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Reply to Whats with the Yor dominating all games? (Patch 1.03) in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

I ended up disabling the Yor in my suicidal games for the time being, just because I had the same experience. Very early on, they would just wipe out everyone. 9 AIs versus the Yor, and the Yor were unphased. There are definitely some balancing problems with them. I tend to play the same settings as you, so the early rush to Malevolence III isn't that feasible. I don't like micromanaging a huge number of planets and get bogged down by the large maps, let

Reply to Game Score: It makes no sense!! in GalCiv III Support GalCiv3 Forums

Yes, I don't get the scoring at all either. There are people in the top who haven't played anything except beginner games and have thousands of points per game.

Reply to Can't find myself in the Metaverse in GalCiv III Support GalCiv3 Forums

Yep, that's what's going on. Managed to find myself. Phew.

Reply to Can't find myself in the Metaverse in GalCiv III Support GalCiv3 Forums

Actually, I am beginning to think that the search is just broken. Can anyone from SD confirm this?

Reply to Can't find myself in the Metaverse in GalCiv III Support GalCiv3 Forums

Seriously, does anyone know what the deal is with this? I just finished another game, and I am still not in the metaverse--at least a search cannot find me. Getting a little annoyed by it now.

Can't find myself in the Metaverse in GalCiv III Support GalCiv3 Forums

I was there yesterday, at roughly position 800ish. Today, I can't be found. Any ideas why?

Reply to User interface rough edges in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

I pretty much agree with everything you mentioned UI-wise. Good suggestions.

Reply to Galactic Civilizations III - Patch 1.02 in GalCiv III Support GalCiv3 Forums

[quote who="Medu_Salem" reply="192" id="3559269"] In my opinion the culture flipping should be a chance based thing. Like if your faction has 60% of the total influence and the opponent has 40% of the total influence then with each turn you have a 60% chance that the population will start a rebellion, but only with a 60% chance of succeeding, because 40% of the population is hypothetically still loyal to the opponent. After either the rebellion succeeded or failed there's

Reply to Galactic Civilizations III - Patch 1.02 in GalCiv III Support GalCiv3 Forums

I've been an avid fan since GalCiv1, and I'm loving the game in its current state even with some of its present quirks. I absolutely do not agree with the sentiment that 'the customer is always right.' I've worked in positions where people feel that because they paid $10 for a movie theater ticket or some such, they are entitled to abuse you. Seriously. It's kind of crazy. I do get frustrated with the gaming industry overall, because I do

Reply to Scrolling on Galaxy Map in GalCiv Beta Feedback GalCiv3 Forums

Personally, I'm waiting for this feature before I really even play the game. I know it seems nitpicky, but I can't stand not having the edge scrolling. Clicking and dragging wasn't working well for me because half the time I had a ship or something selected and it would think I was trying to move it. I don't like using the arrow keys because that requires me constantly taking my hand off the mouse and moving it to the arrow keys then back again. I reall

Reply to Lot of interesting stuff going on in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

[quote who="Robert Hentschke" reply="31" id="2788952"] Quoting Stmorpheus, reply 20hey! this is an opportunity to make a new spell. one that allows you to see enemy cities. currently we have a spell that only gets rid of the black area. also, i don't quite understand why the AI can't see human cities. once you uncover the fog of war, you can ALWAYS see what that city is up to. That's too "free" and automatic, really. ZAP - complete intel report on the ci

Reply to [1.08b[b].092][Bug]Teleport cast by hired adventurer doesn't work in WOM Support Elemental Forums

Does it work if they are by themselves and the leader of the group? I found (prior to 1.08, haven't tested since) that only the leader of the group could cast it and have it work.

Reply to Elemental: War of Magic v1.08 Change Log in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

I'm with most people who dislike removing the organized trait. That combined with the extreme increase in the cost of teleport makes the beginning of the game a massive chore. Combine that with the loss of mana after a tactical battle bug, and the game is pretty much unplayable for me at this point in time. I will be waiting for the next patch before I try it again. Nobody else seems to have mentioned this, but I also was not able to destroy any buildi

Reply to [BUG] - Child losing all gear & mana after tactical battles in WOM Support Elemental Forums

This doesn't seem to affect just children. I just finished a tactical battle with sovereign, Janusk and Nabaja (all 3 had mana). Within tactical battle, at the end, Janusk had 5 mana left, Nabaja had 6 mana left. Exited the tactical battle and both had 0 mana! I can also provide a save file for this if needed. I have it saved prior to the battle and have replayed it about 3 times with the same results each time.

