Itharus

Reply to Rebellion new info? in Sins Rebellion Sins Forums

Kitkun, is that profile pic the cat-race from Star Control?? I can't remember what they are called >.

Reply to Rebels and Loyalists Speculation Thread in Sins Rebellion Sins Forums

Indeed, tell us more! Or at least, tell me more. I promise I won't leak the info to anyone else ;)

Reply to Speculation on new capital ships. in Sins Rebellion Sins Forums

Cap Ships that help production make little sense... besides... there are already Diplomatic Cruisers that do that for some races.

Reply to Are Titans just mobile starbases, or there is something else to it? in Sins Rebellion Sins Forums

Sareth, if you want the ability to go from grav well to grav well without using normal phase lanes - play the Vasari. That's one of their primary advantages/distinctions. Also... 100% mitigation is basically invulnerability, think about it. Also, super weapons don't affect fleets (other than mitigation bonus granted by Advent cannon). A "Super Tank Fleet" is not balanced. Also, cost balances little once you have a decent infrastructure. Really, your entire post is simultaneous

Reply to time for the vasari enemy to show itself. in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

[quote who="a110" reply="30" id="2924395"]the defeat and exile of the vasari was nothing more than a staged social experiment to discover how isolation and then exile from the empire would affect a vasari colony. the mysterious enemy is a small imperial research detachment destroying their beacons and monitoring their progress from afar.[/quote] I've always said the only truly mentally ill people are in fact - psychologists. You win, sir, you

Reply to Core Game Mechanic Suggestions, Long Standing Complaints, and Realistic Concerns in Sins Diplomacy Sins Forums

[quote who="Darvin3" reply="5" id="2907980"]Z-Axis blind-spot of starbases. I second DirtySanchezz and Howdidudothat.[/quote] Quoted for truth. Especially the Z-Axis bit... surely you can make all starbases able to rotate on their axises?

Reply to Planet Upgrade Bug in Sins Diplomacy Sins Forums

How odd. I've never encountered this w/ Vasari, what race were you playing? Had you used any of the colonizing cap ship's special abilities to colonize? (Akkan, Jarassul, Mothership)

Reply to Speculation on new capital ships. in Sins Rebellion Sins Forums

I want an Urquan Dreadnaught. ... Just kidding. Honestly, I think Lead Head's (which isotope bro?) idea about the other races getting 'scout cap ships' and Vasari getting a true 'support cap ship' sounds the most likely. Although I'm resistant to the idea until they get the Marauder "right". It's still got a useless ability dragging it down. Subversion needs moar epik. Whatever they do, I hope that each race&#39

Reply to interview on Rebellion in Sins Rebellion Sins Forums

Interesting interview... but what's this about Impulse being bought out by Gamestop? Will Rebellion still be SD/IC collaboration? Is Impulse going to be another one of those damned programs you have to run while playing the game like steam? Because if it's making that switch and I have to start leaving the program on just to play Rebellion (single-player), there's a good chance SD and IC will never see a penny of my money again. I could care less about leagues and leader-boards...

Reply to Where the new 'Corvette' ship class stands, what to expect? in Sins Rebellion Sins Forums

In Wing Commander I and II, Corvettes were small, fast ships that operated as something akin to a super-heavy bomber. They Were as fast as the bombers, but packed more firepower, and were excellent at anti-bomber , anti-freighter (trade ships), and anti-light-cruiser (Support/ LRM , anyone?) - and they were vulnerable to heavy cruisers, cap-ships, and fighter-craft. Frequently deployed in pairs or trios. Which sounds sort of like a light

Reply to Sins of a Solar Empire - Trinity/Diplomacy - v1.2 BETA Changelog in Sins Diplomacy Sins Forums

Being the target of almost all of the pirate bidding has been a problem since Diplomacy launched, really. With the announcement of "Rebellion" I have the feeling this patch is going to be the last gasp for Diplomacy... don't expect a miracle. I wonder if they will bother carrying over the Diplomacy/Entrenchment changes into Rebellion? If so, maybe they will just tweak things then.

Reply to Rebellion is Upon Us: The Next Chapter of Sins of a Solar Empire Unveiled at GDC 2011 in Sins News Sins Forums

[quote who="wbino" reply="106" id="2897756"]I just hope the ai builds titans...it still doesn't build superweapons.[/quote] It also still doesn't use level 6 capital ship ultimates, or really use star base abilities at all. Atleast not on "Hard" or lower. I've never seen those things happen on the mode following "hard" as well... do you have to turn the game to the highest difficulty to fully enable the AI or something? The game vs AI would be a LOT more interesting if the AI actually

Reply to Rebellion is Upon Us: The Next Chapter of Sins of a Solar Empire Unveiled at GDC 2011 in Sins News Sins Forums

[quote who="Polistes" reply="25" id="2897117"]I hope HOPE there is a faction of Vasari that is anti slavery and views the inhabitants of the galaxy as equals, worthy of respect.[/quote] Me too - so I can crush the pathetic liberal minded clowns and expunge their genepool from the cloning archives. Edit: Any kind of ETA on this? Is it something you guys have been sneakily working on for a while now... or is it something we will see in a year?

