SgtRicko

Reply to A couple of suggestions in Dark Avatar GalCiv2 Forums

Actually, a good idea for nebulas would be to make it that some nebulas may be different from one another and have some sort of effect on your ships. For instance, one type of nebula could mess with your sensors and weaken your visual range by a certain amount in the area it's located. Another effect would be that whenever a ship goes into a nebula's area, it will become "cloaked" and can effectively hide in the nebula in order to avoid enemies. Another could be a s

Reply to Seems like an exploit to me in Dark Avatar GalCiv2 Forums

As for them trading it to others I beat them to the punch. I never trade a valuable tech with just one AI. I trade it to them all on the same turn. Means I get all the profit and they get zilch ! You're evil, you know that?

Reply to Terran's Diplomatic Super-Ability in Dark Avatar GalCiv2 Forums

BTW, does anyone know what exactly are the advantages to being a super diplomat race?

Reply to My other idea: I absorbed the Drengin, so .... in Dark Avatar GalCiv2 Forums

Cultural assimilation, I guess. Perhaps they end up adopting your types of values and cultural traits entirely when they revolt.

Reply to AI thinks Chaff is more valuable than Smart Chaff in Bug Reports GalCiv2 Forums

*SgtRicko writes down this tibit* Anything else???

Reply to Anyone know of a Milky Way Custom Map? in Modding GalCiv2 Forums

Not sure what the map is about, though.

Reply to United Planets in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

I gotta admit though, that is one DUMB law. You basically can't do crap with starbases like that!

Reply to Best DA race? in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

The Yor. Period. Not only do they get an insane amount of natural abilities, but the fact that you can add on to their civ another 10 points is crazy. Then add to that the number of techs they start out with, the miniturization bonus, the Super Isolationists ability to drastically slow down enemy fleets in your territory pus barren world colonization and you've got yourself one crazy-powerful empire.

Reply to Defenses still useless? in Dark Avatar GalCiv2 Forums

In DA, unless the defense happens to be REALLY strong and is backed up by another strong defense type, it ain't worth it, period.

Reply to Galactic Civilizations II: Gold Edition arrives at retail! in GalCiv II News GalCiv2 Forums

Sad thing is though that the manual no longer has those funny sci-fi quips hidden in it, such as "She blinded me with science!"

Reply to Cool Mega Events in Dark Avatar GalCiv2 Forums

Are we ever able to get that precursor artifact and have all the AI fighting to stop us? Damn, that would be hella fun!

Reply to The forth alignment in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

Responding to the question of being a good race, there is one advantage: good/good diplomacy. In some cases, you could practically demand everything but the kitchen sink virtually for free and the good races will happily agree to your deals. Heck, you could even ask for freebies as well, and they will most likely hand them over too, no questions asked. NOTE: Does not work with planets!!!

Reply to Zillions of (Pointless) Corvettes in Dark Avatar GalCiv2 Forums

Well, that's what I use it for. And jeez, you didn't have to flame me...

Reply to Radioactive planets in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

Nope, you'd see them for sure, and it'd be pretty damn obvious if there was a spy.

Reply to Large population planets pointless and impracticle in Dark Avatar GalCiv2 Forums

Both, really.

Reply to Zillions of (Pointless) Corvettes in Dark Avatar GalCiv2 Forums

The ability is meant to give you decoys and cheap units, and in the later levels, free cash when ya sell 'em. Thass it.

Reply to Radioactive planets in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

It's a glitch, I'm 99% sure of it. the "uninhabitable" are pretty pathetic in terms of production, but they DO produce points, even if only a single factory happens to be on them (even though it's most likleky you'll only make a single points worth of production!)

Reply to Cool Mega Events in Dark Avatar GalCiv2 Forums

I heard that there's a Draginol event as well, does something like summon a group like the dread lords but instead it happens to be a civ that's already on the map that gets boosted (ex. Draginol comes into contact with the terrans and turns them into a race with all kinds of impossibly powerful attributes and a full weapons tech tree... YEESH!!!) Can anyone confirm?

Reply to Pointless Buildings in Dark Avatar GalCiv2 Forums

A better way would be to give the galactic resort a civilization-wide effect of... say, 30%, PLUS an influence bonus of perhaps 25%. That would make it pretty darn valuable, and would justify a good price tag. Another method would be to scrap the morale bouns alltogether in exchange for your tourism income doubling up.

Reply to My Approval Rating in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

Huh, that explains it... capitals tend to naturally produce more civvies than usual without farms, usually around 10-13 billion. Adding in TWO advanced farms would no doubt send your ratings down the toilet, since you'll end up with over 25 billion easily!

Reply to LentzLandians? in Dark Avatar GalCiv2 Forums

Yeah, the I-League are evidence to that claim.

Reply to Mods for Galactic Civilizations II: Gold / Dark Avatar in GalCiv II News GalCiv2 Forums

As a side note: Galactic Civilizations II: Gold Edition should be appearing at retail this week. It integrates the original GalCiv II with the brand-new Dark Avatar expansion pack as a single game. Have fun! WTF!?! How'd I get it several days ago then!?! *SgtRicko thinks about it for a minute...* <br

Reply to Lets compare map setups for the best "star system" variety in Dark Avatar GalCiv2 Forums

Here's mine: . Galaxy Size: large/v. large 2. Habitable Planets: common 3. Number of Planets: common 4. Number of Stars: abundant 5. Star Density: Scattered 6. Total # of Opponents (minor & major races): 8 (yeah, I love them long games!) The setup I just mentioned will basically assure that you get a rather crowed, yet manageable galaxy. Not too big, not too tiny, just nice. It might take a while to finish t

Reply to Why do my people get unhappy with farms? in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

i.e. nicer foods tech That's essentially what the Ultra Spices are.

Reply to Dark Avatar in Bug Reports GalCiv2 Forums

WTF?? Who are the Jagged Knife? Are they activated under some special circumstance, or are they new to Dark Avatar?