Unwinnable situations, that a random event helped you win

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Anybody had any of those random Flukes from either the UP or just an event that leed's to you winning in some way?

I just finished a 5 hour long game on a Med map with 3 Suicidal oponents and they were kicking my ass right I had next to no millitary, was waaayyy behind in tech and only had three planets), being the first time playing on suicidal and all that and well then I got given the UP HQ on Earth, and over the next year I managed to win Culturaly... Which was pritty lucky, because with a week to go i got a warning that the Drath Legion had researched Beyond Mortality...



So yea, any good imposible situations that have turned into wins?


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Reply #1 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Anytime you get the restrictions on modules, or forced to imperial government it can help quite a bit. Just vote for the restriction, and if you get it immeadiately leave the UP.

The only drawback is the lose of trade, which for me I don't bother with anymore anyway...
Reply #2 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
I've been helped out quite a bit by the "no more wars" proposal.
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Reply #3 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
I don't think I have ever seen the 'No More Wars' proposal come up except when there have been no wars taking place. When it does come up, it is usually pretty early in the game before the first war has broken out, so it really is a waste of time.

The devs should include the code necessary to determine if a proposal is actually valid and necessary at the time it is made.
Reply #4 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
I agree with the "End all conflicts" UP saving my bacon. It gave me enough time to rebuild, upgrade, and repopulate before the other guy finished takeing me to town.
Reply #5 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
I was at war with Drengin and Yor. They had heavily armed frigates completely surrounding my quadrant...then the Fundamentalist event happens...and utterly nerfs them...they each lose like half their planets and they never recovered...it was AWESOME!
Reply #6 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
I was hurting for planets mid game, had about 8 after a costly war and none of them were over PQ15. Then a artifact made all unihabitable planets in a 3 sector radius PQ9. I ended up getting 14 out of 25 or so planets when the rush and influence take overs were done. Help me limp through the game (flipped back and forth between 2nd and 3rd most powerful out of 6 races) and gain a influnce victory.
Reply #7 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
This is kind of off-topic, but I think it'd be great if each civilization could submit a proposal. Or at least the user.
Reply #8 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Not a UP resolution, but finding a Ranger saved my bacon in one game- held off the Arceans long enough for me to rebuild my military and strike back.
Reply #9 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Finding ship's is really great. It's even better when there tech's are only up to the midranged hull sizes. Here's the story right, I was playing a bunch of normal guys and the korx and yor were completly gone, and they kept finding Precursor Corvette's n stuff and I was getting anouyed that I never got anything, then next turn I randomly found a Ranger... it was pritty sweet! there kinda KICK ASS!!!

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