the thing is, you didn't kill 19 million of your citizens. You killed 19 *b*illion. See, don'tcha feel better now?
metawolfe
I've settled on medium hulls as the best trade-off between potency of the individual ships, and the number I can fit in a fleet. I emphasize fleet speed (maintaining about double the AI's base fleet speed) so I can stay out of the way of enemy fleets that are strong enough to hurt me, while pouncing on the less formidable ones. I don't use ship defenses, and strive to get my logistics as high as possible. All of these factors combined allows me to d
You can already initiate orbital bombardment *nearly* without troops. You do need to use one transport, but that could be loaded with only one troop if you like. That way you can blow the bejesus out of a planet's infrastructure, without wasting your troop strength. A tactic like this would make the most sense against a strong opponent who had an advantage in soldier skill and/or population, while you had naval supremacy.
Hi all, and thanks for all the feedback. Between your responses and further investigations in-game, I’ve got most of it figured it out. Regarding Governments, I overlooked the income boost of Republic, in that it was smaller than I expected --the 25% boost, being additive rather than multiplicative, was dwarfed by my races innate economic bonuses. I was primarily looking for the research/production bonus, which you all have pointed o
I'm a veteran of GalCiv1, and I've recently started playing GalCiv2. While the game so far has been overall an enjoyable challenge, I've noted a few areas which seem horribly broken. Perhaps I'm missing something in each case, and the game is actually "working as intended" - so pleae enlighten me to relieve me from my mounting frustrations. If these issues have been discussed elsewhere in the forums, I overlooked it. If anyone is looking
I'm a veteran of GalCiv1, and I've recently started playing GalCiv2. While the game so far has been overall an enjoyable challenge, I've noted a few areas which seem horribly broken. Perhaps I'm missing something in each case, and the game is actually "working as intended" - so pleae enlighten me to relieve me from my mounting frustrations. If these issues have been discussed elsewhere in the forums, I overlooked it. If anyone is looking