I've seen the light!

I just want to begin by saying "WOW, what an awesome game!"

I purchased the Gold Edition of GC2 back around November 2007 and let it just sit on my hard drive because I was too busy playing World of Warcraft. Last week though I made the decision to leave WoW due to numerous reasons. I had tried getting into GC2 before, but always when I was tired or didn't have long enough to sit and learn the game. But last Sunday afternoon I finally sat down (without WoW to distract me) and watched all the tutorial videos. I was then able to start a game and had enough of an idea of what I was doing to figure the rest out (or at least most of it) as I went along. You would not believe how geeked I was when I made my first trade route and trade spacestation last night. I love that you can create your own starships... that is so cool :)

I just wanted to let Stardock know how much I'm enjoying their great game and I will be downloading the TA expansion this weekend.

Just one suggestion: it would be cool if you could design ships from the main menu. This way new players could design a style for custom races without having to get into a game and research every single ship related tech. Plus it's just crazy fun :)

Below is my 2nd attempt at designing a starship. My first attempt was simply to produce a survey vessel and I didn't bother playing around with the extras too much.

My survey ship.

Keep up the excellent job guys!
- From one happy gamer.
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Reply #1 Top
Welcome! :) The front view of the ship looks especially cool.

Kzinti empire2.JPG Sentient species taste better...
Reply #2 Top
Thanks KzintiPatriarch!

I just downloaded TA and am trying it out. Can't wait to mess around with the new ship parts :)
Reply #3 Top
Can't wait to mess around with the new ship parts


There goes another night's sleep - good job its Friday :LOL:

Regards
Zy
Reply #4 Top
Welcome to our community :)
Reply #5 Top
If you want all the tech unlocked from the start of a game, use the "battle of the gods" scenario when starting a game. It might not be on the front menu, but it's the next best thing!
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Be sure to have fun with the Metaverse. I know I have fun with seeing my stats compared to everyone elses.

This game is too much funm it needs an alarm feature so you know when to stop playing.  :p 
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Be sure to have fun with the Metaverse. I know I have fun with seeing my stats compared to everyone elses.

This game is too much funm it needs an alarm feature so you know when to stop playing.


You said it. I meant to play for a half hour today, and it took an effort to stop after double that period.



Reply #8 Top
Last week though I made the decision to leave WoW due to numerous reasons.


Thats one of the smartest decisions you can make. God, that game is such a grind fest. Its not even really all that fun at all.

Reply #9 Top
Thanks for the tip Starstriker1 :)

I'll probably check out the Metaverse once I have a better handle on the game. Playing TA kinda messed me up because I was JUST getting used to the DA tech tree. I did win my first tech victory though.... although I had the game set to cakewalk I think. Meh, ya gotta start somewhere.

It was cool getting the Yor to attack the Drengin, hehe. Although it sucked when they made a peace treaty and I ended up paying tribute to both of them the same turn :)
Reply #10 Top
Hey man welcome =) I'm new too =D and like you, I thoroughly enjoy the game.


Nice ship btw =)
Reply #11 Top
Welcome gamewolf25 and HazMask.

This game will be your new addiction! :LOL: