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AI never built terror stars in GC2 either. I wonder if one of the things Brad was wanting to work on for the AI had anything to do with this, I may ask him on twitter.

Nice, so I can't build as many, but what I can build is more useful, can't wait.

[quote who="Horemvore" reply="10" id="3740956"] Commander - Malevolant. Cost 10 Promethion and 1 Artocarpus Viriles. Edit: They are slow, not very well armed and have no defense, so require an escort or 5. [/quote] Can they move more than 1 space this time? Cus if I can only build ONE every 10 turns it'd limit their usefulness (long story short, a scenerio like the above video, probably won't happen using citizens). I'm used

[quote who="jabberjaws" reply="8" id="3740951"] Where are the details of the terror stars , I missed it too. Which citizen to promote ? [/quote] This, I can't find ANY details on it. I've tried both google searches and searches of the forums.

[quote who="Horemvore" reply="6" id="3740942"] Introduced with Crusade expansion. [/quote] Nice, in that case, I'm all the more excited that I already was.

[quote who="Horemvore" reply="4" id="3740938"] They already exist. It is sad how many people have neglected to look at citizen promotions or even payed attention to dev journals and patch notes. They even named it really cool, reminds me of the Dalek's.....EXTERMINATor. [/quote] There's about 1000 dev journals, but if they RE already back, that's awesome. I'm actually waiting until after Retribution is released to get Gal Civ 2, cus as I understoo

Without a truly better AI though Brad, I gotta say that, to me, this is all moot. What attracted me to Galactic Civ was your ability to code non-cheating AIs that can challenge the player. If the other 4X makers are going to continue with the "Cheat cus we suck at coding" model, then I could care less what else they have to offer. It ruins the fun, because I'm not actually competing with the AI, I'm trying to subvert its cheating, and I just can not enjoy that.

[quote who="SchismNavigator" reply="12" id="3740935"] We're not talking about OnLive. Just a subscription model. You'd still download and run the game on a local client. As for the entire "servers" argument, that is true of Steam already. If they go poof tomorrow your entire Steam library is gone with them. This is why only big platforms like what EA is going with Origin can realistically do this. Discord is also doing this now with Nitro. [/quote] Onlive was a MINOR p

[quote who="leiavoia" reply="1" id="3740909"] It took a full 10 turns to build something that my regular fleets could do in one or two turns. It never made sense to build these things. [/quote] Build them next to the star, and use them as your initial declaration of war, protect them with Dreadnoughts until they're ready, problem solved. They had several advantages over normal planetary conquest. The planets destroyed couldn't be reconquered, it

Because it'd be a shame if we couldn't do THIS anymore: [video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bcbCibkrT3I[/video]

The problem is subscription based gaming models, even if consumers don't react to it with torches and pitchforks, is not as practical as it is for TV and ISPs. Not unless you're talking about episodic content, but that has problems of its own. It would require online servers of some sort, which costs the company money to maintain. That's a HUGE disadvantage. It's technically true of TV and ISPs, but they have the advantage of being considered something akin to hou

For PC gaming, correct me if I'm wrong, but the cost of making games is much lower, thus the margins higher. If so, it can kinda make sense for prices to be a bit lower in the PC market. With Epic Games Store offering even higher margins and the lack of review bombing on said store making the SECAM region more viable, all the more profit can be had. But yeah, gamers have been resisting price hikes, I do see gamers starting to the higher up front price as a l

One thing that would help, we gamers need to be willing to see prices adjust for inflation. Games have been $60 for over 15 years now, and before that, the were $50 for over 10. It's unreasonable to expect this to continue without anything changing. Doesn't excuse the horrible things game companies are doing, but it can help if prices adjust such that the profit margin isn't as tight.

