A better definition of Good vs Evil

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In GalCiv-1, there is an association of profit with evil. This is erroneous.

A better arrangement is to have Evil be competetive choices, where one profits at another's expense. This is currently true of the game, and addresses the advantage of Evil.

The complement of this definition of Evil is a definition of Good as cooperative choices, where both entities profit from their collaberation. This is under-represented in the game.

Examples:

Evil: Ah, Slaves! +10% production.
Good: Culteral exchange! +10% morale.

This representation has psychological reprecussions that are interesting:

Good: Pirates--fine them and let them go +100 credits.
Evil: Execute them +5% influence

Good: Archeological site. +5% research
Evil: Ransack the place. +5 current research

Evil: Bugs? Kill em all. +5% living space
Good: Breed them for farm animals +5% planet quality

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AngleWyrm
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Reply #1 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
I like your idea, but only as addition to the current way things are done.
Reply #2 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
y other effects, besides the ones listed directly on the choices themselves?
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tified Logo.

Do not know about mods for GC 2 ?
Reply #4 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Mods will probably work pretty much the same way for GC2, apart from not being able to submit modded games to the metaverse.
Reply #5 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
tisifaction of a thankless job well done.
Reply #6 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
enhanced information from the spy network as a result of rogue observations.

Good is more useful than is represented.
Reply #7 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
hort-term bonuses or short-term bonuses.
Reply #8 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
with certain Mods all the time, could we have some certification arrangement again instead or was that to hard to monitor?
Reply #9 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
y player alignment value?

I'm not sure about the immunity vs some events thing--what events?
Reply #10 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
t worth losing the advantage of being Good in GC.
Reply #11 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
e victories. You can also just avoid war until you're ready. Evil civs are trusted by noone and can't do that.
Reply #13 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
tage of their good nature.
Reply #14 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
althy internal employer-employee relationships. From what I've read here, these are currently implemented?
Reply #15 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
onstruction of certain improvements or the aquisition of certain ethicly dodgy technology or some other reason.
Reply #17 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
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Reply #18 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
duced rights = neutral. Try to assimilate them = good. But this would depend on how ground combat works. I don't think they are changing the model of "everyone on the planet fights to death".
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task.
Both technologies represent an increase to Planetary Production, one with a positive alignment shift, one with a negative alignment shift.
Reply #20 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
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Reply #21 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
n a serious shift to evil, but even just stock piling them should have some negative effects. Empires can easily counteract these effects through doing good deeds, but the evil shift should be linked to even just having WMD.

Paul.
Reply #22 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
total devastation).
Reply #23 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
rally accepted notion that killing military personnel is not nearly as evil as committing genocide (which is what terror stars do).
Reply #24 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
lanet as justifiable and thus would never build a terror star.

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