are not building constructors and are not claiming strategic resources or building economy starbases. In the game I am looking at, they have a durantium and thuliam in their system, so they know about it, but are only building ships, despite no one having invasion techs. It's like they are using the pirate AI for their builds.

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Reply to AI rushing shipyards in GalCiv III Support GalCiv3 Forums

Just looked at an AI planet that was colonized early game. Shipyard is first building queued (Iconian). 32 turns to build. Now I know why the AI is doing so poorly against me.

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