[quote who="bleybourne" reply="466" id="3711077"] That's what they're doing in that case. And most gamers don't give a fuck, they just want to play the game. Honestly, I couldn't care less if you indirectly call me a misogynist. I know I'm not, and sticks and stones blah blah. If EA or DICE or whoever posts saying " is a misogynist" then I would care. But generalisations like that? WHy would you care what they say. [/quote] Because it is damaging and will lead

[quote who="bleybourne" reply="452" id="3710942"] That's because many/most gamers aren't interested in the politics. [/quote] No, I am SICK AND TIRED of hearing that. Calling people misogynist/sexist,bigots FOR LIKING VIDEO GAMES is NOT POLITICS. It is malicious slander, aimed at making a hobby that people who hate us don't like go away. Stop calling it politics, it is not. We aren't talking about tax rates

[quote who="Kavik_Kang" reply="445" id="3710713"]It wouldn't matter if they cared, they are too incompetent to do it well. They aren't capable of it. And they talk down too and insult those who are capable of it, they are the most arrogant group of people to ever walk the face of the Earth. They have almost no idea what they are doing. They really don't. They never had any desire to learn anything about game design from the people who know game and simulation des

[quote who="Kavik_Kang" reply="440" id="3710647"] Then, doing such a terrible and laughably bad job of it every time really makes them look like complete morons. The people in your industry really have no idea how laughably bad they look from our perspective;-) [/quote] They don't care, THIS video sums it up perfectly, it's about EA, but applies abroad, and is still quite relevant today. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch

[quote who="Timmaigh" reply="433" id="3710558"] So lets say i said i dont believe that Star Control mark is worth the price. It was more complicated than that but whatever. Brad actually took his time to respond to my posts, but instead of referencing any such study he has at his disposal, which would actually answer all my questions and doubts etc, chooses to address them with some vague analogies. Does not seem logical to me.[/quote]

[quote who="wykstrom" reply="395" id="3710158"] My biggest issue with this whole thing is that the ONLY reason I'd play a Star Control game is because it IS a Star Control game. If you're going to completely disregard the history of the game and the history of the races (and I get you have reasons) then it's not really Star Control anymore no matter how many times you put the name on it. Example: If the Spathi go from being abject cowards with a single eyestalk and

[quote who="Alverez" reply="389" id="3709897"] Nobody is the enemy. I am not your ally. This is a disagreement over a 25 year old video game. Let that sink in and re-evaluate your previous post. [/quote] Funny, I thought this was about Copyright abuse and how it negatively impacts us as gamers. I mean, I know SC2 IS at the center of it, but how you can somehow miss the larger topic at hand is beyond me.

[quote who="Alverez" reply="375" id="3709810"] He's trying to make a connection between PR3 and Hitler. The mods really need to smarten up here. This thread is turning embarrassing. [/quote] Treating one another as the enemy is NOT helpful. You may not like my approach, but understand that Reich and Douche are NOT pulling punches, if we pull ours, that will not help things any. And I don't even wanna hear the "don't be like them" crap, there is

[quote who="Sir_On_The_Edge" reply="380" id="3709849"] There is a court date... this is not going to go well for P&F if I've followed this correctly... Time will tell I guess. [/quote] I wouldn't be so sure if we're being honest. Star Dock IS in the right, but Trademarks are a bit more difficult to enforce than Copyrights, and another thing about court is that even having EVERYTHING go in your favor only gives you a 99% chance of winning. Judges/Ju

[quote who="tingkagol" reply="372" id="3709767"]I'm sorry, but I'm lost. What exactly do you mean by "optics" and "HIS name"? [/quote] Let's just say that if you have no familiarity, you a VERY lucky person, as it is one the most horrific occurrences in modern history. Best to leave it at that.

[quote who="tingkagol" reply="363" id="3709739"] I don't think Stardock has gained anything positive by filing trademarks for the SC1-2 aliens but it definitely has soured my view of the company. By the way, I notice you call Reich by his name just fine, but have this fierce vitriol against Fred. Would you care to elaborate? I haven't seen them individually take stances on the issue on different intensities - both of them pretty much echo each other - so if there's an underlyi