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Double your luck and have none? in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

I've played 3 games recently where my political party has been universalists and I have also chosen an addition +25 luck for the terran race. It seems though that with only +25 luck as a part of the Universalists I was really lucky, getting precursor ships all the time, planet quality bonuses...etc However when I went and added the luck bonus to the Terran race attriibutes, nada, nuthin....no luck at all. Could this be a bug where +50 luck is actually less luck y than +25 luck? Anybody else

Reply to 1.04.60 Update! in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Just checking to see if the scoring issue has been resolved for the new update.

Reply to Metaverse has finally lost its mind in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Looks like its related to the version of the game that you submitted. I don't see any other 1.044000 games submitted by other players...only 1.040000.

Reply to Limit the number of players per Empire in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Hmmm 33016 vs 23...yep thats a pot calling the kettle black alright...c'mon Pontius its called perspective, lol. And I hate to pop your bubble but its not you in particular that is the apple of our eye...its your ranking. But don't despair we only want it for a little bit on our way to the top. Captain plephart 'Manifest Destiny' Join the Mid-Western Confederation We Want You! http://idle.thehueys.com/midwest

Reply to Limit the number of players per Empire in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Ellestar : "But site needs to live somehow. I think your site don't have 33015 registered members?" Ughh I don't know what part of that disgusts me more the admission of selling out or the assumption that someone would really want to be that lucky faceless #33016 :CONGRAT: Captain plephart 'Manifest Destiny' Join the Mid-Western Confederation We Want You! http://idle.thehueys.com/midwest

Reply to Limit the number of players per Empire in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

To Ellestar who wrote: By the way, spamming everythere with your request to join your empire isn't a good thing also. First of all there are 2 other entries in this thread regarding membership opportunities in other empires so I was just throwing our name in the ring as an alternative to Apollo who was lamenting about the state of his current empire. Secondly, 20 members out of your close to 1

Reply to Limit the number of players per Empire in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Apollo, i too have thought that large empires such as Apolyton should have a limit imposed on their size but if you look at the scores its entirely possible for an empire of half the size of Apolyton to overtake them in the rankings. Its all about how active your members are. I would imagine that only half of Apolyton's members are even active. Anyways I just wanted to throw in a plug for the Midwest Confederation as an alternative to all disenfranchised Texas Repulic members. Ther

Reply to MWC Empire, Open Invitation in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Help defeat GROSS, join the MidWest Confederation!

Reply to Mid-West Confederation communication & recruiting thread in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

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Reply to Which victory type will score best? in Strategies Stardock Forums

I have noticed that in game scoring in 1.04 and metaverse scores are now identical. It seems that in 1.04 a major factor in the score is time to victory and population seems to have less effect. Captain plephart 'Manifest Destiny' Join the Mid-Western Confederation We wa

Reply to MWC Empire, Open Invitation in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Let me throw my weight behind this empire. I was looking to join an empire only a week ago and had a lowly ranking barely breaking the top 500. On a whim I joined The Mid-Western Confederation and with the tactical hints I recieved from my fellow overlords I've jumped into the top 100 and am climbing steadily. We need you to help us continue to climb in the empire rankings and we can surely help you in return. Captain plephart 'Manifest Destiny' Join the Mid-Western Confeder

Reply to Two Questions - Ships and Governors in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Can't really say anything in regards to sector sweep as I don't ever use it but regarding governors, they basically set up an autobuild queue for each colony. I think the default gov is Ford. Every project you select under the gov screen becomes the priority build project for all colonies uder that governor. However it will not replace the currently building project. Check the colony details screen to verify which gov your colony is under. Now that all applies to social projects u

Reply to Mid-West Confederation communication & recruiting thread in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Just wanted to bump this up to get it some facetime and to try out my new sigline ala idleprocess. Not to mention throwin a plug in for this empire....if you want some helpful tips on how to score in this great game, join up and come into our members only chatroom. We'll get ya up to speed quick! Our only requirements are twofold, have some connection to the Midwestern US of A and despise the evil empire G.R.O.S.S. Apparently this game grosses them out or aliens do...I dunno. ;p Regardless

