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Kzinti Empire - offical empire thread

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Kzinti Empire - offical empire thread

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You have dared to enter the lair of the most ferocious predators in the galaxy!

It is the ulitmate destiny of the Kzinti to conquer the other civilizations of the galaxy, subjugate and enslave any who may prove useful to us, and devour the rest. The Fanged God has ordained that this is how it will be.

In just 26 octals of days (7 months or so...Kzinti count in base 8), the Kzinti Empire rose from obscurity, to #1 on the Metaverse. With the blessings of the Fanged God, we have remained dominant for 100s more octals of days since that auspicious day.  We leapt past the other empires, and our mighty domain now encompasses over 32 million more light years than the second most powerful empire.  The most recent Galactic Map data shows that we have subjugated over 45% of the galaxy.  Many warriors from the old and dying empires have joined us, to avoid being eaten along with the rest.  We hunger to establish indefinite supremacy over all the inferior sentient species...

We have also been #1 on the AltMeta for over 3 years running. The Empire grows more powerful with each passing day as new conquests are won, and more warriors join us in our inevitable rise to rule the galaxy!

The Kzinti are a species of bipedal space-faring feline predators, who love nothing more than conquest and battle. Created by sci-fi writer Larry Niven, the Kzinti have had many stories written about them, most notably in the Man-Kzin Wars series of books. They have also shown up in the Star Trek universe, and a number of other realities.

 

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"Kzinti flesh has a very strong and pungent taste. The weak among us are devoured by their litter-mates within a few moons of birthing. Only the swiftest and most ferocious of us survive to their first naming-day. Those not fit to survive will never live to perpetuate their inferior bloodlines. This is the natural law of the galaxy." - Kzinti Warrior

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"The meaning of life is the hot blood of your prey on your tongue, the meat that rends beneath your teeth, the corpse of your enemy left in the sun for the carrion eaters to finish, your defeated foe groveling in submission before you. That is what life is. We are the Kzinti, and we stronger, swifter, wiser, and more ferocious than any other race ever was or will be." - Kzinti philosopher

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If your claws can grasp it, then it is rightfully yours. - Kzinti proverb

A salute to all those heroic t'kzintar who have made this empire a resounding success. Our conquests continue and the galaxy will never know peace!

Join the Kzinti in our quest for galactic dominance, or become our prey…

Click here to join the Kzinti Empire!

Click here to visit our forums at the Galactic Core

Click here to download the Kzinti ship and race mod from the Library

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Sentient species taste better...

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Reply #751 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Well your getting better with your lizards Seth....Though no matter how much armor you wear we Tyrannts of the Tyranny of Evil can...and will, still be able to devour your soul at a time we choose.Tick...tick...tick..Pass the salt please!!!!


you may have a taste for souls, but we seem to be growing a stange lust for blood (literaly)
Reply #752 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Non-Kzin dont have souls....but we'll take the meat. ;)

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Reply #753 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Non-Kzin dont have souls....but we'll take the meat. Sentient species taste better...


can i take a nibble at your neck?
Reply #754 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Listen fella's... there is no need for this... Besides I want your organs ;P.
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Reply #755 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Mighty instruments, those organs
Reply #756 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
I see we have a new warlord today....Commander Kitty Litter!  :LOL:  Welcome AF_Ronin! I was going to make you an honoray member of the empire for creating the Kzinti mod, but inow I dont need to. :)

Listen fella's... there is no need for this... Besides I want your organs .

We're already using them....you cant have them. ;)

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Reply #759 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
What's that first shot with the gang of lizards from Seth? Looks like some D&D game perhaps.

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Reply #760 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
[quote]Mighty instruments, those organs [quote]

That's what i'm talking about.

We're already using them....you cant have them.


damn... their a fine instument.
Reply #761 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Where did I go wrong??

So I'm playing a game with the custom Kzin race as one of my adversaries. Its on an immense map so even after 2 game years I haven't even seen their territory yet. I'm on blind exploration as well. Only reason I (humans) have contact with the Kzin is because one of their scouts found my flagship.

I get one diplomatic message after another from different races telling me how evil the Kzin are and that they are spreading.

I finally get a quarterly report stating that the Kzin are seeking peaceful expansion.

I FAILED!
Reply #762 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
I get one diplomatic message after another from different races telling me how evil the Kzin are and that they are spreading.I finally get a quarterly report stating that the Kzin are seeking peaceful expansion.I FAILED!


:LOL: wow
Reply #763 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Where did I go wrong??...


I think the key lies in the immense galaxy size; it will just take the Kzin some more months (years?) to reach the other races with an invasion fleet.

Reply #764 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Where did I go wrong??...I think the key lies in the immense galaxy size; it will just take the Kzin some more months (years?) to reach the other races with an invasion fleet.

Noctilucus probably has it right. Maybe they havent had the opportunity to start subjugating other empires yet.

I've been away visiting parents for Mother's Day for the past couple days, but I'm back now...I see the Kzinti mod isnt approved for download quite yet. This is probably a very silly question AF_Ronin, but did you remember to up their aggression when when adjusting their personality?

