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Thanks, DivineWrath. It worked out well in the end for me, I was just curious about these strange things I saw. It sounds like most of it can be explained by the dynamics you describe. And your answer was so detailed. Thanks again, I appreciate it. It was a pretty fun game. I did not mention this, but the pirates did the job against some enemy AIs just as expected. In fact, it was entertaining to build super-fast ships and then creep around behind the pirates to gather all of the new

Drunken pirates invade! in Twilight of the Arnor GalCiv2 Forums

I picked up this game on Steam after not playing it for several years. On challenging difficulty with a small map, I had a peaceful universe and I was building up my navy for a gigantic surprise attack. (Heh heh. Evil chuckle.) Then I got the mega-event where giant fleets of technologically-advanced pirates mysteriously arrive around every single world. (Grrr...) The pirates quickly destroyed every starbase in the game and then every fleet. I salvaged one fighter by running away to th

Reply to Capital Planet victory condition in Sins Rebellion Sins Forums

[quote who="GoaFan77" reply="6" id="3186367"]The reason defeated players sort of stay on the map is for team games. Think of what would happen if you were playing a competitive team game if you immediately got all the planets of a defeated player.[/quote] I get what you're saying. It still seems like there are other ways to handle this -- like the idea of a resistance used in other games. You wouldn't have to get all of the planets but they could be easier for anyone to

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Reply to Capital Planet victory condition in Sins Rebellion Sins Forums

Thanks Sakhari. I bet that's what is going on. I stand by the earlier comments though. It seems to me that more should happen if you manage to "decapitate" an opponent. I really did not appreciate making the big push to knock the first AI out and then finding that they weren't really knocked out in any meaningful sense.

Capital Planet victory condition in Sins Rebellion Sins Forums

I am relatively new at Rebellion, although I played Sins long ago. I was excited about the capital planet victory condition and I decided to try it out. I made a 5-player random map with 4 hard AIs as opponents. To set myself a goal I figured I would try for a capital planet victory against all of them. I also like the idea of a capital planet victory because I find the planet-by-planet nutcracking to be tedious at times. The First AI was in my star system and he