Reply to Looking for an empire in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Sorry about that Yellow Sign, just trying to help ya out and add a bit of humor. Ya gotta have fun with it or it ain't worth it. I just think you might be missing out on the community if you join a smaller empire....besides perhaps we at the Midwest could slide down a notch for ya ;) Good luck and sorry again

Reply to Looking for an empire in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

It seems to me that most of the top empires are region related, #5 Midwest Confederation - Midwest USA, #4 ANZAC - Aussies, #3 G.R.O.S.S. - elementary schools across the world ( how else can you explain their name....G.et R.id O.f S.limy alienS.....come on), #2 European Alliance - Europe, and while Apolyton is #1 and not particularily region related, how personal can an empire with 80 members be. So my suggestion would be clearly to go with the Midwest confederation if you are working in the US

Reply to EVIL - a tough row to hough! in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

The key to not being bullied when evil is to have a strong military. The trick is that the AI cannot distinguish between a "paper tiger" military and a real ass-kickin military force. That is of course, unless war breaks out, then you're screwed. Thus, I frequently find myself building up a massive fleet of lowly starfighters (and Battleaxes when available) early until my military strength on the graph is close to double that of my nearest competitor....its really not that hard to do...of cou

Reply to Mid-West Confederation communication & recruiting thread in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

sweet just scored myself a 3500 point victory. Was a great game with final victory coming with a military beating given to the Drengins. Starting to think that military victory may be the way to go for high scores.

Reply to Top 200 metaverse player looking to join an empire in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Well thanks for the interest everybody but I've decided to go with my roots and join up with the Midwest empire. ANZAC, you sound cool but an aussie I am not. And well GROSS....well I guess you know where I stand regarding you guys now... ;p I'll let ya know what the view from the top looks like.

Top 200 metaverse player looking to join an empire in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Just not quite sure how to go about joining any of the empires out there and what the benefits of said membership would be. Check out my games played and drop me a note if your empire if interested and what you have to offer.

Reply to More powerfull defense ships in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

I feel the same way about the need for a pure defensive ship for use against the avatars and overlords. In my experience I usually start with Axes and then upgrade to dreadnaughts for defense. I have come to realize though that for defense of colonies, a good defense is not the only thing you want, due to how the combat system works in GalCiv. You also need a good attack rating to have an efficient defense becaue after the first round of attack, where your defensive value is versus the attack

Reply to Avoiding war early in game in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

The "paper tiger" starfighters aren't completely useless though as when I get dreadnoughts I trade them away to weaker civs for tech or just to improve relations. I've just found that its close to suicide to wait too long before building up your military rating somehow, someway. It just seems like they need to adjust the rating beyond the cumulative value of your attack (and defense in 1.4)....not sure how though.

Avoiding war early in game in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

When I first started playing I figured the best way to start would be to build ships to defend my planets, such as the BattleAxe. However, after being bullied into bankruptcy or unwinnable wars I discovered a better strategy both by trial and error and reading this forum. The key seems to be building large amounts of starfighters, which are actually pretty useless in battle, but significantly boost your military rating. This is because the military rating is based solely on the cumulative val

Incorrect bonus given by system defense improvements in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

I noticed today that ships orbitting systems with planetary defenses/star system defenses/omega defense have their attack values alterred by these social improvements rather than their defense. Has this been noticed before and can it be fixed?

Reply to Bug Report Thread in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

I noticed today that ships orbitting systems with planetary defenses/star system defenses/omega defense have their attack values alterred by these social improvements rather than their defense as was intended. Don't know if this has been brought up before.

Reply to How to end allances with minor races? in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Will that also fix the bug that prevents you from using destabilization on the minor races as well? In my experience when you try to adjust the slider for destabilization for one of the minor races it instead ups the destabilization for one of the major races. Sounds like the same or related bug to me.