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Reply to The Line in the Sand in Metaverse GalCiv2 Forums

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Reply to The Line in the Sand in Metaverse GalCiv2 Forums

[quote]He is now sitting in front of my fire place licking various unsavory parts of his body whilst purring quietly....[/quote] Careful Neilo, they are devious creatures that can turn in an instant. My own Kzinti slave-pet has never learned the meaning of the old adage "Never bite the hand that feeds you"! Still, any race that can be forced into full retreat by a well aimed water pistol or hose pipe can't be too challenging a foe :D

Reply to Real benefits of ToA? in Twilight of the Arnor GalCiv2 Forums

[quote]-new ground combat interface seems much less immercing than the previous one.[/quote] They are both limited - but as long as the "Skip" button is there, who cares. This game is about strategic galactic domination, not tactical battles. [quote]-game seems much less stable (though it may be a fault of my friend's computer that I played on)[/quote] In at least 300 hours of play on TA (various versions, mostly 1.95), I can count the number of crashes on the fingers

Reply to TA 1.96.027 - No Hyperion Matrix in Bug Reports GalCiv2 Forums

Hyperion Matrix is a "one per galaxy" building - if you include the normal Thalans as an opponent, they will usually rush-buy it instantly at game start. I suspect this is what is happening - make sure you do not have another race using the Thalan tree in the opponent list, and you should be OK.

Reply to Metaverse Scoring in Metaverse GalCiv2 Forums

[quote]If you were willing to build 17K ships and upgrade then you'd be hitting 1.5M easy.[/quote] I'd be more likely to be hitting my head on the keyboard ;) [quote]the 300 or so planets from which you rush buy a 1/1 fighter each and every turn.[/quote] 1 turn of doing that would put me off this game altogether - talk about RSI!

Reply to Metaverse Scoring in Metaverse GalCiv2 Forums

[quote]I think it is possible and faster to try to go research. In my next game I will see how close I can get to 1 million using research rather than military. I think I can get close, and it will be a LOT faster of a game.[/quote] The answer to that one is yes, and yes :) I'll start by saying nice game :CONGRAT: I'll continue with a :HOT: for patience (50,000 ships :SURPRISED: :SURPRISED: ) Then I'll tell you that in the 975K DA game I managed, I had less t

Reply to (all factories) does not = supremacy in Strategies GalCiv2 Forums

[quote]The all labs strategy is better suited to short games; where as, all factories is best suited to longer games.[/quote] That is about as concise a way of describing these strategies as I can imagine - 100% correct, although you can combine the 2 for an even more effective approach (getting the timing right on the switch-over is crucial). Wyndstar's Altarian AAR (linked above in Mascrinthus' post) describes this style perfectly. For a zero year win at the higher levels, th

Reply to Kzinti Empire - offical empire thread in Metaverse GalCiv2 Forums

[quote]I tried to change the Altarians to use the Yor tree.[/quote] Funnily enough, that's how I discovered you can't change the tech tree aswell ;) I guess that's why I use a custom race for ZYWs

Reply to Metaverse custom race bug? in Bug Reports GalCiv2 Forums

Yes, I've also seen it and it is related to tech choices - try changing which techs you've picked to start with. I can't remember which particular one it was that was causing the problem for me, but it was a specific tech and not related to the remaining points.

Reply to Kzinti Empire - offical empire thread in Metaverse GalCiv2 Forums

[quote]I couldn't change the super ability for the stock races in TA w/o being flagged as cheat, otherwise I would have done the same. I just played a tiny map and knocked out a game with each lol.[/quote] You should be able to - my last game was with Super-Breeder Yor (yes, the stock race with ARC for super ability and homeworld), and no problems with MV submission. Seems to work exactly the same as in DA for what you can change - can't change the tech tree for a stock race t

Reply to The Way of The Krynn in AARs GalCiv2 Forums

Very good so far. Nice alternative view on the origins of the Krynn - great idea!

Reply to Custom Race Advice in Twilight of the Arnor GalCiv2 Forums

[quote]I think I need to play this on harder difficulties.[/quote] For sure - anything less than crippling will be a walk in the park. Even suicidal is a breeze.

