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Reply to Terror Stars = One Trick Pony? in Beta Reports GalCiv2 Forums

I'm not sure how what I wrote ended up being interpreted in so many different ways. Why did I research terror stars? Why not? Isn't that part of what a beta is all about? I want to see what everything is and how it works. If there's something I don't like, then I can offer suggestions regarding it. Stardock does well with player feedback, so I want to offer ways to make the game more interesting. Am I after a super unit? Actually if you read what I posted, I'm after

Reply to Early Access to Advanced Techs by AI in Beta Reports GalCiv2 Forums

This issue is definitely still in the game. I'm not sure it's tied to the tech stealing event in all cases, but seeing minor races with black hole guns while everyone else is using lasers seems to be a regular issue.

Terror Stars = One Trick Pony? in Beta Reports GalCiv2 Forums

So I spent all the time to research and produce a terror star expecting to be able to do something more with it than just blow up stars. Don't get me wrong, blowing up stars is neat, but I'm not really interested in disintegrating all of the enemy planets. I'm also not interested in having the whole rest of the galaxy mad at me. What I would like to see is some way to make a terror star more useful in conventional warfare. Given the rather large research requirement and then produc