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Reply to Diplomacy question and suggestion for devs in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

Diplomacy is a joke. It needs a full revamp. I don't know what they were thinking when they released it? Probably: this will sell, no one is going to complain the first few weeks. Basic functionality such as who is allied/at war with who, research treaties (kind of pointless given the puny research trees), ship trade, espionage collaboration; oh wait, there is no espionage - instead we will have annoying little scouts lagging the game all over your empire as defenses struggle to catch t

Reply to On Diplomacy and Game Mechanics in general. in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

[quote]Well, I don't agree with most of that. I'll refrain from arguing details on things that are a matter of opinion, but there are a couple of points I would like to make.I'm particularly surprised that you'd say you've played hundreds of hours and never seen the AI break an alliance. The diplomacy model in this game is unique, won't be to everyone's taste and may well have room for more development... but it absolutely definitely allows AI to break alliances and that is not at all an infrequ

On Diplomacy and Game Mechanics in general. in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

The following opinions are based on hundreds of hours played, all versions of the game, modded and unmodded, online and single player. When I first bought it, I was very excited about this game. And in a sense I still am. The "awesome" factor is definitely the iron engine. Impressive to say the least. Ironclad succeeded where much bigger names have failed miserably. Unfortunately that's about the only awesome factor as I feel the developers have failed to capitalize on a