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Reply to GalCiv IV Dev Journal #14 – Pacing Comparisons in GalCiv IV Dev Journals GalCiv4 Forums

Regarding 1. Are you familiar with AOW:Planetfall? They have something kind of like this. They're called empire quests I believe.You unlock stuff for completing them, and the first player to complete it gets the "pioneer" reward - some small bonus. They are things like "Gain the favor of two NPC factions" , "Launch 5 covert operations", "Build and exploitation on a sector and get it to level 4" The galciv equivalents would be something "Colonize two planets", "Make ano

Reply to GalCiv IV Dev Journal #13 - The Vault in GalCiv IV Dev Journals GalCiv4 Forums

I'm gonna float a few idea based on what I can work with given the parameters of the Galciv3 combat system. This is probably mostly op stuff. When I say mythic, what I mean is more like "legendary, but I feel like it should be rarer or at least not available from the tech tree, you have to find it somewhere" I tried to make them galciv lore appropriate when possible, but a few could probably use better names. Structural Analyzer, Legendary, Beam weapons do 50% more damage when

Reply to Unique buildings that can't be destroyed in GalCiv III Support GalCiv3 Forums

All the same I still prefer the three scouts because: 1) Otherwise I'd end up spending a nontrivial amount of credits rushing out scouts anyways 2) They have a higher sight range than anything you can build on your own even with +2 density 3) For me the early game is about quality over quantity, I like to be the first to get to any precursor worlds or high quality planets 4) Even with the +1,2 admin points arent enough to change the number citizens I end up spe

Reply to Huge planets in latest version in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

In a recent game playing as a custom faction the Elerians(Ancient + Exterminators, basically evil Altarians) I came across 3 chimeric biomass artifacts and I managed to make 2 super planets. Both of these arent fully optimized due to some short term decisions made earlier in the game. The first is my homeworld Elaria. Highlights: Quantum Power Plant, Singularity Power Plant, Antimatter Power Plant, Strategic command for +50% ship construction, Orbital Defense Platform + Helios ore to

Reply to Huge planets in latest version in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

In a recent game playing as a custom faction the Elerians(Ancient + Exterminators, basically evil Altarians) I came across 3 chimeric biomass artifacts and I managed to make 2 super planets. Both of these arent fully optimized due to some short term decisions made earlier in the game. The first is my homeworld Elaria. Highlights: Quantum Power Plant, Singularity Power Plant, Antimatter Power Plant, Strategic command for +50% ship construction, Orbital Defense Platform + Helios ore to

Reply to Unique buildings that can't be destroyed in GalCiv III Support GalCiv3 Forums

I doubled checked myself at it appears to be the case even with the starting constructor, which is only fair given its deducted from your starting admin cap. Personally I prefer the 3 scout start...lets just say they were assembled on the planet and call it a day.

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[quote who="Franton" reply="15" id="3752709"] Quoting charlando, reply 13 If you want to start with a shipyard but not ships, take the constructor options and build a shipyard turn one. Boom, problem solved. You've already said that. And I answered I'm no going to waste valuable administrators like that.<

Reply to Unique buildings that can't be destroyed in GalCiv III Support GalCiv3 Forums

If you want to start with a shipyard but not ships, take the constructor options and build a shipyard turn one. Boom, problem solved.

Reply to Unique buildings that can't be destroyed in GalCiv III Support GalCiv3 Forums

If you prefer the old start, start with a constructor and build a shipyard.

Reply to Unbalanced weapon effect/cost ratios in GalCiv III Support GalCiv3 Forums

When most of the special resource weapons provide a tiny benefit IMO they arent using just because it leads to micromanagement hell. That is, instead of queuing up several "Standard Planetary Defense M1" ships whenever a shipyard is idle and moving on in half a second, I have to stop and think if I have enough surplus resources to justify such a tiny improvement in ship quality. Then I have to design each ship twice - one no resource version, and one slightly enhanced ship IMO heres w

Reply to Huge planets in latest version in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

Directly from the ImprovementDefs.xml ProductionPoints Colony Flat 1 &nb

Reply to Huge planets in latest version in Galactic Civilizations III AshesoftheSingularity Forums

[quote who="AdamMG" reply="8" id="3751869"] Actually, the capital does not take levels from adjacencies. It is a "special improvement". So yeah, that planet layout is inefficient. What the +1 Raw means in terms of capitals, is that upon upgrading the capital (using planetology techs) it gives extra Raw. Yes, there is ambiguity in the terms. [/quote] Thats what I thought at first, but no its actually +1 per level. I can see it in the raw production bre

Reply to Newbie help in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

As of the most recent path the colony capital is also a grade A improvment gets +1 raw production per level. Gets adj from construction improvements.

