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Reply to Before the Expansion, can we fixed all the problems first. in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

[quote]1. Some of the abilities need to be fixed, like the Jam weapons for the Kortul Devastor and Flak burst for the Kol battleship. There are also other useless abilities that need to be fixed.[/quote] Are they broken, ie. don't work as described? Then yes, they need a fix. But if you're just complaining about them being underpowered/"useless", they don't need a fix, but need to be balanced. Fix=!Balance [size="2"]Pet peeve of mine.[/size] ;) [quote

Reply to The Political Machine 2008 is coming in GalCiv II News GalCiv2 Forums

[quote]Drengin: Once it's available I dont see why not It'll probably be around 2 tolkens.[/quote] Ah great. I just had 2 tokens left which I didn't knew to use for what. So I guess I'll buy it. Not for the USA elections stuff, but because Lord Kona needs a serious competitor which promises more wars, more efficient slave pits and universal tyranny for all!

Reply to No Graphics? in Technical Sins Forums

[quote]I guess it's either buy a new vid card or return the game. Funny how a $45 game turns into a $145+ game so quickly. It's little wonder why folks are migrating to consoles...[/quote] Now that's just unfair. Sins works great with old hardware, unlike a lot of older games. But you just can't expect it to work with hardware that old. ;)

Reply to Not seeing any of the spectacular visuals I was expecting in Technical Sins Forums

[quote]I just bought and loaded up this game and to my disappointment, I'm not seeing any of the fantastic visuals I saw in the screenshots. All I get are icon representations for the ships and planets.[/quote] Try zooming in. ;)

Reply to Is this a bug? Lock teams are unlocked after game Load. in Technical Sins Forums

Yes, it's known bug. IIRC the workaround is to go into the game options (where you set stuff like research speed etc.) and lock the teams again, before you load a game. (Someone please corrects me a and give Scullbones a better explanation.) AFAIK that bug should be fixed for 1.04.

Reply to [WIP] OpticNerve's Race Portraits in Sins Modding Sins Forums

[quote]How about you give credit to the artist instead of copyright infringement?[/quote] I really sometimes wish I have moderator privileges, for banning you for this comment would be my pleasure. Accusing an artist of plagiarism without any evidence at all is the lowest one can do. You should apologize to TheOpticNerve for that. :( ---------------------------- @TheOpticNerve Great work! Though I have to agree with Chasington, the

Reply to AI Question in Sins Modding Sins Forums

[quote]I have seen since 1.0 that the AI is getting dumber and dumber.[/quote] No, the AI got a little bit better. Not much, though. But it surely didn't get worse. (Though the nerf in siege frigates made it's early rushes much less threatening, but that was a balance change, not an AI change.) [quote]I would really like to know where the AI files are,[/quote] Inside the .exe, I would say. Ie. the AI is hardcoded and can't be changed.

Reply to Invalid Save Files after 1.03 update in Technical Sins Forums

[quote]Ah, I do see that now. I downloaded from FileFront, go figure. =p[/quote] Which actually shouldn't be possible anyway. So blame FileFront for uploading the patch without permission. :p

Reply to [feature]!!!BUG!!! in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

[quote]!!!BUG!!![/quote] How about you choose a sensible post topic next time? ;) [size="1"]Yes, I'm sick of nonsensical post titles. I'm thinking the internet is exploding, when reading a post title like that...[/size] Please post a screenshot of what is happening. It's hard to say with the little bit of informations you give. [quote]That's why Cinematic Mode is called Cinematic Mode.. it disables all the UI overlays so you can screenshot/video capture just t

Reply to Kinda Lost on Race Advantages in Strategy Sins Forums

[quote]And the advent... I'm not sure how to define them.[/quote] Easy. ;) Shields and culture. Advent has the highest shield mitigation (4% trough research plus 6% through culture) and also the highest shields on ships. The Iconus Guardian's ability makes it even more pronounced. Also the Progenitor Mothership's Shield Regeneration ability is very strong. The Advent culture gives it easy intelligence on anything touched by its culture and Allure of Unity increases it

Reply to SINS mentioned in Gamespot Interview in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

Congrats. Still agree with him, even after the 1.03 patch. ;)

Reply to Is there a option to turn on the detail animation on ships? in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

Nope. Since there doesn't exist any animation for that.

Reply to Pirates/ I am getting myself kicked in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

Try using a mix of turrets and repair stations to defend against the pirates. The pirates dps and shield is quite low, so you should be able to kill them over time. Also station a capital ship there for easy experience.

