[quote]Not as good as an 8800GT, but cheaper. We'll have to wait and see how the 9800 does.[/quote] Considering its aimed to be a mainstream card, it does damn good considering it matches or surpasses the HD 3870. I'm more interested to see how the 9800GTX does than the 9800GX2.
Maybe there can be a "Cheating AI" mod ;p
[quote]The BB ability is Animosity, AoE taunt. Oddly Ive never really used iluminators, how good are they? When i scale that fleet up i add in destra's mostly. Ive been skipping the iluminators for more drone cruisers. nothing like seeing an entire line of frigates force targeted by 50+ fighters and bombers. I jump in with hold position, put the BB a little further out in front, Taunt them, then use the squadrons for clean up.Always hotkey your cap ships and take off the dang auto cast. only two
[quote]If you can't follow the instructions at portforward.com, you are an idiot, and I am happier not playing with you online If you opened all the ports and set exceptions and it's not working, YOU MISSED SOMETHING. Don't blame the devs for that. The game is set up no differently than any other peer-to-peer game (indeed, how COULD they make it different?).[/quote] Thats exactly it. People assume that just because they can't figure it out its the developers fault. I've never had issues
[quote] ...that's not even close to what I meant, please read my post again. You cannot buy a "64 bit" version of an OS when both versions come on the same disk and you are asked which one to install. [/quote] What you meant and typed were two very different types of things, in case you didn't realize its impossible to read people's minds. Its not impossible to purchase 64-bit software, see this [link="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?It
[quote] There isn't a difference between 32 and 64 retail-wise, it asks you which you want to install. At least it was that way with Ultimate. [/quote] There's no need to waste $200 on the retail version when OEM does the exact same thing. The only stuff you get in retail thats not in OEM is a pretty box and a useless manual. And there is a difference between the 32-bit and 64-bit versions. Using a 64-bit OS, for one thing, will allow yo
Don't listen to the Vista haters, its a wonderful OS. Although you can save yourself $70 if you get Home Premium. Ultimate is pretty much Business+Home Premium+Couple Extras. Unless you need the business and networking applications, go with Home Premium 64-bit.
I think assaulting a heavily fortified position would be most fun! Honestly I can see the Vasari or Advent totally fleet oriented, due to them coming from other galaxies, but the TEC have been in their system for thousands of years, it would only seem natural to see them develop defensive weapons against pirates, moreso than what they have now. There needs to me more strategy involved than building a giant fleet and launching at another planet. Fortifying positions with more defensive s
[quote] I have to agree with Naoza... I don't necessarily agree with his solution (its late, and I don't really the energy to think about it at the moment ). ...yes, it will make the game drag on longer, but what is the point of playing a 4X empire-building game, if you can't really build an empire? I guess I'm
[quote] And the end result is the same, that it bogs down the game and makes it drag on a lot longer than it should [/quote] But thats a good thing! It would cause people to struggle to take planets and make fights more ferocious. Making strategy and fleet composition all the more important. If the ga
[quote] This is precisely why defenses are the way they are [/quote] If they were to take up fleet supply, like I suggested, it would balance things. Build a large fleet, or build a large defense, gives a better variety in strategy and choice.
[quote] And the way it's designed to be :P Defenses were never meant to be strong enough to beat back large invasions. In the case of AI, you can actually use defenses to beat up a disproportionately large fleet. Humans will of course be able to counter this (the AI doesn't target construction ships, which means you can rebuild 4 turrets in the middle of battle), but nonetheless ;)[/quote] Well some players are more or less turtle oriented. I think there should be the option for tho
First off I love this game and have been following its release for... A year? Well I noticed a lot of people saying how defense is useless against a vast fleet, which is true. So I was thinking what would be the best solution for turtlers the other day and it hit me, why doesn't defense take fleet slots? Like after all the tactical slots on a planet is full, any additional defenses will begin to use up fleet supply. I remember first reading about Sins how one could be an economic playe
I have the exact same mouse lol. Advent, kill everyone with culture :P
[quote] I think its unfair to compare this game with x3 Reunion , in the same way is unfair to compare a soldier in Unreal to a single soldier in command and conquer. FPS > RTS in candy eveytime, simply because RTS have other complexities. [/quote] Not neccessarily, I can think of several RTS's that have superior graphics to what we are seeing in Sins, namely Homeworld 2 (much older game, superior graphics, especially the way fighters move around, and
I was getting between 700 KB/s to 2.1 MB/s on wireless G, so sorta fast :P Depends a lot on your connection too. If you have Dial-up don't expect anything blazingly fast.
I don't think Bombers are very underpowered, max the research for their weapons and make 6-10 squads attack an enemy capital ship. You'll see shields and hull drop rapidly.
1440x900 Graphics Maxed AA x4 8600M GT
