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Why are the devs abandoning Sins when it is making more money than ever before?

August 14, 2014 3:51:54 AM from Sins of a Solar Empire ForumsSins of a Solar Empire Forums

Patch support cut after two years? Even with tons of issues left to be resolved? Unhelpful/nonexistent Stardock "Support"? Yet sales are through the roof and will exceed thst of 2013 (according to stardock CEO). I know I won't be preordering sin 2 like I did with rebellion. Other companies do much better than this, for example look at company of heroes. 5 years of patch support. No technical problems. Balance issues ironed out. Solid comp community. I'm not even going to mention starcraft or warcraft because that would be cheating.

 

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Reply #1 August 14, 2014 4:14:14 AM
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Because Sins has been a hell of a lot of fun to play and chances are Sins 2 will deliver more of the same with an updated engine?

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Reply #2 August 14, 2014 4:18:50 AM
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If you like minidumps every 30 minutes, than sins is the game for you.

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Reply #3 August 14, 2014 4:24:21 AM
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Considering I play pretty much only SP, minidumps aren't an issue I have, at least until I start playing very long mod games that have been running for several hours, at which point I blame the engine for being old.  Try again.

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Reply #4 August 14, 2014 4:25:37 AM
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Stardock and Ironclad remind me of the good ol' days of Blizzard.  We will see another patch from Ironclad, just not now.

 

I will buy Sins 2 because I see Ironclad and Stardock as companies that make and publish games for gamers.  I will support because if I don't, then who is left to make creative, good, fun games?  EA, Ubisoft, Blizzard are all run by shareholders.  

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Reply #5 August 14, 2014 4:30:21 AM
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Quoting SpardaSon21,
reply 3

Considering I play pretty much only SP, minidumps aren't an issue I have, at least until I start playing very long mod games that have been running for several hours, at which point I blame the engine for being old.  Try again.

Newsflash, sins comes with a multiplayer aspect. When you include such a thing, you expect it to work. It doesn't at the moment (and likely never will). And another newsflash: minidumps aren't limited to multiplayer folks. Try again.

Quoting Crono908,
reply 4

Stardock and Ironclad remind me of the good ol' days of Blizzard.  We will see another patch from Ironclad, just not now.

I will buy Sins 2 because I see Ironclad and Stardock as companies that make and publish games for gamers.  I will support because if I don't, then who is left to make creative, good, fun games?  EA, Ubisoft, Blizzard are all run by shareholders.  

Lol dude the CEO of stardock (or Yarlen) came out and said there will be no patches for Rebellion.

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Reply #6 August 14, 2014 4:34:50 AM
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Multiplayer is secondary, so I personally do not care as much about its stability, and I admitted minidumps happen to me in SP, which you conveniently decided to ignore since I said they happened several hours in instead of every 30 minutes.

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Reply #7 August 14, 2014 4:38:16 AM
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TL;DR version of all of Spardas posts:

I got my bread rations, who cares if the MP people  don't even get a few crumbs?

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Reply #8 August 14, 2014 5:53:22 AM
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Quoting Sinkillr,
reply 7

TL;DR version of all of Spardas posts:

I got my bread rations, who cares if the MP people  don't even get a few crumbs?

 

I play mostly local multiplayer and that is pretty stable. I agree that the whole minidump and desync issues should be fixed, but that doesn't mean that the next game won't be better.

Also, like Sparda I don't care if people want to boycott Sins 2. I will make my own damn decisions if/when I buy a sequel.

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Reply #9 August 14, 2014 6:07:35 AM
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Quoting Wintercross,
reply 8
 I agree that the whole minidump and desync issues should be fixed, but that doesn't mean that the next game won't be better.

You set expectations based on the company's track record. Starclad doesn't have a good track record.

Original Sins- desyncs and minidumps not fixed

Entrenchment- still not fixed

Diplomacy- still not fixed 

Rebellion- I give up

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Reply #10 August 14, 2014 6:12:27 AM
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Quoting Sinkillr,
reply 9


Quoting Wintercross,
reply 8
 I agree that the whole minidump and desync issues should be fixed, but that doesn't mean that the next game won't be better.




You set expectations based on the company's track record. Starclad doesn't have a good track record.

Original Sins- desyncs and minidumps not fixed

Entrenchment- still not fixed

Diplomacy- still not fixed 

Rebellion- I give up

 

Cool. I expect we won't see you around the forums then?

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Reply #11 August 14, 2014 9:48:50 AM
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Multiplayer was added in last minute and used what the devs used to test the game because everyone is doing it. Unfortunately, as we have seen, the only way to fix it seems to be the same way we need to do to fix the 32-bit nature of Sins. Spend millions of dollars on a game that came out in 2008 or rebuild from scratch.

Most of us fans prefer a complete rebuild.

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Reply #12 August 14, 2014 9:59:17 AM
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Quoting SpardaSon21,
reply 1

Sins 2 will deliver more of the same

Quoting Sinkillr,
reply 2

If you like minidumps every 30 minutes, than sins is the game for you.

This makes me so giddy....

 

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Reply #13 August 14, 2014 10:16:10 PM
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Quoting Ryat,
reply 11

Multiplayer was added in last minute
Because we all know what a captivatingly hypnotic single player campaign came first! Which was always the real focus, right?

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Reply #14 August 17, 2014 2:28:37 AM
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First time playing sins MP I'm a week, minidumped at startup. LMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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