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Reply to Where are the Pirates going? in Sins of a Solar Empire Stardock Forums

As a rule, if they are attacking you, they will go through as few OWNED systems as possible. If you have one system right next to them and one that is three jumps away, but the systems between are not colonized by anyone, they will attack the closer one FIRST, and at some point will check out the other system to see if it's easier pickings, but I have never seen them go through more actualy colonized and owned systems than they have to in order to get there.

Reply to Keep losing all achievements? in Sins of a Solar Empire Stardock Forums

I am having the same problem. I can change them manually by editing the files, but it's not the same.

Reply to To those who bemoaned lack of a campaign... in Sins of a Solar Empire Stardock Forums

Hmm... disagree on several points 1)too much scripting. The question is not how much, but how good. Scripts and surprises can be fun and interesting. An AI that is gimped game after game is just opening the door for criticism of weak AI and a rude awakening when they try the same thing with the AI unfettered. Scripting and AI limitations are often there to keep the AI from flattening you, while giving the AI immense starting resources ensures you do not use the same

Reply to Is there any reason not to dismantal all research stations after you've completed all research? in Sins of a Solar Empire Stardock Forums

Yes. You lose the ability to fire superweapons and build any ships that need tech to build. Other research based benefits may or may not be compromised.

Reply to Racial Diversity in Sins of a Solar Empire Stardock Forums

Basic stats and roles of the craft are fairly similar. In multiplayer, tech levels needed make a large difference, and in general, the abilities make a fairly large difference too. As an example, IF I use Vasari light frigates, I will ALWAYS get their repair ability, since it can turn the tide of a battle. Vasari light frigates are ships to be preserved early game. Advent light frigates are things you throw away more easily. Their power is nice, but

Reply to Is there any reason not to dismantal all research stations after you've completed all research? in Sins of a Solar Empire Stardock Forums

Actually, I have found that the Advent cannon is extremely useful if you know how to use it right. It is not an automatic game breaker, more of an economic warfare tool mixed with an early colonization aid. the tricks you can pull with this, ranging from devastating the tax/mineral collection of the enemy homeworld (and by extension, every single planet with more than 35% loyalty because of it) to rendering captured planets immediately colonizable, assisting with moving your

Reply to EA cards in Sins of a Solar Empire Stardock Forums

If an EA card is a card specific for Electronic Arts games, probably not, as this game is (thankfully given EA's current stance as far as DRM) not related in any way to Electronic Arts. I have not, however, heard of this EA card myself, so this is only speculation.

Reply to any reason to not get the beta patch? in Sins of a Solar Empire Stardock Forums

I have found the latest beta patch to be quite solid (other than losing my space ponies achievement, but I might just edit that back). You CAN edit back your achievements, though giving yourself achievements you didn't ACTUALLY achieve is exceedingly lame. Keymappings is a matter of backing up the files. If you do those two things, game on! The OTHER bad news, however, is that most stat sheets (which are VERY useful for determining counters and such) are for 1.05.&nb

Reply to Adding Capital Ships in Sins of a Solar Empire Stardock Forums

Well if the ENGINE were put in for black market designs for enemy capital ships and a small number of 'unaligned' capital ships, at appropriately high cost, there would be no need for royalties, and you can be assured the modding community would handle any additional suspiciously familiar ships from there. [e digicons]:cylon:[/e] Mr. Cylon sees no evil, hears no evil, and only speaks evil by your command.

Reply to I being to see why how weak the TEC are/caps in Sins of a Solar Empire Stardock Forums

1)TEC have the strongest economy. If you look at Advent, they get trade ports with NO upgrades and a single system (last I checked) one per system version of refineries which take most of the tech tree to be really worth the build time. They are reasonably structure efficient, but are painfully weak compared to the rest. Vasari get trade port upgrades, but not refinery upgrades. TEC get cargo upgrades that boost both. 2)Kodiaks are in my experience, the ONLY sh

Reply to Dissapointed with Product in Sins of a Solar Empire Stardock Forums

[quote who="mad_axeman" reply="5" id="1899469"] That's a good description of how it is in the UK.[/quote] One must have a sense of humour about such things, since if one could not laugh, one would be obliged to scream or cry, or both.

Reply to What does planet exploration mean at 50%, 100%? in Sins of a Solar Empire Stardock Forums

There are 2 halves of the planet. Each can, I believe, have only one discovery (I may be wrong on this), but... if a discovery happens to be on the second 50% of the planet, you won't find it hitting explore once. Artifacts may show on the first time always, not sure about that. Point is, first research is what's behind door #1, second research is door #2. If it's behind door #2 you won't find it first time, and if it's behind door #1, the second research is dead wei

Reply to Wouldnt smaller craft such as starfighters be useless in space combat? in Sins of a Solar Empire Stardock Forums

A few things to mention. These things assume that a)we haven't found a way to 'cheat' inertia (too much), and b)we have thrusters that don't suck in deep space. In short, it roughly assumes Babylon 5 level tech. 1)without resistance (and it is resistance, not gravity that presents the largest speed challenge), a big ship can go very, VERY fast, but volume is based on the CUBE of the radius(or diameter), where thruster surface area is based on the SQUARE of it. This puts ad

Reply to Dissapointed with Product in Sins of a Solar Empire Stardock Forums

[quote who="apricotslice" reply="1" id="1899072"]One of the advantages of buying the box here in Australia is the 7 day return policy. It allows you to try it first, especially ensure that it will run on your computer and that the game is 'playable'.[/quote] Once upon a time, in North America, people had a certain degree of rights regarding purchased software. Then, less than an hour into the game, wave upon wave of RIAA Illuminators came crashing into our planets, f

Reply to Dissapointed with Product in Sins of a Solar Empire Stardock Forums

[quote who="MRDred" reply="22" id="1897341"]I still deny sometimes MOO3 is even existant.[/quote] Now THERE is a sentiment I can agree with. I, like a GREAT many other people spent a lot of time looking forward to MOO3. When it came out, I looked at the box, looked at the details, and saw something that felt like it had missed the mark... however... it was discounted, and I could not rightfully NOT try MOO3 after the first two were so incredibly good. What I saw was a g

Reply to Fleet Construction? in Strategy Stardock Forums

One large fleet and a couple of TEC colonizers with 'armstice' (shuts down the fight long enough for the big fleet to arrive would work also [e digicons]:cylon:[/e] If you have powers to keep your opponent from leaving before you carve a piece out of his hide or powers to reinforce quickly (read, RA), one big fleet can do quite well. If you have one large fleet (or mostly one large fleet), you NEED durable defenses (example, planetary shield, 2-3 repair facilities, 6 fighters w

Reply to Favorite Capital Ships in Strategy Sins Forums

Advent:Progenitor(if i'm going for warm, fuzzy infrastructure and later game crew rez)or Radiance(If I just want to kill sh*t without significant frigate backup because i'm spamming to pick one) As a side note, the ultimate can kill an ungodly number of non cap ships swarming in to kill it, and the beam is QUITE wide. TEC:Marza, Kol if I feel like a change from Kol. I SHOULD like the Akkan. Armstice is a very sick power ... but it just doesn't seem to work for me. &n

Reply to Sins gets a sweet plug from the A-bomb on Spore DRM protest in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

[quote who="Sir On The Edge" reply="20" id="1877654"]Spore is not as bad as that. People are just useing it to attack EA.[/quote] The problem with spore's copy protection, specifically, is it limits the number of computers it can be installed on. Say I have a dual boot on my computer. At some point, I upgrade my hard drive. Depending on how EA reads my hardware, that could be 4 installs right there (2x2, and yes, previous software with this kind of DRM often mistakes