Klapperman

Reply to Are people winning at normal and above difficulty ? in Galactic Civilizations II Stardock Forums

Sam0t has the right idea. Also don't build more than one (or two if you've got massive morale bonusses) farms. They kill your approval rating and thus the amount of taxation you can effectively handle. Tech trade with the AI. It's nescessary. They do it, so you should too. Currently I'm able to consistantly beat the AI at normal and sometimes at higher levels. As CorbieKitaal puts it, slow down, think before you act and the AI wil

Reply to Neutral Alignment render all terraform tech useless? in Galactic Civilizations II Stardock Forums

No, but what he is saying is that by researching Xeno Ethics and choosing Neutral as an alignment you also gain those yellow, orange and red squares (and more I believe). Thus rendering it useless to research the Terraforming techs. I noticed the same and thus have been going neutral all the time. Plus in my games the Arceans seem to consistantly become the second most powerfull civ. besides me, thus being neutral makes it easier to form an

Reply to Collector's Edition Special Content in GalCiv II News Stardock Forums

Maybe I've not seen it but does the Electronic Download via Stardock (Totalgaming) actually contain the extra collector's edition goodies? I pre-ordered (and are playing) that one and I get the distinct impression that they are not. Does anyone else with the electronic download share that impression?

Reply to Brad's known issue list in Galactic Civilizations II Stardock Forums

Planet social projects sticking to 0 and eventually dropping into the negative building times. Seems to consistantly happen when buying an already being build social project and then keeping the planet overview screen open while pressing next turn. Also the planet overview screen let's me buy several social projects at once whilst the planet only let's me buy the current one. I'll try and capture some screenshots and a fraps movie to show i