GalCiv2 Forums
I use PQmMagic to make a smaller partition for XP and games, so I don't have to defrag my whote hd at once.
I wasn't going to buy GalCiv2 either for the same reason, since Space Empires V will have tactical combat. But I read that the two games have different gameplay so I thought what the heck, I'll buy them both
The tutorial stutteres for me as well even with the latest drivers. However if I expand the tutorial window to full screen it's fine. Moe
Whoops scratch my second idea about making ships with just defensive stuff, just read "Tiny Ships in later game" thread that the AI will ignore them till the last. Try making fleets in similar fashion as the pirates do with fitghters. Moe
Have you read the combat results to see what kind of weapons and defences the priates are using? Maybe you could make new ships that would counter whatever they're equiped with. The AI on both sides always attack the weakest ship first. You can use this to your advantage by having one small ship in your fleet wiith just defences. To get the pirates to come to you, try putting a single cheap ship a few spaces in front of you flee