Do Metaverse games reduce the chance of random events?

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I've just noticed that since I started playing Metaverse games, I've had very few random events. Is it just my luck?
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Reply #1 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Are you talking about random events like the *wormhole that makes everyone randy thus increasing population * or the ethics questions you get sometimes when you colonize a planet? The former appear well at random and I've had them in almost every metaverse game I've played. The latter stop if you research Xeno Ethics.
Reply #2 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
I got the subtle ones such as that one, the xenophobes, the xenophiles, the recessions, the booms, etc. I havn't noticed any of the civil wars, I-League, Fundamentalists, religious fanatics opening a portal to another dimension, "the Torians have uncovered a device that will slowly increase their racial abilities until they are unstoppable", or other precursor artifacts and such things.
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Reply #3 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
I've only played about 5 complete games, only 3 metaverse games. Seems like random events have become more rare for me too. Have also noticed a lack of minor races. (In fact, the last two metaverse games, out of only three, had no minors at all throughout the entire game! And the "no minor races" option wasn't selected.) Could have something to do with the new patches, because I started using the betas after my first metaverse game.
Reply #4 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
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Yeah those all do still occur in the metaverse games. However if you have the *Lucky* ability as part of your race there are certain ones that don't seem to happen. That is I think they are termed unlucky to the game so that ability reduces or completely eliminates the chance of it occurring in the game.
Reply #6 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
My last few games have been metaverse, and had varying levels of every sort of random, so I don't think that has anything to do with it. I wish some of them had gotten posted, but I've been having problems with posting games to the emtaverse.
Reply #7 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
I did not choose luck as a trait either. In my current beta4 game I have had two homeworld events. I only got a colonization event 2 times out of about 8-9 planets (I want more, but it's not an unreasonalble percentage). I have captured enemy planets four times and have yet to get tech from spoils (they had five techs I didn't have yet).

They do seem to be more scarce under the beta than 1.0x, but nothing I can't live with. if it's just an unlucky map/game, that's fine. If it is to be the norm, I will get used to it.
Reply #8 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
An option to affect the amout this happens would be nice.
Reply #9 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
It's hard to say with *under the hood* type things like this. I'll admit I've had games where none of these occur and then I'll have another game where two or three will. Maybe it has something to do with the alignment of the planets or something But I haven't seen anything posted that would lead me to believe this has changed in any way in the beta version.