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Reply to I hate it that this game is so good. in Sins of a Solar Empire Stardock Forums

[quote who="TheRezonator" reply="4" id="2234559"]it was never called a 4X, it was called a RT4X, i have the box right here with me and it says it on the box. there is a quote from PC Gamer inside the box that says "Sins definitly captures that 'just one more turn!' feling you get from playing Civilisation, but since there are no turns here, it's even harder to find a good place to stop...." but idn, is he saying its a good game, is he saying its not a good game, is he complaining c

Reply to Nerf the damn marza in Sins of a Solar Empire Stardock Forums

Its hilarious how much this is like a Warcraft 3 Starfall topic. Its pretty obvious the designers are huge War3 fans (or gamers in general). I think one problem with SoaSE compared to War3 is that its not as easy to instantly identify units, ships and abilities. Its pretty obvious when there is a level 6 PotM nearby. I remember hating Starfall for quite a while, but eventually I got used to the fact that Night Elf = Starfall, so have an interrupt to counter. Its pretty darn satis

Reply to Is the AI bad? in Sins of a Solar Empire Stardock Forums

[quote who="CenturionJixra" reply="16" id="2251864"] Sadly, we wouldn't need to have this debate if people could get over their fears of playing the game in online multiplayer. You just have to accept that sometimes you might get beaten and humiliated. However, while the lows might be lower than the lows of playing against the AI, the highs will be much higher. [/quote] Playing online is completely different than playing against the CPU; they are two

Reply to Is the AI bad? in Sins of a Solar Empire Stardock Forums

I am only just now about to try playing on hard. So far the Normal AI is impressive in a few ways, and unimpressive in many others. If it wasn't for some very obvious things that the AI does wrong, it would be ok. Some of the things it does wrong on Normal are: never purchases capital ship levels never buys all planet upgrades never builds as much structures as it could, including refinery's and trade ports, but especially defensive structures. at most there

Reply to Happy New Year in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

Happy New Year from Calgary, Alberta, Canada! yay!

Reply to Brad's "Did you know you could do this" thread in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

a couple interesting things i found - pressing 'c' not only centers on the selected ship but will also auto-select a non-autopilot ship with movement points remaining if there is one. (havent tested this a whole lot to confirm it). - you can double-click on the icons of ships in the ship list menu (F1) to order them to use their movement points if they are on auto pilot. these are the closest things i found to the two things i really wish there was, which are the 'find any