All sounds awesome! :) Saying that, I am still not convinced with the mines changes... cant say for sure without trying it first hand but numbers of it still read way too high for me liking... Anyway, lets test it out when beta rolls out :) Bring it!
Your site has potential - sure... But game hasn't unfortunately... Not until it is tweaked and "expanded" with competitive game modes which most probably is never going to happen :s You can all forget about competitive games as long as single round could potentially last for hours... Once we get at least single game mode which guaranties end result within 45 minutes or less - we can talk about real online presence and ladders... Till then just relax and enjoy t
[quote who="Valkajin" reply="14" id="2037002"]Take out the mines?...No. That would be as pointless as leaving them as is. There would only be one addition to the game from Entrenchment..starbases. hmmm for 10 dollars?... When the mines are fixed they will work as intended. Although, the main mine problem I feel should be addressed is giveing players the ability to place them specifically as computer opponents can do to us. Along with preventing the AI from fillin
Yeah... I was thinking WTF next week when I read it... :) Saying that, we will hopefully get that beta 2 soon! Looking forward to it since I haven't booted into Sins for some time now and am feeling that usual craving creeping in :(
Yeah MINES... As I said in couple of beta feedback posts - just remove them... Honestly... Yes, it would be cool to have mines in the game, but this will be near impossible to achieve without breaking or at least compromising on what Sins is all about... Call me sceptic if you wish or whatever but I vote for complete removal and proper balance of the rest :)
Cool news :) Lets hope we see radical changes to mines :p
Release of Snow Leopard - OS X 10.6! Open CL tech! New uber toy(s) from Apple! 2nd and 3rd Sins expansion! Don't really care about the rest to be honest :p
[quote quoting="post"] Just wondering if anyone knows if / when next update is due ? These mines are killing me.... [/quote] Hehe... Just got back from holidays and am wondering the same :) Sooner the better with at very least MAJOR fix / rewrite of the Mines feature...
Mines are simply shit... I have to be frank about this since I love this game so much... Currently, as they are, they simply resemble pile of steaming excrement and not much more than that. Mines need some MAJOR rethinking and if that fails they simply need to be removed... If anything kills this game it will be MINES by blowing right into our gaming faces via ruined yet once fantastic game called Sins of a Solar Empire! Quote me on this if you wish :p<
Insane LOL! eeeeeee :p
Few days into Beta so I think it is good time to resurrect this thread and put it back on topic with simple question to all of you testers... How do you find it so far? Does it indeed look like games might take longer (or even much longer!) with latest additions to the game? Personally, I had only one 2v2 30 planets MP game last night which lasted for well over 3 hours and ended up with mini dump - was great fun no doubt about it - however how about this time issue???
What is the Pause button on Mac keyboard o0 I think I could find some use for it if I can just find it... :)
[quote who="Cpt_Siddy" reply="2" id="1981557"]Man, i just dont see me using starbases in multiplayer, i just cant. Novalith is money much beter spent than this toy.[/quote] Ermmm... First game I played last night was rather nice and balanced 2v2 MP and Starbases literally did what they are made for - they helped me hold what I got until I was able to construct 2nd fleet and fight on two fronts at the same time... Sure they need bit of tweak
Hot fix already! :o eeeeeeeeeee for ICeeee :p Keep it up! And as majority is saying here - focus on MINES - they generally smell of excrement as they are at the moment... pretty please :)
As per title, I am creating this thread as personal blog / journal of my beta test so it will be updated as I go along... Please note - stuff I am going to write are just initial impressions and as such they are most likely to change longer I play so do not take them as granted! :p 1st game 2v2 Multiplayer 30 planets (over 3 hours!) After installing expansion I booted into Sins as per usual and
[quote who="Annatar11" reply="3" id="1979836"]Kol Captain: "FIRE THE GAUSS RAIL, DAMNIT!" Weapons Officer: "But, sir, we have no more ammo left!" Captain: "What do we have in the cargo hold?!" Weapons Officer: "Well, there was that chunk of rock we picked up a while back.." Captain: "Damnit man! Strap an engine to it and FIRE!" Weapons Officer: "Aye, sir!"[/quote] LMAO! Do NOT fix this one - t
[quote who="Heavenfall" reply="7" id="1979894"]It's on the links above, scroll down.[/quote] Ah got it now... And I also added reply too :p
Meh... I want 2 exe in any case... I want beta and I want 1.12 - simple as that :) I don't want to mess around... Guess I just have to try and see how it goes :s EDIT: this was last post about double exe! Promise! [e digicons]
Obviously... I just want someone (you!?) to confirm that by doing this my vanilla Sins will still be playable as per usual :) Have you done this last night? Did it work? Simple yes will do :)
:p how about answer to my question? let me know please since i have only few hours to go with work before installing Beta - yay!
Yes! Go for it man :)
You know how much CPU and GPU cycles that will cost!?!?! :p Joke - although I still haven't tried the Beta - above makes sense... BTW Annatar my dear friend - can you remember our convo yesterday about "backing up" vanilla Sins and making both playable!? You suggested simple folder copy! Did it work? Is this something I should do later today when I get beta? Bit off topic - i know and sorry about thi
[quote who="Heavenfall" reply="5" id="1979761"]Haha, there are about 10 people pouring crap on SINS for game of the year in the comments to that article. Of those, 7 didn't play it, 1 played it and didn't like it, and 2 don't say if they played it or not. That speaks a pretty damn well clear picture to me.[/quote] LMAO! Bunch of naabs :p Can you give us Link to that comments please - would love to see it hahahaha
[quote who="Archonsod" reply="12" id="1979742"]Maybe some kind of small objectives which can give bonuses once achieved would work better? A bit like the missions offered by AI players. Say accumulate X credits within Y minutes and a small party of mercenary frigates will join your fleet, or eliminate pirates from system Z and you'll get a 15% bonus on trade income for the next 10 minutes. Basically small random events which the player may or may not elect to take advantage of.[/quote] <
You all sound so surprised!?!?!? What's wrong with you guys? I declared it game of the year after few weeks of playing :p eeeeeeeeeeee!!! Awesome news, well done and keep it up :)
