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humans underpowered without cartography?

January 28, 2006 8:43:59 PM from GalCiv II ForumsGalCiv II Forums
i'm worried about the fact that all alien races have the map revealed while human not.
Isn't it a great gap for humans? Is This gap counterbalanced by better advantages for humans in things like diplomacy, morale, research?
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Reply #1 January 28, 2006 8:50:59 PM
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I'm not having problems conquering the aliens.
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Reply #2 January 28, 2006 8:57:07 PM
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Umm that's because you have been playing this game ever since it ever started.
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Reply #3 January 28, 2006 9:00:16 PM
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The aliens only know where the planets are, not what planets are good.  If you want this information, just research the "Stellar Cartography" tech, which is pretty cheap IIRC.

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Reply #4 January 28, 2006 10:11:51 PM
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Seriously, Galactic Cartography is a rather weak tech, I would think there is cause for concern if Humans couldent see the stars but really all you need to do is point a colony ship in the general direction of a star and you WILL find a planet there.

Also the SC tech is worth only about 6 or so weeks worth of research even at the beginning.


You are just overrating that tech.
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Reply #5 January 28, 2006 10:31:49 PM
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Is "fair start" a campaign option? (where aliens get absolutely no advantages over the human)

At least you can mod the game to take the tech out I think...
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Reply #6 January 29, 2006 3:11:33 AM
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Yea, it's called play as custom race. You don't have to play as the humans. Each race has its own pros and cons. The humans don't get stellar cartography. But they get a big diplomacy bonus instead.
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Reply #7 January 29, 2006 10:51:59 AM
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I personally like to tweak my humans a bit, the get a bigger bonus, legally of course.

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Reply #8 January 29, 2006 3:40:04 PM
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Of course, No one wants to play with just the default bonuses, You get ten points to turn humans into custom killing machines.
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Reply #9 January 29, 2006 6:36:32 PM
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You could always pick a high sensor bonus for the humans too. You might not start knowing where things are but you'll have the edge on keeping track of things as the game goes on.
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