Quirken

Yeah, the price point definitely hit the sweet spot. Guess I'll have to load up Sins and see how I feel about Trinity after a loooong absence :) Thanks! Edit : In case anyone is curious, I decided to buy, after having some fun in Sins. Don't know if this will be one of those "buy but never really play that much" things, but at that pricepoint, seems worth it :)

There's currently a steam sale on Rebellion for $13.59, which is finally low enough for me to consider buying it. Thing is... I got bored with Trinity after I'd played quite a few games. It's a good game, but after I'd thrashed the AI a good number of times, I started playing other games. Mods like Distant Stars did help to prolong its life. My question is... if I felt fatigued by Trinity, do you think Rebellion breaths enough life to make it fee

I can't speak for C&C or Supreme commander, because I haven't played them... But SC1's Brood War expansion, while it did add just a handful of new units, it also provided a lengthy single player campaign. SC2's Heart of the Swarm will do the same thing, and I suspect it'll be set for a $20-$30 pricepoint. It's true: Ironclad isn't promising the "ultimate gaming experience." With Diplomacy, quite literally, what they said was what we got. There was no fa

I bought Sins of a Solar Empire in February 2009 for $20. I had a lot of fun with it. Not long after, I picked up Entrenchment for $10. Had fun with that. Then Diplomacy was coming out, and there wasn't a whole lot of information on it, but I thought, "Hey! I'll preorder it anyway." I've only played diplomacy (or Sins, for that matter) a handful of times since then. Now it sounds like the same old story. Another relatively small tweak to the current game which will

[quote who="Nacey" reply="1195" id="2391926"]The moment you've been waiting for has arrived! 0.89 including Ryat's Pirate changes and many other tweaks and fixes along with 1.04 compatibility is here. http://distantstars.mmobase.com/entrenchment/DS_Entrenchment_Beta_0.89_Patch_[34801703].7z [/quote] Quick feedback blurb: I much prefer having a full-install rather than an "older-version" plus "patch." Mainly because it makes installing on a new computer take less time.

[quote who="Ryat" reply="1124" id="2383465"]we may push back the update to incorporate 1.04 update, though most we could do ourselves[/quote] Speaking of which, the patch notes for 1.04 say: [quote]Fixed bug where spawning too many pirates would cause a crash. Spawn ship info with count instead of just raw entitydefnames. (Entrenchment Only)[/quote]

[quote who="astrath" reply="1" id="2379260"]It isn't much like Sins to be honest. It is simply a way of using less fuel by exploiting the way different planets' and the Sun's gravitational fields interact with each other. You wouldn't be travelling much faster than normal, you'd just use less fuel.[/quote] Well, yeah, I got that much from the first few sentences. But it could give an alternate explanation for why phase lanes are the way they are. For people who wan

[quote who="-Ue_Carbon" reply="1089" id="2379040"] and the pirates will be like... fine... we will only attack non-hummies... for a while... dont tempt me.[/quote] Yeah, hummus is delicious! I like to spread it across crackers. You know, for that "crunch." ... Wait, we're not talking about soilent green now, are we? [quote who="-Ue_Carbon" reply="1087" id="2379017"]Graveyards are not colonizable. They have dead

Wasn't sure whether to put this here or in off-topic... In all honesty, I didn't read the article, just the first few sentences. But it made me immediately think of phase lanes in Sins! To save you a click: " Gravitational corridors could help spacecraft ply the solar system like ships borne on ocean currents, it has been disclosed by scientists investigating space trave l" I guess those phase lanes weren't just to control where yo

[quote who="-Ue_Carbon" reply="1081" id="2377770"]Not a bug Mooser, thats the way they are as of now. It was either have a buggy AI who doesnt like the ships or have them destructable, so the AI can blow them and move on. Nacey is trying to new fix but it wont be ready anytime soon.[/quote] Would it be possible to make them destructable, and then respawn if nobody has colonised? (I haven't tried the graveyards yet) Alternatively, what about having t

[quote who="Extremor" reply="47" id="2374371"] a) IC knows how desparately the community is awaiting this expansion set (as it is quite obvious with all these diplomacy threads in the forum). They do not need to advertise and release it with a big bang that will astonish the community. IC will prevent the community from pre-judging the expansion set without even having played. "Experts" around here are quick with judments about balance, useless features and missing thin

[quote] Quoting Quirken, reply 42And Blizzard's expansion is a fair comparison, if you ignore the sizes of the companies. But you can't ignore the size of the companies. That's definitely a factor.[/quote] Sure, Ironclad has way fewer staff, and probably lower profit margins. That explains charging more for less. It doesn't explain why the PR has been so hush hush. Why on earth would they put it up for sale without even giving a decent p

