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[quote who="CrusaderScott" reply="1" id="2403149"]That is an interesting idea but I think it would ruin the whole bidding war mechanic. I mean, after spending all that money to outbid a foe who wants the pirates to attack me, it would really be annoying to have my foe cancel the attack on him by a second round of one-party negotiations. Why even bid at all? I just think it would make hiring pirates all too uncertain to be worth the money.[/quote] If I remember correctly, b

This thread reminds me of when I first started surfing message boards 9 years ago. We had a saying back then: "Don't post angry." Yes, Alpha is being an inconsiderate jerk; he has no idea how precious a communicative developer is. As for Brad's response... I understand completely. :D There are times when the Dark Side calls and you just want to fry a jerk that has no idea how good he has it, and keeps busting you for all attempts to reconcile the situation. But the Dar

[quote who="starkers" reply="1" id="1967847"] eXPee simply served to remind me of my first wife's annoying toilet habits. It's like the story with my ex-wife, just because I've moved on and (to me) upgraded, it doesn't mean I should be telling the bloke she's with now that he's made a mistake... he's happy with her and that's all that matters. [/quote] Those two sentences make the entire thread worth it. :P I've been using Vista for 2 years now, after

Why not just edit the original post to include the link instead of making people play "hunt for the link?"

Something I would like to see is two versions of the cruiser carrier, the new one and the old one. I miss being able to build the old version, which I found useful in dealing with early game raids; if I wanted a more powerful carrier, I built the Cap carrier.

"Who am I? I'm Susan Ivanova, Commander, daughter of Andrei and Sofie Ivanov. I am the right hand of vengeance, and the boot that is gonna kick your sorry ass all the way back to Earth, sweetheart. I'm death incarnate and the last living thing that you're ever going to see. God sent me." -- Ivanova in Babylon 5:"Between the Darkness and the Light" "It's MALP on a stick." --Shepherd, Stargate Atlantis

[quote]Causing poverty meanings the purpose exploitation of a population that causes strain on their own well being. Ex high gas prices, taxes, firing a bunch of employees so you can "save money" for your company when really your just saving your fat 50 million dollar bonus instead of 2000 jobs. Im sure you get the drift[/quote]So the bosses that laid me off a few years back are going to burn in Hell? Yay!

[quote]You're an idiot.You realize, that 600 to 7 targets at level 3, is 4200 damage from 1 spell.The Kol's Gauss is 600 damage to 1 target.You're just... whatever. If that spell in fact did 4200 at level 5, I can guarantee that Vasari players would all use desolator every game without exception.You also realize, that it would instantly kill groups of LRMs. As you long as you did ANY damage at all, that spell would wipe half a fleet instantly. Even at level 3, you're dealing more than 50% of

Yup. Can't scuttle it. If it gets captured, just send your colony ship back and you can recapture.

The specific ability is "crew extractor," just in case you are curious. I figured it'd be the colonize ability, but my mothership wouldn't make them work.