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Reply to The futility of holding the middle in Strategy Sins Forums

[quote]EadTaes is a pretty fierce opponent[/quote] Aye fierce indeed.

Reply to BTW, Stardock... Iron Clad.. THANK YOU in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

Well N3rull, Im not saying Blizzard makes bad games, in fact I quite like most of their games. I just have my own beef with them.

Reply to The futility of holding the middle in Strategy Sins Forums

[quote]This is why it seems better to just not colonize them.[/quote] That doesnt make any sense. You're saying its not worth colonizing these planets because.. you HAVE to build on them? You don't. Just get the infrastructure upgrades and leave it. If its not taking money from you then there isnt any reason for you not to, because the benefits of just owning it outweigh the detriments of not. So what if it only earns 1 cred a second after the infra upgrades. Its still benefitting you

Reply to Does a "fear" of experienced (or pro) players keep you from playing Sins online? in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

[quote]instead of just playing the one "best" strategy in order to win[/quote] Ideally, there is no such thing as a "one best" (though with the current imbalances there is, but its not 'unbeatable'). When the game has been closer to balance, the best strategists and most knowledgeable of the game would win. I've found multiplayer has taught me to employ lots and lots of different strategies all in the same game, and often what you'll learn from replays of experienced players is how th

Reply to Does a "fear" of experienced (or pro) players keep you from playing Sins online? in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

[quote]Yes, I don't feel safe online because I think I'm gonna get pulverized within 20 minutes and not learn anything.[/quote] Even of you do get Pulverized there is much to learn from it. Just watch the replay and see what the guy who pulverized you did, then try and duplicate his strategy. You'll learn a lot this way, and most of the experienced players in this game started out doing this. Thats what I did. There were times I was lucky enough to play with JohnJames and a couple of

Reply to [Request] Ban ICO member Dave84311 for intentional game lag in Sins Multiplayer Sins Forums

Thank god I have a second computer or I wouldnt have been able to do it. I ended up typing this post, making some hot dogs and watching some Family Guy until he got the point.

Reply to Sins got me very angry yesterday... in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

To combat the jumping tree, turn auto pinning on things off (UI menu I think) and pin them urself. Takes a little getting used to, but it will rid ur tree of extraneous objects that you really don't care about, and cut down on the tree jumping (though wont eliminate it.) I think I'll suggest something to the devs about trying to keep the empire tree still, or at least putting phase jumping units at the bottom of the tree so it wont jump around when ships go into phase space.

Reply to [Request] Ban ICO member Dave84311 for intentional game lag in Sins Multiplayer Sins Forums

[quote]You might wanna email support or either Blair or Craig to get a faster responce.[/quote] I already have

Reply to The futility of holding the middle in Strategy Sins Forums

Remember that Logistics slots are incredibly valuable, no matter what the planets allegiance is. Every 4 slots is worth 1 trade port which can boost your income significantly. A desert planet is an economists best friend no matter where it is!

[Request] Ban ICO member Dave84311 for intentional game lag in Sins Multiplayer Sins Forums

Blair and Craig, Please look into Dave84311 for intentional game lagging. He intentionally lagged the game for 2 and a half hours. People like this ruin the experience for everyone and are a scourge to our community. MRinkunas and Groucho Marx were also witness to this behavior. This lag took place starting at 4:15pm EST and started soon after my team had gained the upper hand. Here's a screenshot from around 4:20pm <img src="http://i5.photobucket.com/a

Reply to Patch Stat Changes Forum [NEW TOPIC: Adjudicators 8/25/09]!! in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

[quote]One that I think needs to be addressed is that, at least for the Marza, when you create a fleet as a unit group, units don't auto-join the Unit Group. It may also apply for the rest of the TEC - it works for Advent and Vasari, though.[/quote] So you're saying when the marza is a fleet leader, units won't auto join the fleet?

Reply to counter to tec scout rush in Strategy Sins Forums

scouts, lfs and turrets.

Reply to Patch Stat Changes Forum [NEW TOPIC: Adjudicators 8/25/09]!! in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

[quote]Hmm think I will need to make it increase the population groth rate? Or should I just increase the population increase bonus to 80-100?[/quote] Why not both? Also remember that a HW is not the only planet that can have 100% allegiance, and shield generators would still protect the planets in addition to boosting the income a little. [quote]The only real use of Power Surge is to increase the effectiveness of Disruptive Strikes[/quote] Except that disrupt

Reply to Patch Stat Changes Forum [NEW TOPIC: Adjudicators 8/25/09]!! in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

[quote]PS. If some one woudl be so kind to help me out by calculating by how much a population increase will increase tax yeilds at the different allegiance level I would realy appreciate it.[/quote] AT 100% Allegiance: 30.4 Population = 1.0 tax/sec 3.04 Population = .1 tax/sec For Divide population by 30.4 and then multiply by allegiance. So increasing population at a planet with 60% allegiance to from 140 to

Reply to Patch Stat Changes Forum [NEW TOPIC: Adjudicators 8/25/09]!! in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

[quote]but I would like to give the planetary shield generator something of a "must have" feel to it. I'm gonna have to sleep on it...[/quote] I would definitely use the shield generator if it increased tax income. I mean TEC are the race most likey to climb the civics tree (for industrial juggernaut, developement mandate and pervasive economy certainly), grabbing the shield generator along the way would help, especially if I've maxed out all the logistics slots on my planets.

