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Reply to is it just me or.... in Strategies Stardock Forums

Hi Oldstatesman, That is a neat trick you propose. Can't wait to try it out! Have fun

Reply to Noobie-PQ26 Help in Dark Avatar Stardock Forums

Hi Ranger, Turn it into your rearch planet. Build a few more factories and fill it mostly with research buildings leaving room for the technological center and the Omega research wonder. Along with a few economy starbases you will have 1000+ research points as well as a medium military planet. Have fun

Reply to HUGE Off-type Defence Bug in Bug Reports Stardock Forums

Hi, Is there a consenus that defence works not as specified, that it is better than stated in the manual? Have fun

Reply to Defence too powerful!! (perhaps) in Dark Avatar Stardock Forums

Hi, "Your experience shows exactly the point I was trying to make." There are people that claim that defence doesn't work as specified. At least I understand them to this regard. See this other thread "[DA1.5] defence nerfed(lol)". As I understand them they claim that defence is a lot better as it should be. A big aaargh if the claimants a correct! Have fun

Reply to [DAv1.5x] Nerf Defense! (lol) in Galactic Civilizations II Stardock Forums

Hi, Do you guys that run testbed battles really say that defence doesn't work as specified (better than it should be)?? Have fun

Question about DL I.5 in Galactic Civilizations II Stardock Forums

Hi, Im currently playing DL 1.4x. (Still chewing on a gigantic). I purchased DA Gold and I think I can still play DL along with DA after the installation of 1.5. I am wondering whether the new combat system is used for both the DA and DL (1.5)? ThanX in advance Have fun

Reply to DA - producing money - a testbed results in Dark Avatar Stardock Forums

Hi Iztok, Actually I was after the 30% (factories per non specialized planet). Too many factories and you've not enough space for money making stuff and too few factories and it will go forever when updating the buildings to new technologies. Your infos about the slider are usefull too, as always. Have fun

Reply to Ship Range Problems in Bug Reports Stardock Forums

Hi Raijer, I'd like to quote Iztok Bitenc: "That will not help. There's a hard-coded cap of 7 sectors max range. If you want to go further, you need to build starbase(s) along the way." Have fun

Reply to DA - producing money - a testbed results in Dark Avatar Stardock Forums

Hi Iztok, ThanX for the work, your article gives the answer to the question whether to build an additional food building or an additional econ building, when the goal is to maximize income. Will you now come up with an answer how much industrial capacity I need on a primarily bc-producing planet to do the builds/upgrades of those buildings? Have fun

Reply to Defense Solutions in Game Talk Stardock Forums

Hi Wyndstar, Hi Iztok. I agree with Wyndstars analysis and with solution 1 (cutting defence prices to a third). The second solution (quadruple all hp) would work also, but IMHO it would nerf "Super Warrior". Iztoks solution (make weapons bigger) would work also, but would need a lot of fine tuning, so my vote goes for Wyndstars solution 1. Have fun

Reply to AI could be more responsive to non-military "attacks" in Dark Avatar Stardock Forums

Well I agree with you guys, there should be some kind of reaction, but there is a case where no reaction would be better. If a military victim of you surrenders to a third race, then there are usually a couple planets left of the former victim that are now in your newly conquered space that will flip. It is unlikely that new civilization would get upset when their new planets are flipped. If there is always a reaction it is the pathway to a new way to cause wars. If you own a planet tha

Reply to German Download Version for DA in Galactic Civilizations II Stardock Forums

Hello Kryo, I purchased a DL in a retail store and downloaded 1.4x and now I got some kind of mixture of languages! I ordered the Gold version and am now anxious for the shipment to arrive. What do you recommend I should do when it arrives? Uninstal 1.4x first? Just put the CD into the computer and let the game do whatever it will do? My goal is to have an English only version, so I will know what the forum is talking about. Some items are just not recogizable after th

Reply to Large population planets pointless and impracticle in Dark Avatar Stardock Forums

Hi Evil Stormbringer, Iztok's advice is very good. The Altarians usually go for the diplo translater and the Terrans go for the crystals of harmony. The crystals are misnamed they should be called money crystals since they allow you to have much higher taxes without lowering your approval rate. Your approval rate needs to be over 50% with the starting goverment type and 60%+ with all others. Best keep it above 70%. Well the better goverments give you a higher economic bonus. You can sti

Reply to A military strat I thought of in Strategies Stardock Forums

Evil Stormbringer, the strategy with the military starbase, didn't work for me at first either. The AI were always ahead. There are some points you have to consider additionally. First the AIs will trade tech and always be ahead of you unless you trade also. If you got something they don't, trade it to as many AIs that you have contact to including the minors. If the trade option is on you must outtrade them. The second point why one might fall behind is the size of ones initial empire. The

Reply to A military strat I thought of in Strategies Stardock Forums

Hello Warden, There is actually a strategy with starbases I picked up in this forum, but it is regarded as cheese (close to cheating), but I played it in two tough games and won both by a large margin. The point is that it is crippling when you are forced to war when you are not ready. You want to have masses of fast troop transports on the border of your victim and take him out in just a few turns. What you don't want is an AI comming your way and take out those transports causing you

Reply to Technology Rate? in Galactic Civilizations II Stardock Forums

I also like slow settings on huge or gigantic maps. That way it takes several weeks to complete a game.

Reply to The meaning of it all in Off-Topic Stardock Forums

Then the question comes up of why we are all no addicted. To my opinion you are all addicts! Just because you don't have spasms and other symptoms of drug users when not playing GCII doesn't mean you are not an addict.

Research? in Strategies Stardock Forums

Hello, As a relativly new player I read this forum and picked up lots of good advice and most of it works well but I'm still stuck at some point playing DL 1.4. I chose everything to be abundant and the size gigantic and the setting tough with nine opponents. My race has the maximum in population growth and the rest went in economy and my party are the technos. I startet the game colonizing as fast as I could, neglecting research favouring military and social spending building only colon

Reply to I want my Drengin back in Galactic Civilizations II Stardock Forums

Thanx for the help.

I want my Drengin back in Galactic Civilizations II Stardock Forums

Hello, I played a few games of DL as the custom race then the Drengin. I did mess with the races starting stats to get the feel of it. Now I would like to switch to other races, but I noticed that the Drengin have the stats I gave them, not the original. Unfortunately I didn't write down the Drengin original settings. Is there a button to reset the Drengins or is somebody helpfull and posts the Drengins starting stats, please?