Heyy Im new too I would like to play with you my name is Alphan so if you want to play whisper me

I've decided to try my hand at multiplayer again, too. I played one game, once, like a year ago. Maybe more. It wasn't a horrible experience--more like neutral. There were 2 other players, and nobody said much. It was FFA. One guy quit when he realized how big the other guy's fleet was attacking him, and after a few battles I conceded since I was clearly going to lose. The guy who won wasn't too keen on giving pointers, but he wasn't rude.

It's just I'm very iffy on playing with strangers because of the simple fact that so many people will be jerks online just because they can be.

My handle is Ratbreath, or maybe just Rat. I forget.

You must have been on Diplomacy.  Yes, most games are played with the Fast or Faster setting.  Faster feels pretty fast when you're first getting used to it.  It slows down later in the game once lots of ships are out.  The benefit of the faster speed setting is that it reduces the amount of time needed to play a game online, which, when you're talking about games that could last 2 hours, is a concern.

Do note that there are a couple jerks out there, but don't take them seriously and don't let them chase you off the playground.  It's a great game once you learn it and can hold your own.

That sucks.  Do you live out in the sticks where satellite broadband is your only option?  I've always been under the impression that satellite connections get high pings (problem for first person shooters) and just aren't very reliable.

By the way, I think you might find that you'll have a better chance of finding newer players on standard, vanilla Sins.  The pro community is playing on Diplomacy.

Yep, diplomacy. And unfortunately it's not just a matter of adjusting myself to a higher game speed. The combination of my lag and the game speed meant the game was hiccuping unevenly. My clicks would give a response a variable number seconds later, and the game would skip whole chunks at a time.

The last time I got into multiplayer gaming was with the game Dungeon Keeper 2, if anyone here is old enough to remember it. I eventually got good enough that no one could beat me--unless they put the game on the fastest speed possible. I had a dial-up connection at the time, so that made my end of the game quite unplayable.

Yeah, I live deep in the hills in the middle of nowhere. Cell reception blows and satellite is the only option for TV or internet (unless you count dial-up).

I may not be able to do this game multiplayer. :/

Carbon, your link gives me a 404.

Well color me a fail. LOL

https://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/371563

I have seen substantial positive commenting about this mod while lurking around the forums. So far the only mod I've downloaded is the optimization project. Are they compatible? Star Trek and BSG mods also looked neat but they looked like they still needed a lot of work.

Seleuceia: I'm not willing to give up yet, but if my lag issues are just as bad (and not the result of that day's weather) I might find competitive play too aggravating. Actually I might find any online play too aggravating. We will see.