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Reply to Help in planet screen in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

I have some questions regarding influence. Does your population increase per turn go up with more influence? So if I build a diplomat building and increase my influence on a planet will the pop increase faster? If I build influence starbases do they only have an effect in their immediate area or are they added to my "total influence" as well? I did not know that the closer one gets to a influence starbase the stronger the effect. I thought it was equal through out the zone of influence. Just

Favorite way of winning and how to do it in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

I would love to hear from you on the way you like to win the most and what method you employ to achieve that victory. I am a noob and will start the ball rolling and I am uncertain about what I say since I haven't played enough. My favorite method is a military victory. I achieve this through ignoring most of the skills except for the following. I focus on lasers or missiles, or weapon development. Then I focus on logistics to get larger fleets. Then I get to medium sized hulls and th

Reply to Core ships and designing similar ones. in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

So what is a Frigate and could someone tell me the basics of how various ships are made. I know fighters are tiny hulls. I have once made a medium hull and loaded it up with weapons and a smaller engine and a support module, and a few shields. Is that a frigate? I have never made a large hull. Is there a book I can buy somewhere that goes into the game mechanics and strategy in more depth than the manual?

Reply to New Player says hi in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

What is an AAR? I assume it is a game recording or something like that.

Reply to New Player says hi in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

Well I played on cakewalk to get a feel for the victory conditions and the game mechanics. So after a few weeks I am ready for the big time. I can't believe what a time suck this game is. 3 hours go by in a blink. Very weird. Anyway yesterday I tried playing as Torian and on normal diff. I went on a large galaxy for the first time with 10 civs. My goal was to turtle and try to win a scientific victory. I had just 3 planets and I did not want any confrontation. The Drengin started taking

Reply to New Player says hi in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

So at that level of AI the other civ's will try to win with an influence victory and influence me to death? Just curious?

Reply to New Player says hi in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

I noticed a few non intuitive things (at least I think so) about movement. If you right click and tell a ship to go somewhere and it says auto move then you would think it would move at the beginning of the next move. It seems like it moves at the end of the next turn. You can still manually move it and I did for a long time thinking the auto move was not working. Eventually I realized it moves at the end of the next move. Also when I discovered how to use the rally point and the governors in

Reply to New Player says hi in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

I got the game this weekend and OMG, I love this game. It is so deep and thoughtful. I can't believe what an amazing time suck it is. I blink and 3 hours have gone by. I still have a lot to learn but it is fun learning. Great game. I am so glad I got it. I will be pestering you all soon with lots of stupid questions. LOL.

New Player says hi in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

Hi, I just bought this game and can't wait to get started. I hope to come here often and learn the ins and outs of this game. Anyway, I thought I would introduce myself and I am hoping the community is still active. I normally have lots of questions, I hope there are lots of patient helpful people here. So HIIIIII, howya doin? [e digicons]:grin:[/e]