Galactic Civilizations: Lots of questions about strategies

Create account

Login

Downloads

NewsGroup

Community

Purchase

Galactic Forum

Strategies

Mods

Empires

Do you still think GalCiv 1 is fun even with GalCiv II out?

758 votes

1- Yes

2- No

Lots of questions about strategies

Search:

Sort by:

Go to Bottom

Go to Bottom

by Citizen Mitch88 - 2/10/2004 9:29:21 PM

1. Whats the best way to grab resources faster than the AI? I always find they beat me to them and I am forced to buy them from them for large large LAAARGE amounts of cash.

2. It seems like now that I am playing normal difficulty games I am always the weakest major race in the galaxy. Is there any way I can become the strongest? Any suggestions on how to do this?

3. Every time Im in a war I lose me cash insanely fast. I can never compete either because they are so much stronger than me. Do you have any ways to have a strong military, and make cash, while at war at the same time? And whats the best way to get other races to support me in wars?

4. And one last question... How the hell am I supposed to stay on equal grounds with civs on normal diffuculty or higher (especially maso, Ive tried, it was ugly)? Normal for me is possible, but on anything high I find my self over run militarly, culturally, technologicly, and every other way around. Are there any ways to keep up, or be better than the AI at these higher levels, and how is that done, or atleast how do you do it?

LOOTTTS of questions, if you help me out... thank you very much

#1 by Citizen LDiCesare - 2/11/2004 6:42:28 AM

Whats the best way to grab resources faster than the AI?

+Speed picks and +sensors is what helps most. The problem is that they know where to look for. The problem for me is that I don't want to waste money on constructors early in the game unless I've located a resource. You can also make sure 2 ai's are at war with one another when one has ships near a resource you want: If the starbase is destroyed, you can build one in its place.

It seems like now that I am playing normal difficulty games I am always the weakest major race in the galaxy. Is there any way I can become the strongest? Any suggestions on how to do this?

I suppose you mean on the graphs? In terms of military strength? You need two things: 1)Get them to be weaker: Put them at war against one another by diplomacy (give 1 tech to someone so they attack someone lese...). 2)Build some ships with big attack strength. You can later boost them with techs and +military buildings.

3. Every time Im in a war I lose me cash insanely fast. I can never compete either because they are so much stronger than me. Do you have any ways to have a strong military, and make cash, while at war at the same time? And whats the best way to get other races to support me in wars?

You may lose cash because your trade routes were with the one you make war with. In that case, send freighters elsewhere. Or because your minifreighters are being killed. Patrol the area where they are.
Build cheap powerful ships (anti matter missiles).
Give techs, ships, and planets you are about to lose, to other races in exchange for a declaration of war against your enemy.

For the last question, check the maso strategies thread in this forum.

#2 by Citizen KEmperor - 2/11/2004 3:24:37 PM

1. Whats the best way to grab resources faster than the AI? I always find they beat me to them and I am forced to buy them from them for large large LAAARGE amounts of cash.

My favorite strategy is to build a few starbases on resouces near my homeworld and then wait it out. Eventually, the other races will go to war with each other. When that happens, they will destroy each other's starbases. Then you just swoop in with your constructors and grab the resources.

#3 by Citizen Mitch88 - 2/11/2004 6:54:30 PM

Great thanks guys. And I'll check out that maso strat thread.

#4 by Veteran DarkAssassin - 3/16/2004 4:45:10 PM

Mitch88, you presence as been requested...first stop by this thread

http://www.galciv.com/forum.asp?BID=GF&id=149372#150761

Link ,then hit this thread

http://www.galciv.com/forum.asp?BID=GE&id=130292#150854

Link for more information.

#5 by Citizen Psirrow - 3/17/2004 2:29:14 PM

The best advice I can give to cover everything but the higher level strats is to have as many colonies as you can. Be willing to colonize slightly below the AI to get the future pop boost and to improve the range so you can leep past the AI to other planets.

Never declair war unless you are already the most powerful civ. By this I mean that if there's this minor cramping your style in your territory don't try to take them out unless you can do so in one turn. Majors will generally eventually decide they don't like your little war and gang up on you.

When you're at war (which will likely happen before you can handle it comfortably) don't build transports or combat transports if you are running low on cash, the reason for this is that the more transports you have the less people pay taxes. It is okay ot build them if your enemy is running low on stuff to defend their worlds and you can take one or two, otherwise they put vauable bc into orbit and not in your pocket.

If you colonize low pq planets, they'll generally be more prevalent than ones with decent pq and generally will be the ones your enemy concentrates on invading due to the realative lack of population. Loosing them is okay in the greater scheme of things and can sometimes increase your income.

All of this advice assumes you expand like crazy in the early and later game, if you don't you should give it a try.

<<	(1)	>>
Page 1 of 1

Go Back to Message Board

To be able to post something you have to become a member
Click here!

Copyright 1995-2024 Stardock Corporation. All rights reservered.
Site created by Pixtudio and Stardock, designed by Pixtudio.