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Reply to Hyperdrive Size, Fast Colony Ship and a few more questions in Galactic Civilizations II Stardock Forums

[quote quoting="post"] Hello all, I bought GalCiv2 last week (Ultimate Edition) and so far I am having a blast! While there is a lot of stuff I don't understand yet, there are a few things in particular that I'm wondering about which I think are important for the early game so I figured I'd ask the community for help. 1) A lot of the guides I have read recommend upgrading the colony ship to better models such as a Fast Colony Ship or a Long Range Col

Reply to screenies in Galactic Civilizations II Stardock Forums

Use Thumbnail, easier on all concerned. For Imageshack, it uses less bandwidth for pictures that might not be viewed anyway, and for people with slower or older systems they don't have to wait forever for a post with twenty huge images to load.

Reply to Best way to play? in Galactic Civilizations II Stardock Forums

As a new player who has just started his third game, I'd suggest Easy and Small settings, keeping the galaxy settings at default. I'm trying a Medium sized galaxy with habitable planets Abundant, and I'm not sure I'm familiar enough with the game mechanics to deal with the micromanagement of that many worlds effectively. (Though I'm going to stick it out because it's an interesting galaxy.) I did leave the number of opponents at five, which was the setting for Small. &nbsp

Reply to Assorted Newbie Questions in Galactic Civilizations II Stardock Forums

[quote who="DamienShade" reply="5" id="2180109"] As for the starbase defenses, did you install a "Battle Stations" module? You can't upgrade weapons and armor until you do. [/quote]Ah, that may be it. One of my first bases had one, but later bases (other than the military ones) did not, and there was no need to upgrade the first base militarily now that is was deep in my territory. Thanks, I'll see if that makes the difference this game. In case other new p

Reply to Assorted Newbie Questions in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

[quote who="DamienShade" reply="3" id="2179877"] quoting post 4. Do I need to hook up my star bases? Right now, only the Ascension SB is actually producing. Not sure what status screen it is, but it claims I don't have any SB bonuses. You may have figured this out by now, but you need to send more Construction ships to the starbases to upgrade them with bonus modules. The Ascension starbase has no upgrades so that's why only one ship is enoug

Reply to Assorted Newbie Questions in Galactic Civilizations II Stardock Forums

Thank you for your answers. As regards grabbing resources when you can, I have just learned that lesson the hard way, since the AI races have snapped them all up. Meanwhile Thalan influence is pushing my borders back and costing me asteroid mines. Am attempting to counter with Influence starbases, but will be focusing on the military techs soon ... the Thalans are too big for my tastes and diplomatic relations are hostile. RE: Approval is morale. Thanks.&nbsp

Assorted Newbie Questions in Galactic Civilizations II Stardock Forums

So I've bought the Ultimate edition and started my first game as the Altarians in a Small galaxy, (EASY, 5 civs, No Tech Brokering) with a custom opponent (Tholian Holdfast, using the Thalan tech tree, AFRonin's Tholian ships, and Super Isolationist SA.) At this point I've explored 90% of the galaxy, have four colonies (none better than class 9), a Production resource starbase, an Influence SB, and an Ascension crystal SB. I've no real warships ye