If you're serious about playing Sins online, sadly, you really do need to drop the $10 on Entrenchment since most people who play online regularly have it.  Once you see how many games open up for you during North American prime time, you won't feel badly about having dropped $10 on it.

Either way, the vast majority of game expansion cost $20+ dollars. 10 bucks is cheap for an increase in the dynamic of the game. Plus you can purchase and download it online, takes like 10 minutes and BAM, you've got entrenchment.

and if your 13 with no money and have to buy the stuff by yourself than you can play sins without entrenchment

What is nice is that even if you have entrenchment you can still load up vanilia SoaSE and play against someone who does not have Entrenchment for whatever reasons so you dont have to exclude people who have the expansion.

He/She/They could take back 9 dollars in payment of rent, food, clothing, etc. Thats what my old man use to do to me.

Really, it is worth buying the expansion.  10 bucks is easy to get, just sell some limonade for a day outside.  Once you have entrench you'll soon find yourself playing with more people who are better than you. you will lose, but you will learn.  And if you watch all your replays and eat all your vegies then maybe in about a month youll be talking smack to others you beat down.

Just for your information: people with entrenchment can easily play with those who don't have it, it just requires restarting Sins without the Addon..most people are just too lazy for that or want to play with entrenchment no matter what

Gonzo, I think that entrenchment added a condition to ships that makes them act like fighters when set to TRUE.