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Reply to Why the computer don´t uses engines? in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

If they aren't putting engines in their ships, it's not you who's disadvantaged. The biggest, baddest battleship in the world doesn't matter if you can just fly around it.

Reply to Question about Trade Goods in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

The key point with trade goods, IIRC, is that when you trade them you don't lose them yourself. That is, you're essentially sharing the effect with another race.

Reply to Feature request - insane galaxy size in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

Ideally you'd be able to specify how many sectors square a map was. I don't have an interest in any map larger than "huge," honestly, but would love some sizes inbetween huge and large. It could go up to the limit of ones computer's capabilities, for those that want to start a game now and finish it when GalCiv3 comes out.

Reply to Copy Protection? in Dark Avatar GalCiv2 Forums

DA works identically to DL, and yeah it's a great feature of both.

Reply to Making GalCiv more like chess and less like checkers in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

Sounds like you want a mod. Have at.

Reply to DA - play by itself in Dark Avatar GalCiv2 Forums

To my knowledge there's no way to do it right now, but I'd really like to see it implemented. For that matter, I'd like to see an option that lets the game continue after the player loses. It'd make it meaningful for me to surrender if I could watch whether the civ I surrendered to went on to destroy my enemies.

Reply to Planets in Dark Avatar GalCiv2 Forums

How odd, in my opinion the planetary environments are probably the single best addition in DA. It completely changes the colony rush dynamic.

Reply to Hows the new AI? in Dark Avatar GalCiv2 Forums

This is such an obvious tactic to use it seems crazy that the AI is oblivious of it. It's not, what difficulty were you playing on?

Reply to Aggression in Dark Avatar GalCiv2 Forums

If that's the case it sounds like the effect could stand to be more pronounced at higher aggressiveness settings. Still, it also sounds like it does what I want it to do, just not enough perhaps. Thanks!

Reply to Espionage in Dark Avatar GalCiv2 Forums

Do AI races espionage each other? Yup. I'll frequently come across agents on alien worlds that I didn't put there.

Reply to Espionage in Dark Avatar GalCiv2 Forums

I never liked the DL system. It was too trivial, really. Set 10 bc spending per civ early on and just sit back as the info and techs roll in. The new one is much more interactive and consequently much more interesting. It's harder to acquire information and techs. I wouldn't mind seeing the DA system refined a bit, but a reversion would be very unfortunate.

Reply to Should Winning Always Be the Goal? in Off-Topic GalCiv2 Forums

Yeah, EU2's great for that kind of thing. Skip EU3, though, since they've eliminated the story telling/event/historical flavor element of the game for some reason.

Reply to The "Dread Lords Return" mega event was a bit of a let down... in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

Yeah, minors and especially Dread Lords that pop up late game need to pop up with defenses, there's been a lot of discussion about this and hopefully it'll be addressed in a future update.

Reply to Hows the new AI? in Dark Avatar GalCiv2 Forums

I do see this, but I don't think I have ever seen an upgraded one, so it's still pretty useless. Generally speaking they are upgraded when I see them being used for defense, as opposed to for range extension. They may not be upgraded enough , but I've seen the AI use them to pretty good effect from time to time.

Reply to Hows the new AI? in Dark Avatar GalCiv2 Forums

Also does the AI ever build military starbases? I dont recall ever seeing any. Yup, it definitely does. Generally it uses them defensively, to cover the homeworld or other vulnerable spots. I recall attacking comparitively low-tech Iconians in a previous game only to find my snazzy high-tech fleet blasted to shrapenel in orbit because I'd failed to notice the three (!) military starbases he'd built nearby. Ge

Reply to Aggression in Dark Avatar GalCiv2 Forums

Perhaps I should clarify that I'm asking because so many of the high level players (see the "How do you like the new AI?" thread) seem to abuse the diplomacy model to achieve victory. If, then, the aggression slider is effectively a diplomacy difficulty slider I'd think it'd be an ideal solution to that problem.

Reply to UGO Gives Dark Avatar an A! in GalCiv II News GalCiv2 Forums

It's nice to see game reviewers are getting it right on this one, congrats Stardock!

Aggression in Dark Avatar GalCiv2 Forums

Obviously increasing the aggression slider makes the AI more likely to declare war. How does it do that, though? Is it simply a behavioral tweak, or is it actually an alteration to the AI's diplomatic modifiers? That is, would it make diplomacy in general harder?

Reply to Someone please explain this for me.. in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

I've never seen planetary management that far off. Hopefully it's some sort of easily fixable glitch.

Reply to Late Game Minors in Dark Avatar GalCiv2 Forums

Yup, late game minors really need to spawn with appropriate defenses. Dread Lords need to spawn with a very nasty fleet.

Reply to Distruction of improvments without wining a assult? in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

Actually scaling invasion effects to the percentage population of the planet killed in an invasion isn't a half bad idea. I don't remember seeing that suggested before.

Reply to Purchased GalCiv II instead of Dark Avatar? in Bug Reports GalCiv2 Forums

You should send an email to support. Actually in this case, [email protected] would likely be a better choice. Heh, at least I had the sense to link the contact page rather than just give a specific email address. I fail at being helpful.

Reply to Special Ability Bonuses in Dark Avatar GalCiv2 Forums

There's a .pdf manual in the Dark Avatar directory. I don't recall whether it gives hard numbers on this or not, though.

Reply to Purchased GalCiv II instead of Dark Avatar? in Bug Reports GalCiv2 Forums

You should send an email to support, look here: https://www.stardock.com/contacts.asp

Reply to A few questions about opponent customization in Dark Avatar GalCiv2 Forums

Thanks for the responses kryo, that's exactly how I was hoping it worked.