[quote who="ezeltje299" reply="7" id="3298558"]Implying PvP is the only "true"game again are you...[/quote] Yeah, you read that correctly. I am a shameless advocate of online multiplayer PvP.
It isn't often that you see Adjudicators used in real games.
The next achievement to pursue is to test your knowledge of the game and skill against human players in online multiplayer. That's where the real achievements start.
Since I haven't been Wailed on recently, I can only conclude that you are too quick to jump to unwarranted conclusions.
Time to reinvigorate this debate. At the very least, require the player to actually own 7 civic labs, not merely to have researched the ability. That way one additional counter would be to kill the civic labs. Also, ships at the planet that wails (friendly ships or the player's own ships) should also be subject to it. Structures at the wailing planet should also be lost.
I can't seem to use Gamestop's Impulse program any longer. I uninstalled it and reinstalled, but it's just not working for me. So, I guess I can't patch up Diplomacy. What a shame.
[quote who="blazenfury" reply="12" id="3293618"]Are there any maps where there are two clearly defined sides? With a gap in the middle for the warzone?[/quote] The maps you're looking for are: Asteroid Belt Red Crush Ring of Risk Gateway to Paradise The Mosh Pit Warring Systems Diamond 4v4 near Maps with the tag (team together)
Part of the problem is the maps that most people play on. The style of play you want is best found on custom maps, such as many of the maps in my map pack. http://TinyURL.com/Sins20 Unfortunately, custom maps don't auto-download. There's also a practical problem with non-rush type maps (you start near your allies, away from your opponents) with larger player counts--the games will take longer to play and once everyo
If you desire the strategic challenge of playing the game against real people and not just silly, mindless algorithms, Rebellion is the only game in town now.
What version of the game are you playing? Original Sins, Entrenchment, Diplomacy, or Rebellion? If it's Rebellion you simply click "Ironclad Online" (as long as you have Steam up and running) and there you go. For the earlier versions you also click Ironclad Online but need to create an account with a password first. There aren't too many people left playing the earlier versions online though; the action is on Rebellion. I agree that it's confusing.
[quote quoting="post"]I am having a hard time finding someone to help me as no one wants to be on the same team as a "noob" in a 2 v 2. I have been playing sins for a while now, but in single player mode and I find that single player strategy does not work that well in multiplayer games.[/quote] Slackah had good advice. Be gracious and friendly and accept your "nooby lumps". Unfortunately this is a tough game to break into for online multiplayer PvP because most of the PvP
[quote who="phrixosdaz" reply="1" id="3291533"]I WILL, I AM A NOOB ON HERE TOO!!!! LOL, on a serious note i dont know how to link up a multiplayer game, it askes for ip adress for server!!!!!????????? help us![/quote] What version of the game are you playing? Original Sins, Entrenchment, Diplomacy, or Rebellion? If it's Rebellion you simply click "Ironclad Online" (as long as you have Steam up and running) and there you go. For the earlier versions you also
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[quote who="dvvdsfasfa" reply="2" id="3291025"]Dirty were you in the game with me in it? I politely asked him to leave too but he wouldn't and it ended in minidump for me. 3 people also left but could not recognise you in the game? Were you in the game where Jbaum gg'd earlier after I killed him but faernal played on or are you talking about a different game?[/quote] Yes. That's the game I was referring to. I was in the game as "Solar_Eclipse" (the one where I
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Should we ban Faernal from our 5v5's? He just dragged out a long-since decided game in spite of the fact that 3 of the other 5 players on his team had quit and it had been clear for some time that his team was going to lose. Players on the winning team were politely asking him to gg it. Of course, my game minidumped, which is a small victory for him I guess.
[quote who="Mecha-Lenin" reply="889" id="3290500"]How is balance these days? Titans still spoiling the game?[/quote] You mean, you're not currently out there playing under a smurf name?
Why not just log onto Ironclad Online?
What cool guys! Playing against the AI instead of against real people, not three guys against 1 AI or 2, but, count 'em, three AIs!
Will there be a Sins-2? Who knows. If so, I'd like to see: Dual/multicore capability. Better online multiplayer support and features. Custom map and mod auto-download. Some sort of a campaign that encourages the 99% of the players who are terrified of coming online to try the game online.
The Diplomacy expansion server has almost no activity left on it, so you want Rebellion.
[quote who="HouseRalan" reply="5" id="3255533"]What is wrong with Rebellion... everything that was added to Rebellion. Titans, Titan abilities, upgrades, jumping starbases, cannon spam, Titan as homeworld, corvettes, triggers (which don't even work), and the diplomacy (entrenchment imho is best).[/quote] This is pretty much how I see it. Rebellion is a failure from my perspective. The game was in good shape as of the last Diplomacy patch.
[quote who="KidInTheHall28" reply="7" id="3251555"]Yarlen will that contain A.I. tweaks and improvements as well as new maps? And speaking of new maps is there a way to request one? I'd love a six player Systems of War map. It currently supports 4 player but I'd love to have all the factions in that type of map. I tried creating one like it but I find myself overwhelmed by the map creator.[/quote] I made a 5v5 map that is like "Systems of War" in spirit called Warring Systems:
[quote who="candido-" reply="66" id="3252560"]Just to comment to DirtySanchez, for what's worth, when Rebellion was officially released, there are over 1000 players on line for a few days.[/quote] I meant online at one single time. I don't think I've ever seen a player count higher than 350. Maybe Rebellion broke 400 at some point, perhaps during the Beta. I'd be truly amazed if it ever surpassed 1000 people online at once.
[quote who="LupusVir" reply="30" id="3249908"]Do any of you guys ever play vanilla SINS anymore, or even Diplomacy and Entrenchment? I haven't ben on those in a while, but I am thinking on re-visiting. Because those games are balanced, I was just wondering if there are many people playing those online anymore.[/quote] Entrenchment/Diplomacy >>> Rebellion IMHO.
[quote who="Unazaki" reply="20" id="3249679"]Naw, if u follow the news, Rebellion sold EXCEPTIONALLY WELL. But the thing is multiplayer matches take a LONG time. So most people might have simply chosen to go purely offline, heck everyone I know in real life that plays this never goes online (including myself) simply because it takes too long.[/quote] Do you have any sense of the specific sales numbers? I'm not convinced that it did that well--at least not in terms of sales v
[quote who="Draco-nyan" reply="9" id="3249171"]Why do you think it is dying? Is it only because of the poor balancing?[/quote] From an online multiplayer perspective, this game was never really alive to begin with--and that dates back all the way to 2008 when the original game was released. Has it ever even cracked having more than 400 people online at once? Would it be possible to count the number of times it's been over 350 or 300 on one hand? Those numbers mig