[quote who="Dathian" reply="1039" id="2372846"]So any news on Windows 7 issues? Just a note mine isn't a cracked version, it's legit just from a corporation instead. Problem I'm running into is that about 45 minutes into the game with DS .86 running the game just stops. Unfortunately windows 7 doesn't show me the minidump error, it does its own search for a solution then closes the program so aside from that I can't give you much detail. When I run entre

[quote who="Cykur" reply="41" id="2372639"] Take the Starcraft: Brood War expansion... it added quite a few new units, which changed the way people strategized dramatically. Sins didn't change much with Entrenchment, except maybe for people who do a ton of micro-ing, which I don't. Basic formula: colonise to get more resources, build up big fleet, crush enemy. Bottom line, you don't like Sins that much, and this is fine. Sins added a respectable am

I think balance tweaks (unless they're related to Diplomacy) belong in a patch. Other than that, I'm intrigued by the idea of "new games modes." Out with SOME direct information, please! I already feel somewhat insulted by having Diplomacy up for sale with no REAL previews of the microexpansion...

[quote who="VarekRaith" reply="95" id="2371145"] I don't think there should be restrictions on feeding. Just seems like an arbitrary restriction to me. Actually, how it works now is arbitrary. Sent resources just magically and instantaneouly appear in your coffers, despite the great distances involved.[/quote] This game isn't realistic, so that's not a problem to me. While we're at it, we might ponder the vast distances between planets, etc. Or not. Just becau

[quote who="SageWon" reply="36" id="2369941"] you get VERY LITTLE bang for your buck for Entrenchment/Diplomacy. A few new units, a bit more tech. How do you figure THAT?!! Thats pure BS! I got tons of bang for my buck with Entrenchment. Hours & hours of additional play for that measly 10 bucks. Entrenchment was/is like a whole new game! Very worthwhile! I also expect Diplomacy will be equally worth the meager $10. I

[quote]er-Espionage or Informant Networks). Now you might say that Envoy Cruisers are now the ultimate scout because of their immunity, but they aren't the fastest ships in the fleet, and they aren't cheap either. We might have to toy with the numbers a little further to make sure they don't replace scouts. We'll deal with that in Beta.[/quote] OK, now THAT is some new information. [quote]I tend to agree; you should be able to ignore

[quote]pack for free? Sometimes companies release things like new units, like Total Annihilation did, but I think it is pretty rare for a company to release an entire expansion pack with new game mechanics, units, techs, and features for free. $10 is not much money....it is the cost of going out and buying lunch. If you look at how many hours of entertainment you get from a game like Sins, it is not much at all.[/quote] No, $10 isn't that much, but compared to the D

[quote who="N3rull" reply="19" id="2367811"]Answers will come in time, I agree, but the time doesn't seem to be coming any closer. We've been waiting 6 months, nothing. We've waited for PAX which was to reveal ALL. It revealed nothing. I won't b.tch for info anymore though. Do what you want and when you want it. Somebody page me in hell when that time comes, cause I feel it may be about that long.[/quote] Thing that bugs me most is we were t

Well, if pirates would just take one planet and not expand, I think that'd be good. Well, what I meant is that taking over a regular planet, even a well defended one, is easier than taking out the pirates, up until you have a crapload of upgrades. And a regular planet gives you resources and more cash than the pirates do. If taking over a pirate base meant you got some decent income, it would be worth it. Free ships? Sure. Bounty gets pai

[quote who="Draakjacht" reply="968" id="2366369"]I withdraw the idea for pirates colonizing. I can understand the CPU issues it would cause. Still like the idea of the pirates being buffed against fighters. Meanwhile, I still find incentive to take out the pirate base. Even though I can bottle them up with surrounding planets, it's cheaper to wipe the base and get a little cash out of it than to rebuild mines when they attack. Heck, if you want to really add incentive, I've seen a bonus on an

[quote who="lbgsloan" reply="65" id="2366553"]The community is dying off these days, which means the modding community has no incentive to continue their work. The modding community are generally the most die-hard fans, so when they start to move on it's not a good sign. More information ASAP to get people fired up again is badly needed. This cannot be understated.[/quote] Amen. (Sorry about the double-post... I

[quote who="Star Dragon" reply="62" id="2366246"]Heck, I just hope nobody at Stardock (or anywhere, but considering where I'm posting this ...) picked up the h1n1 virus that was going around there (seriously). That was scary to see on the website, but I suppose it's just a matter of time until we see that more often. //somewhat OT conversation[/quote] H1N1 is less deadly than the normal flu, it just spreads quickly. Don't worry about it. [quote wh

[quote who="JuleTron" reply="60" id="2366041"] AMEN. THAT is what a diplomacy upgrade should do. Maybe not EXACTLY that, but the kinds of bells and whistles that let you do stuff like pay for protection, or make a weaker player pay you not to attack them But I'm so thoroughly unimpressed that I might not now. I'll wait for more official information first, of course. If you actually followed the links provided by other posters, you would realise that thes