Reply to Huge planets in latest version in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

Oh and unfortunately precursor fabricator is bugged when it comes to adjacency bonuses so you need to fix it with a mod unfortunately. Also, even if you have other defenses I always recommend putting a general on any of your super planets as a last line of defense. If you lose that planet it can be crippling.

Reply to Huge planets in latest version in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

Oh yes chimeric biomass is my favorite artifact by far. I dont have as many economic starbases surrounding this planet yet so I cant quite match your total construction output. But, I have almost 50 more raw production with slightly lower population. This is a manufacturing planet - the science and wealth I essentially get for free with ancient + tourism. I also get an extra 10 free raw production because its my homeworld(I love precursor worlds, but you dont always get

Reply to Newbie help in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

The AI treats open borders treaty a kind of peace treaty. If you declare war on that faction during the duration, everyone gets mad at you and you will see a negative "You know what you did" modifier with every faction. The first time I saw this I had no idea what I did...

Reply to Bug: Special resources need to be paid over and over again with each ship upgrade in GalCiv III Support GalCiv3 Forums

On top of this upgrading ships can be prohibitively expensive. I see a parallel between upgrading ships and upgrading Apple computers. Upgrading is easy! All you have to do is take your ship, throw it away and go buy a new one.

Reply to Can we please have an Even Civilization Placement option.. in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

This has really been killing my enjoyment trying to start a new game the few times I havent been in intense pain lately.

Reply to 5 (simple?) things to make modding better. (Frogboy's Ask) in GalCiv III Modding GalCiv3 Forums

Someone else linked to the modding guide. Heres a quick example of the syntax. The forum is stripping out newlines so here everywhere there is a space there should be a newline [Sharpshooter X2SoldierClassTemplate] -NumInForcedDeck=1 -NumInDeck=4 +NumInForcedDeck=0 +NumInDeck=0 [Templar X2SoldierClassTemplate] -BaseAbilityPointsPerPromotion=10 +BaseAbilityPointsPerPromotion=50 [XComGame.X2SoldierClass_DefaultClasses] +SoldierClasses=UniversalSoldier [XComGame.X2ExperienceConfig] -Requ

Reply to AI misuse of "government" ships in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

Heres an easy way to reproduce. Start a game where every AI faction has ancient. You will inevitably spot someone scouting with their "Prefect" ship.

Reply to 5 (simple?) things to make modding better. (Frogboy's Ask) in GalCiv III Modding GalCiv3 Forums

If anyone here is familiar with XCOM2's mod system, it allows you to specifically undefine things from the core game files so they can be redefined with mods.

Reply to Retribution: Weird invasion calculation in GalCiv III Support GalCiv3 Forums

I've seen this as well. I'll contribute a save file the next time I spot it.

Reply to 5 (simple?) things to make modding better. (Frogboy's Ask) in GalCiv III Modding GalCiv3 Forums

I hope commonwealths get a rework to increase the value of the feature. If we made a commonwealth feedback thread I'm sure many would be happy to share how they could be improved.

Reply to Planets and Resources Much More Sparse with Retribution? in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

It would be a huge improvement if there was some setting for habitable planets in between the current "common" and "abundant" settings. 3 Habitable planets in most systems shifts the balance in favor of colony rushes and is a huge buff to flipping planets through influence, but annoying as that is, it is still way better than the alternative of extremely rare number of habitable planets you get if you choose "common" habitable planets. Sometimes, the black hole setting experiences a s

Reply to Planets and Resources Much More Sparse with Retribution? in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

[quote who="Falkoner" reply="9" id="3745295"] Quoting charlando, reply 8 Quoting Falkoner, reply 7 Planets are ok, but r