Reply to My responses to Frogboy's comments on balance and intentions. in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

[quote]But at the same time, I don't agree that elite level multiplayer issues are going to take precedence over, for instance, improving the computer AI or getting AI players to replace dropped players or making it easier to join multiplayer games.[/quote] That's why GalCiv3 also should be only singleplayer. [size="0"]Ah, don't hate me just because I'm lovely.[/size] ;)

Reply to 1.03 AI Gangs up on humans in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

[quote]AI players gang up against humans too much?[/quote] They do that? I thought it worked like GalCiv2 where each player (AI or human) is treated the same.

Reply to Sins Website issue in Technical Sins Forums

[quote]Sins forums are being DOS's. We're trying to track down the range of IPs and block them now.[/quote] Who the hell would want to do that? I can't imagine a reason why someone would want to DOS the forum... or did someone hate the balance in Sins so much? [size="0"]Joke.... ok, bad joke, sorry for that. But I had to say that... the voices... the voices demanded it! For the unity![/size]

Reply to Retreats of a Solar Empire in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

[quote]Yep, my own fleets retreat regularly. Running away is better than taking out a "few more ships" and losing a lvl 5+ capship (or two). Retreating is closer to human tactics than throwing units away, IMHO.[/quote] This of course can be true. But the problem is, the AI is still retreating so often, that it ends up having nothing to defend. ;) Also, it's no fun. Decisive battles are fun. Large battles to the complete annihilation of the enemy are fun. Bat

Reply to 1.03 AI Gangs up on humans in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

[quote]No. My complaint is about the AI. If you play unlocked then for whatever reason the AI (those that have come in contact with the human player) will ignore other AI players and basically send all forces after the humanoid player. Does that make sense to you?[/quote] Yes, now your post makes sense to me. A little bit of context goes a long way to understanding. ;) [size="0"]I.e. I had no idea what your problem was before your explanation. [/size] -----------------

Reply to Retreats of a Solar Empire in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

[quote]You expect them to just throw away ships when they are losing? Please qualify your post, did they have a more valuable and more fortified planet to protect? Did they retreat so they could group up with newly built ships? Both of those options are better than just throwing ships away.[/quote] Well, actually he's quite right, even though the tone and style of his post is quite unhelpful. The AI still retreats even if there is [B]no place to retreat[/B]. I've just won a

Reply to My responses to Frogboy's comments on balance and intentions. in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

[quote]5) Lastly, Stardock nor Ironclad are going to make changes to the game that are to the detriment of the single player game experience. Why were siege frigates nerfed? Because it was a "quick fix" to help improve single player which is where most people play the game most of the time. Similarly, you will see updates that you may not agree with if you're a multiplayer user but helps single player. Similarly, some single player users may disagree with a change that improves multiplayer (thi

Reply to 1.03 AI Gangs up on humans in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

[quote]1.03 AI still just terrible[/quote] Uh... shouldn't your post title be: [B]1.03 AI is too strong[/B]? Also on which AI difficulty level did you play? What kind of AI personality? And, your complaint isn't really about the AI but more about the diplomacy system.

Reply to Where is the vastly improved AI? in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

[quote]I haven't seen anything close to local suicide by the AI, not even to defend their most valuable planets (other than the home world, but that was a mechanic implemented in 1.02). In fact, they would rather retreat and lose a capitol ship and 20 frigates while trying to jump away rather than to try and fight. So I still don't see most improvements in the change log making a significant impact.[/quote] Sadly, that's all too true. What's also still annoying is, that the AI

Reply to Text and it's meanings in Sins Modding Sins Forums

[quote]I don't know what synchronized targeting is, haven't spent time figuring that out yet.[/quote] It means that all shots will converge on a single point. Ie. all shots will hit the same point. Btw. I prefer [link="http://www.december.com/html/spec/colorcodes.html"]this table.[/link] More colors and the names included. :)

Reply to Game no longer fun - keep on running out of money in Beta Reports GalCiv2 Forums

[quote]It's absolutely pathetic.[/quote] Your strategy?... Probably. ;) First, 45% morale is bad. It means that your population growth is very low and on some planets of yours you'll even lose people. But since people = money you're dooming yourself. ;) Try to maintain 100% morale as long as possible (double growth!). Finance your early expansion with tech selling, anomaly hunting, and other forms of diplomacy. But get your morale up, that's

Reply to Twilight of the Arnor: BETA 4 and beyond in GalCiv II News GalCiv2 Forums

[quote]I can't stress enough how fast I was done. I didn't get a chance to meet many races even. We are talking 50 turns at most. By bankrupt I mean that at 0% spending I was still in the red by 12BC per turn even with taxs pushed up so that I had 50% moral instead of 70ish. (Which is SOP for me at the start of the game.)[/quote] That's what you're doing wrong. To get money you'll need people and to get people you need low taxes. Try to have 100% approval on all planet