I havent even played gigantic, because my system would stall-out (at least on all-abundant), so I dont have experience with the two largest map-types.

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Reply #765 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Awww, thanx KzintiPatriarch. I got your karma
Reply #766 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Believe me. I couldn't make them any more aggressive. I'm willing to believe in Noctilucus' theory. Invasion fleets aren't practical yet.

Its just difficult to grasp Kzin and peace at the same time.
Reply #767 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Since the Kzinti is the largest empire...I'll put my thoughts here.

As some may know, after a comment from DethAdder, I went through and did some searching in the XML files on the MCC (Mind Control Center), and basically "discovered" what the issue was (it is missing a command line). Anyhow, in the thread that I had made to the Devs about that (which Frogboy has responded that they will be out a patch after the Political Machine is complete), Ghostwes said that "well, looks like everyone will be switching from Evil to Neutral"

Yes, a lot of players, especially "veterans", have been particularly fond of the Evil Alignment for the MCC and its 100% economic boost. And really, let's be honest with ourselves, we all knew it was wrong, and completely unbalanced, but hey, it was in the game, so we went with it.

I think w/o the econ boost (which shouldn't have been there), it makes for a much more varied, and in my opinion, better game.

You can still pick Evil if you are the Warmonger, with its No Mercy Invasion Center and the Artificial Slave Center, very strong wonders in and of themselves.

If you go Netural, you get your morale boost and instant terraforming.

But I will make the case that people underrate the ethical choice of Good. You just have to know how to use it. Good Races get an unseen diplomatic boost when dealing with other Good Races. And Good races get some very strong Defense bonuses (IIRC, up to 40% between techs and wonders). Not so much in TA anymore (cuz no one has defense bonuses) but in DA in particular, you could make a very powerful Good Krynn force, that could spread its Zealotry across the Universe.

So the game is more balanced now. Admittedly, I still think "Good" is the weakest choice of the three, but overall, not too bad.

Anyhow, just wanted to rant. And I know there's gonna be some whining when the MCC does lose its 100% econ ability (since many players counted on that-which no offense, is just poor planning) but for the Betterment of the Game, I'm all for it.
Reply #768 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
I'd love to see the MCC finally at work, causing those AI worlds to flip to my side :)

It's true that Good is still the weaker choice of the 3, even more so because if you would start neutral, for most events it pays off to take the evil choice. Access to psionic beams alone makes Evil an excellent choice, though MVL scores will undoubtedly suffer from the loss of 100% economic bonus.
Reply #769 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
I agree that having more balanced alignments is in the best interests of the game. It really is something that should have been fixed long ago. I cant remember the last time I played something other than Evil. Next on the list in my opinion would be to balance the scoring differentials for the victory conditions so that the non-conquest victories can be more competetive for scoring.

Kzinti empire2.JPG Sentient species taste better...
Reply #770 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
I agree that having more balanced alignments is in the best interests of the game. It really is something that should have been fixed long ago. I cant remember the last time I played something other than Evil. Next on the list in my opinion would be to balance the scoring differentials for the victory conditions so that the non-conquest victories can be more competetive for scoring. Sentient species taste better...


yah i whould like to see that becase when do plitical vic i have a lowscore when i due a mil vic i get a high score.whats up
Reply #771 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
I know there's gonna be some whining when the MCC does lose its 100% econ ability (since many players counted on that-which no offense, is just poor planning) but for the Betterment of the Game, I'm all for it.


Couldn't agree more - I've already planned around not having that econ bonus in TA, and do not expect the overall potential economy to be much less for a similar number of planets (but then there are less habitables in TA).

Would be nice if the MCC was fixed properly though. I don't see a lot that neutral has to offer. Terraforming can be obtained with the Orbital Terraformer, the effect from native morale bonus is capped at 100% anyway - easily achievable with tech, trade goods and a couple of resource SBs. NLCs... ridiculously expensive.

As for good, well it's just plain wrong  :HOT: 

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Reply #772 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
As for good, well it's just plain wrong


The Tyranny of Evil agrees with the above statement :) .

I knew as soon as Brad took notice that it was finally the nail in the MCCs coffin. I have also been guilty of making it a part of my plans on some games. I'm already adjusting to life without it though and now am waiting to see what they are going to give it, since I doubt they can actually get the flipping planets part working like it should. There's a lot more to that part than just an .xml fix.
Reply #773 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
...I have also been guilty of making it a part of my plans on some games...

Only some? ;) I've used it in virtually every non-ZYW game for the last 6 months.

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Reply #774 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
lol, ok maybe more like most/all games. It was a hard one to resist and really once I stopped making 15K+ Tech capitols using NLCs a year ago I don't think I've went anything but evil.
Reply #775 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
lol, ok maybe more like most/all games. It was a hard one to resist and really once I stopped making 15K+ Tech capitols using NLCs a year ago I don't think I've went anything but evil.

That sounds a lot like my experience too. Id really like to see the planet flipping ability implemented as it was intended. One nice effect is that it would shorten some of the clean-up phase of games a little bit.

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