Reply to Patch Stat Changes Forum [NEW TOPIC: Adjudicators 8/25/09]!! in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

[quote]I got a Bonus. How about having the sheild increase the population of the planet. I mean would you rather live ona planet with a sheild or 1 without a sheild when their is a war going on and planets are being bombed to dust... Plus it would fit with TECs main theme witch is ECO.[/quote] I like this one. Great Idea. It would have to be a pretty large amount to be significant, however, you wouldnt build jsut one. Maybe max out at 80-100 extra population(that is with t

Reply to Patch Stat Changes Forum [NEW TOPIC: Adjudicators 8/25/09]!! in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

[quote]All these easy changes would certainly make this structure "a must have" for TEC players. Cheap, available early & making planets invulnerable sounds very nice to me. But lets face it, I doubt the devs will do anything about the planetary shields, hell siege frigates have been obsolete for more then a year now...[/quote] I totally agree with you there. It would definitely be a must have if it were cheaper and easier to get. But then it wouldnt be on par with the AM recharge

Reply to Patch Stat Changes Forum [NEW TOPIC: Adjudicators 8/25/09]!! in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

[quote]I dont doubt the usefulness of the planetary shield,[/quote] Its not that useful. Think about it like this. AM recharger effects all friendly ships with AM.(thats a lot of ships). Nano Jammer effects all enemy ships (again a lot of ships). Planetary shield effects enemy Cap ships and siege frigates.(not a whole lot of ships). If the planetary shield were to make a planet 'invlunerable', it wouldnt be that much better than it is now so whats the point? Even if th

Reply to Patch Stat Changes Forum [NEW TOPIC: Adjudicators 8/25/09]!! in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

[quote]gives the planet shield mitigation [/quote] again, obsolete due to bombardment protection from Sbs, and really isnt that different than what it already does.

Reply to Patch Stat Changes Forum [NEW TOPIC: Adjudicators 8/25/09]!! in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

[quote]Make it cheaper then the aux gov for a sb.Then there is incentive to get it.[/quote] It would still be overshadowed by aux government, and lets face it, the thing wasnt that great to begin with. It's an easily destroyed single structure. Plus if you simply made it lower tiered and cheaper, the other two races would still have powerful AM recharger and weapons jammers, and the tec would get a dinky little planet shield that still becomes obsolete later in the game. I think basic

Reply to Patch Stat Changes Forum [NEW TOPIC: Adjudicators 8/25/09]!! in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

Defensive structures are a lot like starbases in that, they arent very good unless you upgrade them. With all the added stuff in Entrenchment, defensive structures can be quite formidable, but they have to be upgraded. Turrets are fine, the only thing I'd change about them is decrease their build time a bit. Hangars could use an upgrade to squadron capacity on the tech tree, say tier 5 or 6, that way they scale into late game, and can better handle the size of SC swarms that shred defensive s

Reply to Points to defend? in Strategy Sins Forums

[quote]magnetic clouds prevent abilities from being used. also why there are no resource extractors there[/quote] Also why they are completely useless, and rather annoying. Something needs to be done to them, either remove them, or give them more of a tactical advantage. The whole ability prevention thing is dumb because no one will fight in one, theres nothing to defend there (unlike plasma storms which often have lots of extractors to defend), they are just a waste of space.

Reply to Poll: Novalith vs Kostura vs Deliverance Engine in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

[quote]Additionally, with Eyes of the Converted researched, any planets reached by the weapon's culture spread can be seen, if only briefly.[/quote] You'd be better off getting Clairvoyance on the Revelation. Its much much cheaper and more effective. Aside from that, the boost to fleet is all you really get instantly from the DE. It is very effective, however, when fired at planets you culture is slowly taking over to speed along the process.

Reply to What do you do with Fleet? in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

Fleets are one of the Devs favorite features, I wonder how they use them. Maybe we're all just doing something wrong.

Reply to Poll: Novalith vs Kostura vs Deliverance Engine in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

[quote]bring down a fully upgraded starbase with two or three cannon shots, it's gonna take ALOT more than that.[/quote] The current amount of shots required to bring down an sb is unknown, because the kostura doesnt do a whole lot of damage to them, but what you CAN do is eliminate any support structures and fleet around the SB, making it a piece of cake to destroy with bombers or an Orky. Can't do that with any of the other superweapons.