Paradoxnt

Paradoxnt

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Reply to Kol as too... sissy. in Beta Feedback Sins Forums

The following are some more suggestions to improve the KOL. 1. The Spine/Antenna Mounted Lasers just seem to be lacking. The Ion Canons in Homeworld 2 seemed to be a lot more impressive in almost every way. For starters, HW2 ion beams moved/pivoted very slowly while tracking targets. This gave an impression of power in that it took those huge, slow moving turrets to harness that kind of power. Also, the HW2 Ion beams seemed more focused, narrower and cleaner someh

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Reply to Sins Beta 2 - Gameplay Feedback - *Post Here* in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

I like your idea Ron! Anything to get rid of the 'last second speed of light strike craft docking' thing they have going on in beta 2. Carriers would have to wait for their strike craft to dock before being able to jump into Phase Space. Maybe an "Emergency Jump" toggle could be used to get carriers without waiting, but at the cost of all the strike craft that don't make it back in time.

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Reply to Capital Ships: Should they be researched? in Beta Feedback Sins Forums

The capital ships need to be researched prior to being able to construct them. Why have research for frigates and cruisers then? It would be lame to force research on the much less complicated frigates and cruisers, but just give everybody access to capital ships. Where would I put capital ships in the research tree? Probably right after each similar Cruiser. For example, the KOL prerequisite could be the Kodiak Cruiser (maybe with an added heavy laser mount branch). The Sova prere

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Reply to Sins Beta 2 - Gameplay Feedback - *Post Here* in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

Thanks Yarlen, if you haven't had your praise for the day then...Yay! All hail Yarlen the Wise. Here is an idea for dealing with strike craft doing that annoying super speed last second landing when their carriers are jumping to Phase Space. Perhaps when you give your carrier the order to jump to Phase Space, strike craft should be FORCED to land as quickly as possible. If the Carrier leaves before the strike craft land, ONLY THEN should they be allowed to do the super speed landing.

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Reply to Solar empire? in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

Hmmm, only 2 of the 3 races have anything to do with Sol...and even there, only in the sense that they originated from it prior to their 'evolutionary' divergence. Of course, I still think the Sins of a Solar Empire title is cool regardless. Besides, what is in a name? If the game rocks, it could be called 'Good Deeds of Funhouse Playmates' and I would still play it.

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Reply to Sins Beta 2 - Technical Feedback - *Post Here* in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

Here are a couple of issues I've been noticing. 8800GTS Intel E6600 Dual Core Asus P5B MB LG WA 226 Widescreen LCD 1. Solar Lens/Flare sometimes doesn't seem to be pointing in the right direction (which should be in 'my' general direction. Sometimes the flare effect points off to the side and remains stationary as I pan around. 2. Sometimes, when I order my ships to move around slightly within a gravity well, they will try to jump to the next gravity well

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Reply to Sins Beta 2 - Gameplay Feedback - *Post Here* in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

A few more ideas and thoughts concerning gameplay. 1. AI Players should be less likely to ally with you if you've broken treaties in the past. So, if you betrayed/broke a treaty with an AI/Human player earlier in the game, the AI should be less likely to join up with you. *Also, the AI you betrayed/broke the treaty with should be VERY unlikely to enter into another agreement with you. 2. AI needs to learn to keep its forces together strategically so you can't take o

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Reply to Planetary Defense Rethink in Beta Feedback Sins Forums

Hmmm, aside from our earliest games, we never really found mines that effective in HW2. Attempts to mine unclaimed resources/neutral zones would never work well. We all learnt to jump in a carrier a little way aways from the resource spots in order to use a scout to check for mines or ambushes. Any mine corvettes in the area quickly died without doing any damage. Nor were they that useful in attacking. Bringing minelayer corvettes to the battle meant you had less combat co

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Reply to Everyone happy? in Beta Feedback Sins Forums

Yeah, overall I am pleased. Still, I find the game has a few issues that need to be addressed. 1. Combat is a bit....not quite boring, but not really inspired either. Each battle is all about focus firing on one ship after the other. The AI is also a sucker when it comes to splitting up their forces by getting them to chase single insignificant decoy ships. Possible Fixes: a) -AI needs to learn to keep its forces together during combat (and prior to combat as well)

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Reply to Star Wars Mod in Sins Modding Sins Forums

I was thinking we could start at all techs/ships available at the Battle of Endor, and then research onwards from there.

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Reply to Corpses in Beta Feedback Sins Forums

Construction Ships do MORE than just blow up....they also give experience to your enemies.

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Reply to "Here come the suns de-de-de-de!" in Beta Feedback Sins Forums

It would make no sense for a star to give a shield bonus to ALL ships....what would be the strategy involved in that. Everybody's ships would be identical. What would be the point in having the bonus if it changes nothing. For the star to hold any strategic characteristics, it would need to give benefits to one (or more) types of ships/weapons/structures, or a penalty to others. **If Ironclad wants to allow modders to blow up stars, that would be awesome for the SoaSE Star Wa

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Reply to Should micromanagement of battles be more advantageous? in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

Well, the 10 defeating 20 won't tactic explained above won't work well against human players...unless they are noobs If you manage to use better tactics/maneuvering during combat than your opponent, you should reap the rewards. The AI just needs to be programed to keep its fleet together during tactical combat and use focus fire. Thanks for the feedback Nick.

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Reply to Grand Theft Empire in Beta Feedback Sins Forums

Maybe suicide is easier to resist than being commanded to attack someone else. Still, I think the Advent will have one Anti-Planet attack that commands the people to kill themselves (or something like that). Hmmm, maybe the anti-planet attack actually commands people to attack each other....that would make a lot more sense. But then we come back to the question of why the Advent don't just command the ship crews to attack EACH OTHER.

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