Give me the "Play Game" button

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I start getting an uneasy feeling every time that someone asks for a way to automate something.  Zoning + queues are reasonable for the planet management screen.  Queues on starbases combined with rallypoints are reasonable.   Maybe a research queue.  But I keep seeing new suggestions for things that people want to be automated, like what fleets should attack.  And at some point, you're just going to be sitting there hitting the turn button.  Is that fun? Should you even have to hit the turn button at that point? Frankly, it's a little worrisome to me.

I guess where I'm going with this is, what do you want to be spending your game time on?

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Reply #1 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
I'll draw a line in the stardust there.
Reply #2 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
n you know you have overwhelming force. 'Course that's just me...
Multiplicity - Control multiple PCs using one keyboard and mouse
Reply #3 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
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Reply #4 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
I found the Submit button
Reply #5 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
sked for some of the queues.

- Nobody
Reply #6 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
ng yourself
(b) it wins the game by itself

Paul.
Reply #8 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
g maybe 20-30 planets or what my fleet is doing. or tell 15 to 20 ships just stay where they are and wait for orders.

Reply #9 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
en fleets in other ways than the current battle system (the only "weak" point imo in this game).
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Reply #11 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
ake it literally and I hope I am not starting a war here. I quite trust the developers and just hope to supply some inspiration to their work.
Reply #12 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
acromanagers while not interfering with the micromanagers, and the middle ground people could ignore them entirely if they chose.

Reply #13 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
t so i shut myself up now
sorry for the fuss should i have caused any!
Reply #14 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
a bit.
Reply #15 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
l of assigning governors and, as mentioned, only on planets I wish to cede control to them.
Reply #16 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
in relation to all other things, not as coordinates).

As we agree on that i think there will be no stupid ai! Cool!
Reply #17 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
uld never reach this level. Brad's AI is too smart and will wipe the floor with button pushers.

- Nobody
Reply #18 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
UT any extra AI, so as not to divert the main focus of this thread.

I would definitely like to see something changed to either automate of facilitate the later game mass ship producing and handling challenges.

Paul.
Reply #19 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
battle is lost, do you want to personally lead the attack?" etc etc. oh i iz making no sense again........

Reply #21 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
to select level of automation as suits their playing style. sorry i didnt mean to repeat myself...repeat myself
Reply #22 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
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Reply #23 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
of majority of turns that have only few key decisions to make where the option of automation is crucial to making the game fun.
Reply #24 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
comes close to the IFP sort of thing (but no forced "out of time" to it).