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Reply to Long Term development ideas in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

I think the constant mention of Hellgate: London is a bit off. The game didn't fall remotely because of the normal vs subscription debate, but because the game was mediocre at best by most standards, and riddled with issues. Having to pay to complete/fix the game was just a little salt on that wound (and was still never very good). I'm alright with subscriptions, I'd honestly prefer them to large numbers of mini-packs by fair margin, but it does boil down to value. $10 is a fourth the p

Reply to Better to play Random maps? in Sins Multiplayer Sins Forums

Would be cool if they made a Random-Even type setting, maybe mirroring the worlds between two players but still keeping it random.

Reply to Questions in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

[B]1-[/B] No. [B]2-[/B] You can capture the neutral extractors with a colonizer frigate (Advent/TEC), or a scout (Vasari). [B]3-[/B] [I]Edit:[/I] Nevermind, don't think so. [B]4-[/B] There's a minor issue at times where a ship will join the fleet but not appear as a blip in the top left, could this be it? [B]5-[/B] Pirates will leave shortly after the timer hits 0 (the time they leave is random between about 15 to 45 seconds after if I recall), so yes this is the time to be doing

Reply to First impressions of Sins in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

You've pretty much listed off the basic RTS ruleset of just shy of every RTS made (of which I can assure you Starcraft is not the first by any stretch of the imagination). The only really fair point is the capital leveling system, which is quite close to Warcraft 3's. Though I can't say the post doesn't feel like it's sarcastic. Notably the fact you said "First, both are played in real time." There are two and a half choices when time is involved: Real Time, Turn Based, and the awkward/

Reply to TEC Sensor Drones in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

Lasts 10 minutes at 1/2. Lasts 15 minutes at 2/2.

Reply to Sins on Steam? in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

I would like to note one other issue with Steam and third party patches. On top of most games needing specific steam-version patches (which can come hours, days, or even a week or more late), Steam is not a patcher, and if a file is changed in even the slightest way it must be entirely redownloaded. This isn't an issue for all games of course (i.e. those that split their data into large numbers of small files), however the recent Company of Heroes patch, which was 40 MB for owners of the retail

Reply to Maximum Fleet Capacity? in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

Technically the fleet cap is 2000. ;) Anyways, 1.03 added low/high fleet cap options (1500 / 2500). To go above that check the mod forums, pretty sure there's one up, though might not be updated for 1.03 yet.

Reply to Sins Units = Warcraft 3 Units in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

The various national militaries of the world stole their ideas from Warcraft, true story.

Reply to Question answered, thanks. in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

That's the Vasari Phase Gate in action.

Reply to explanations on how damage, armor, damage type and armor type works in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

Mitigation works precisely how one would imagine - reduces incoming damage by that %. Despite the fact it says Shield Mitigation, it actually works at all times. Phase Missiles that ignore shields also ignore mitigation however. It also increases whenever the unit takes damage, and goes back down when not being attacked. 1 Armor = 5% Extended HP Roughly (i.e. a 200 health unit with 2 armor, will take 220 damage worth of attacks to kill, 3 armor would take 230, and so on), only applies o

Reply to How to get the "Pirate Baron" achievement in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

That's correct: You don't get achievements for anything done after the enemy is dead.

Reply to Slow mo , frame rate dive issue found! devs? PART 2 ( Screenshots ) in Technical Sins Forums

Seems a little better, but chat related FPS drop is definitely still present in 1.03 for me.

Reply to scuttleing research structures in Strategy Sins Forums

I believe you keep most bonuses, but must keep the number of research centers to build unlocked units/use unlocked abilities (i.e. Cruisers, Trade Centers, Novalith, Returning Armada, so on).

Reply to What can i expect from stardock online? in Sins Multiplayer Sins Forums

I didn't even configure anything (port forwarding at 6112 already setup because every other RTS I have uses it), and everything works perfectly fine. The people I play with haven't had any issues at all either. You may have an issue, but don't rant on like everybody in the world has the same problem you do.

Reply to To focus fire or not to focus fire? in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

You don't want to split ships 1 to 1 for firing, but you also don't want your entire fleet shooting at something that's built up to 70%+ mitigation. Vasari can get away with it easier, but otherwise it varies from situation to situation.

Reply to Questions from a new player in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

[quote]8. How do rafineries work exactly? What do they do?[/quote]They increase the production of extractors within the gravwell they are placed, as well as those extractors within one phase jump of the refineries. Putting your cursor over an extractor will show a Refinery Quota stat, which shows the current/max number of refineries that can boost an extractor (typically 3). So building 3 refineries will fill the quota within the gravwell they're placed and those directly linked, any mo

Reply to "Borderline exploit", true or false in Strategy Sins Forums

One fighter squadron and the scout will be done with quick. If they want to follow it around in a circle with something that isn't faster than it let em try. You didn't exploit anything.

Reply to Questions from a new player in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

1: No, could it have been insurgents? (TEC Tech) Or a wormhole (some maps have one way wormholes specifically made to get into the rear of an enemy)? 2: Carriers are the best at dealing with fleeing foes due to the speed of strikecraft. Otherwise, a Jump Inhibitor and some abilities (Gravity Warhead comes to mind) help. 3: Hanger strikecraft can hit anywhere in the gravwell, regeneration bays are helpful for nearby fleets. Turrets largely exist to protect those and the PJI, cov

Reply to Orbital Refineries in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

Put your cursor over a metal/crystal extractor, it'll say "Refinery Quota" - that's the max refineries they can support (typically 3). 3 refineries at one planet will fill the quota of it's own and all planets within one jump.

Reply to The answer you've been looking for in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

[quote]Spammable, dispensible[/quote]You understand that 10 siege frigates is 5300 credits, 800 metal, 600 crystal, and 120 fleet cap, right? For comparison purposes, a capital is: 3000 credits, 400 metal, 200 crystal, 50 fleet cap.

Reply to Was this supposed to happen? in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

[quote]1) There is a tech that lets you have more, longer routes between planets, that way they could take a route that you could not see.[/quote]Huh? All routes are visible from the start, and barring wormholes and star travel you can take all of them from the start. If the enemy was grey it was likely the TEC Insurgency tech.

Reply to The "serious imbalances" thread in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

I would like to make a note: 10 siege frigates cost 5300 credits, 800 metal, and 600 crystal, 120 fleet cap. A capital is 3000 / 400 / 200 / 50. I'm also skeptical on reports of mass of X (most people are countering with a mass of Y anyways, and leave out factors such as techs, potential culture bonuses, and so on).

Reply to Okay, I give up (re: Illuminator/LRMs) in Sins Multiplayer Sins Forums

Probably old beta stuff they tried and didn't bother to remove when they changed it.

Reply to Okay, I give up (re: Illuminator/LRMs) in Sins Multiplayer Sins Forums

By having capital damage, they lack the +50% damage to medium armor anyways (and have a 75% damage to light, instead of 100%). They're just better against heavy targets than other LRMs. Changing them to Anti-Medium without adjusting their damage output would probably be more of a buff than a nerf. As for the chance to hit comment, nothing beyond Flak, Fighter/Bombers, and specific capital abilities can actually target strikecraft.

Reply to Capital ships shouldn't count as fleet in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

If they didn't use fleet cap, people would likely go straight up the capital tech and ignore logistics as long as they can to avoid upkeep.