How to destroy an improvement? (v1.08 bug?) in War of Magic Elemental Forums

I've taken over a few enemy cities, and I can't seem to destroy any of the crappy improvements they have already built. I swear, prior to v1.08, I just clicked on it and had the option, but it seems that it's not working now. Is there something else I should be doing or is it broken?

Reply to Should every turn matter so much? in War of Magic Elemental Forums

To be fair, I think this is pretty common for many games of this genre. I often quit my Civ IV/GC2 games far before they are over because they become boring mop-up games. The most interesting and fun parts of these games for me are at the beginning where every decision is much more critical to your success. On the other hand, the AI does need drastic improvement, which I know it will get. The AI in GC2 was pretty good, so I'm sure that the AI in Elemental will be getti

Reply to Summary screen please? in War of Magic Elemental Forums

The only problem with that is building placement. Unless you choose to just allow the game to pick a site for you if you pick a new building from the city manager screen.

Reply to 1.08 ETA? in War of Magic Elemental Forums

I thought it was Christmas when I saw that both Elemental and Civ V were coming out around roughly the same time. I had been looking forward to both for a long time.

Reply to 1.08 ETA? in War of Magic Elemental Forums

The only reason I think people are comparing this to Civ V is that they are basically in the same genre--tbs strategy games. Likely, those who like this game will like Civ V also. Personally, I'm pretty excited that I'll have two new games to sustain me for a while, both Civ V and this game. :) Very rare that it will happen, since (good) tbs strategy games are pretty rare. Of course, I still get in a good GC2 game on occasion too. I'm one of those people who will

Reply to Why is city spamming bad? in War of Magic Elemental Forums

[quote who="Haldur" reply="70" id="2770518"] Quoting Sythion, reply 65 No need to have a toggle/slider. Just make the cities have a cost (1 food). No need to figure out some convoluted solution when a natural one is available. I agree. I was going to say, essentially, the same thing (but you said it first). You either add a cost of 1 food per settler (and refund that food if the setttler dies), or you have each city (after the first) cost one food even at leve

Reply to Ten problems with the balance in Elemental in War of Magic Elemental Forums

[quote]5. Tactical Battle Process If you combine my various suggestions up to now with appropriate terrain modifiers (as in: related to the actual terrain and in the form of +/-dice rather than a percentage), a pre-battle deployment phase (preferably one that remembers the last deployment), a 500% animation speed option, and spells redesigned to work with the new combat mechanics, I believe it would end up being fairly enjoyable - with the caveat that every unit under the sun needs

Reply to Why is city spamming bad? in War of Magic Elemental Forums

[quote who="Jandurin" reply="38" id="2770318"] Quoting cwg009, reply 34 Oh, and don't even get me started on playing the city-level-up memory bonus game for all these cities. Hmm, is this one of my thirty cities with a gold mine, library or temple that hasn't been harvested yet, or is it one of my spam cities instead and I should take the extra military unit? Well, this giant unmovable, annoying interface screen is in my way so I can't actually see the city that just leveled up, so

Reply to Why is city spamming bad? in War of Magic Elemental Forums

I really agree that the city spam is way too easy and boring of a strategy. Right now, I am enjoying the game, but I find it terribly easy and kind of simplistic. I think the city spam is a large part of it. There is no penalty to the ICS style of game play. There is no need (or really a way that I can see) to specialize cities for different things (like in GalCiv2 or Civ IV, having one for research, one for food, once for unit building, etc). As far as I can tel

Reply to Labor Day notes in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

I don't really see why you'd want to remove tile restrictions. If anything I think you should have more restrictions. With no tile restrictions, I guess you just build everything in all cities, unless I'm missing something. I really liked GalCiv2's method of limiting what you can build on a planet by planet quality, etc.

Is AltMeta still maintained? in Metaverse GalCiv2 Forums

Hi, just curious about the AltMeta site. I can never find myself on there, even though I'm (slowly) rising in the ranks on the regular MetaVerse. I would think I should have a better score on AltMeta because of my playstyle. Is this site no longer maintained? Edited to add: Star Federation doesn't show up either, even though we're ranked 30th in the official Metaverse. I thought the top 50 were included in AltMeta.