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Reply to Newbie: Max Number of Ships? in Strategy Sins Forums

Yes, that was it! Nothing like facing down an invasion force with my little handful of ships.

Newbie: Max Number of Ships? in Strategy Sins Forums

Hello, I'm playing the small 1v1 single-player map against the AI (easy). I have no problem building a working economy, fending off the pirates and up-modding my military/civ to high levels. Then...I ran into a problem. I met my enemy a few times (scattered ships) that I easily destroyed, but then I discovered their homeworld. Lots and lots (and lots) of ships that then came after me. At least 3 huge fleets--each with several large ships and dozens of

Newbie: Getting Stomped! in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

Hello... Newbie-Q here: I played a few games as a beginner--easily won, so I moved up to "normal" difficulty. Playing human civ as technologist with bonus points slanted towards research. As the game opens I build as many consecutive colony ships as I can and fan out to colonize all the worlds I can during the "land grab" that all races seem to engage in during the first part of the game. I usually get 5-6 planets. As I conquer worlds I focus on b