Reply to The Line in the Sand in Metaverse GalCiv2 Forums

[quote]Your Mylar-Ball mkII and Catnip Bombs will have no effect on meh!!![/quote] However, the occasional strategically placed lamp post or booby-trapped fire hydrant... Not forgetting the silver tipped "Arrow Mk1" missile, of course ;)

Reply to I'll pay you now, Stardock, right now in Turn-Based GalCiv2 Forums

[quote]I'll even pay for it before it has a title. You can bill me for "Nameless Fantasy Game" and I won't care. Just give me access to the beta (like you always do for pre-pay customers) once it gets started. How much will it be? $29? $39? $50? $69? I don't care. I want it, sight-unseen.[/quote] Can't say I disagree with any of that - just a shame that I'll probably have to give up playing GC2 when it comes along! [quote]After Galciv 2, I trust you guys to do anything (ToA was

Reply to Custom Race Advice in Twilight of the Arnor GalCiv2 Forums

For a fast, super-expansionist strategy (which is my preferred play style too), Super-Breeder is the only logical choice of super ability - but remember to keep approval at 100% as much as possible to get the benefit of it. For tech tree, it really depends on what other plans and options you have (i.e. good / evil, tech trading & stealing on or off etc). The key to fast expansion is getting the economy to keep up (which is why the high population growth of a super-breeder is needed). Th

Reply to Class 1-3 worlds gone from TA? in Twilight of the Arnor GalCiv2 Forums

Looks like they are mostly gone - I found a single PQ1 in my current immense abundant everything, nothing below PQ4 (except Wisp) in the previous 2 games. With a habitable planet count of ~530-540, an immense map in TA is a bit underwhelming compared to the 750 in a DA gigantic (or 950+ in earlier versions of DA). I was kind of hoping for 1000+ in TA immense, but no joy :NOTSURE:

Reply to What's the point of advanced governments? in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

[quote]Can we get back on subject? Should I switch or not?[/quote] Yes! An extra 10 / 20 / 30% economy is always worth it. Maybe pointless late in the game, but getting them early helps with getting your economy in the green - essential to being able to compete with the AI at the highest difficulty levels.

Reply to Year Zero Club in Metaverse GalCiv2 Forums

That is good for TA - you are not going to get multiple 700% tiles (not seen a start with better than 1 700% & 1 300% yet). Probably a good thing, because you would just run out of cash too soon - different priorities exist in TA ZYWs. I never save during a ZYW, if I get a start that looks OK I just play it and submit it, move on.

Reply to Kzinti Empire - offical empire thread in Metaverse GalCiv2 Forums

[quote]The #1 slot has become a revolving door as of late, i'm sure Mag and Motti are not done with yet![/quote] Nicely done KP - how much are you getting per game now though? Can't be much more than 7-8K. I figure if I did some ZYW's with Magnumaniac, I could be up to 2 million within an evening...

Reply to The Line in the Sand in Metaverse GalCiv2 Forums

[quote]i think the United Confederation of Planets will decide that. Because we will one day rain supreme...[/quote] The who? Nearly wore out my scroll wheel trying to find them ;)

Reply to Why is the Altmeta not updating? in Metaverse GalCiv2 Forums

[quote]Also how much do you want to bet that I can't be #1 in the MV with my new character in only 2 games? Well, maybe it might take me 3 games.[/quote] I'll take that bet, Mumble - no chance with 2 games, 3 a possibility only if the target doesn't get much higher! :HOT:

Reply to Kzinti Empire - offical empire thread in Metaverse GalCiv2 Forums

Yeah, the Thalan (or should that be Vogon) constructor defence fleet has pushed me to the 15th April on more than one occasion - damned by-pass builders, hanging in orbit in just the same way that a brick doesn't! There was no multiple research building buying on turn one on those games - I was using the Yor tech tree, so just plonked down a Research Matrix. Going up to Immense will cater for most of the score difference I suspect.

Reply to Kzinti Empire - offical empire thread in Metaverse GalCiv2 Forums

[quote]Mag, either in this thread or the ZYW you said about using the Thalans in your ZYWs rather than my thought on the Arceans due to their -1 speed. I now understand why. /hat tip[/quote] Definitely works well on the larger maps :D

Reply to quick questions about all X strategy in Strategies GalCiv2 Forums

I still use both strategies in TA. As noted above, the "focus" is not as efficient as before, but it is still better to get 100% usage out of your tiles - all the more important now that maintenance costs are so high. I start the game all labs (usually for about the first 6 months) to take advantage of the lower cost race-specific research buildings (if the tech tree I'm using has them, e.g. Iconian / Yor), get some key techs done and use focus to build initial infrastructure ready for

Reply to Tyranny of Evil - A Metaverse Empire. in Metaverse GalCiv2 Forums

[quote]Just waiting for the MV to update so I can view my shiny new gold medal.[/quote] Nice going Motti :CONGRAT: That's some submission rate for the past few days to get there - don't burn out :p