Reply to Sins of a Solar Empire - Trinity/Diplomacy - v1.2 BETA Changelog in Sins Diplomacy Sins Forums

[quote who="lbgsloan" reply="477" id="2896188"]Any chance something will ever get done about siege frigates? There's basically no reason to use them over simply getting another cap ship right now. I guess the trick is how to buff them without making them OP?[/quote] IMO they should never have made Orgrovs and the... "starfish" (forgot what they were called), instead they should have just pumped those abilities into the existing Siege Frigates. It would have saved a lot of

Reply to Sins of a Solar Empire - Trinity/Diplomacy - v1.2 BETA Changelog in Sins Diplomacy Sins Forums

"Also that flak get a hefty nerf vs fighters, since those things counter both bombers and lrf, and tend to just kind of vaporize currently." - Kitkun Agreed. [quote who="Darvin3" reply="451" id="2895466"]A general buff to fighters would be nice, but we also need to look at the hanger and carrier cruiser. These are completely non-viable in the early-game due to how easily they're destroyed and run out of antimatter, which is why we see pretty much exclusively carrier cap

Reply to Sins of a Solar Empire - Trinity/Diplomacy - v1.2 BETA Changelog in Sins Diplomacy Sins Forums

The only problem with that is, AJ , that betas are mostly the result of the devs and some very dedicated gamers, and if those gamers generally approve of an over-reacted change, sometimes it can take a damned long time to get rid of it even if the general population hates it, because let's face it: Devs care more about their loyal testing crew than the general consumer (which is only natural). So basically... even going too overboard in a (public) beta can be disastrous.

Reply to Sins of a Solar Empire - Trinity/Diplomacy - v1.2 BETA Changelog in Sins Diplomacy Sins Forums

[quote who="rowanlad" reply="439" id="2895015"]TEC has some great early game combos, however, late game both of the other races should be able to roll over a TEC fleet with their special abilities .[/quote] Incorrect. All factions in a game should be equally viable in all stages of a game (early, mid, and late). It is lunacy to make a game where one faction must win by a certain stage because the other factions will beat them at a later (or earlier) stage. That

Reply to Pact uniqueness and Victory Conditions in Sins Diplomacy Sins Forums

These your ideas Kit or are these implemented somewhere? I'm wary of the sharing phase stabilizers bit, don't like it at all, lol!

Reply to Diplomacy micro-expansion = a big mess? in Sins Diplomacy Sins Forums

I recommend getting Diplomacy, for the reason that it's the only version of the game still receiving updates. However, yes, Diplomacy is a big mess, Entrenchment was awesome.

Reply to Sins of a Solar Empire - Trinity/Diplomacy - v1.2 BETA Changelog in Sins Diplomacy Sins Forums

It's been my experience that a well prepared Advent fleet versus a well prepared Vasari fleet comes out to being the ultimate grudge match, and the victory (to whatever side) will be Pyrrhic at best. To me, that screams balance. Leave phase missiles alone, messing with them will only screw up even larger portions of the game. If you feel something must be nerfed... reduce the survivability of (all) bombers. As others have said, either by buffing fighters or buffing flak vs bombers - o

Reply to Diplomacy Expansion - Do you like it? in Sins Diplomacy Sins Forums

Envoy/Pact System: I'm not partial to having to waste 72-96 supply on a single "ally" to be able to use the pact system. Furthermore, I don't like the pacts... some of them are lame and some of them are OP (I'm lookin' at you, Supply Pact - cuz yer ridiculous), there's no good reason to make certain pacts so ridiculously good. However, because many of them are that good - you're somewhat forced into using them. Revamped Pirates: Revamped? You're jokin

Reply to Am I missing something? in Sins Diplomacy Sins Forums

Take some "inspiration" from MOO3's diplomatic system and things would be sitting pretty. And even Total War's system is more flexible than Diplomacy's :-\

Reply to Am I missing something? in Sins Diplomacy Sins Forums

Weird... diplomacy systems in video games have been mastered since the early 90s... Odd that SINS would do it so poorly. Thanks for the confirmation Darv. Hopefully they will do something with it :\ -Itharus

Am I missing something? in Sins Diplomacy Sins Forums

Aside from destroying diplomatic cruisers, is there a way to sabotage relations between two AI empires? If so, what is it? It's entirely possible that I'm just not seeing it, but I can't seem to think of any way to do it. Even giving missions doesn't seem to do it... the lil bastards simply will not betray their allies (other than me)... and yes, in a FFA game. Even when the reward is ridiculous (with all three resources in the range of thousands), it seems like they just will not attack them

Reply to Sins of a Solar Empire - Trinity/Diplomacy - v1.2 BETA Changelog in Sins Diplomacy Sins Forums

Stant123, if your Novalith usage isn't hurting the enemy - you're doing it wrong, choose better targets, not to mention choose ADDITIONAL targets. Also the Deliverance Engine is more useful than you give it credit for, it takes quite a few capships and/or culture centers to counter it, and you can use multiple engines to make it nastier. You can flip planets like flap jacks when you do it right, and seriously reduce income on the ones that don't. Vasari have smaller fleets and worse e