Yilmael

[quote] 4) Make the upkeep costs scale. If I have researched the highest level of fleet capacity, I always suffer the 75% upkeep penalty, even if I have 1 ship. Just because I can support that many ships doesn't mean I am supporting that many ships. Each level of fleet capacity should apply it's upkeep costs only if you have that many ships. For example, if I research the first level, it only takes effect once I build a ship that puts my logistics over

[quote]I would like to see a pause button, and a button that temporarily removes the GUI, so I can take some good screenshots. I would also like to see the ability to limit tech trees at game start, so if you wanted to, you could have gigantic carrier battles, or just have battleships slugging it out. Maybe even just Attack Frigates, and see them come together in a massive FPS chugging battle. [/quote] THe pause key on the keyboard pauses the game Cinematic mode removes GUI

Yeah, I get stutter but by the time it gets down to those massive fights I've completly lost intrest in the graphics and just dorp em down to low and wage war. I mean honestly, when your fleets that big how many of you are managing the fight at close zoom? I jsut manage it from the point I can see the icons of my ships and let the shit hit the fan. Occasionaly though you got to zoom in for the quality screenshots of pwnage.

[quote] any estimates when the mod will be made available for downloading??? I was hoping to have atleast a beta version out about this time, but i ran into issues with my original textures i recolored and had to start from scratch again. Depending on how much time i have to work on these, i may have a beta version out by the end of the weekend. but i do have to work a real job also which comes first. [/quote] WHOA WHOA WHOA! Dude... what

[quote] You know your game is balanced, when the fan-base can't agree on what is overpowered or not. That's not true, at all. In almost no game will you find people who agree on what is imbalanced, partially because people who are USING the imbalance are going to, obviously, fight against it being fixed. People said the same thing about World of Warcraft and Battlefield 2 - everyone thought something else was imbalanced. Did this mean tha

any estimates when the mod will be made available for downloading???

Are there pirates??? Cause if there is USE them hardcore. On 3 FFA I find that expanding close to your home planet quickly then setting up defenses and two massive fleets works best. One to protect he other to attack. As long as you're patient and keep a fleet at home all you have to do is wait for the enemy then sen dyour second fleet to their planets to flank them. This is also the only time you should consider forging alliances. I usually don't start an alliance until I have my two main fleet

I htink people are neglecting what is definetly the key to winning for turtlers. PIRATES! I love to turtle, expand, then boom. All my planets have 5 hangers 2 rapair stations and one gauss cannon before I leave them aftetr the first 35 minutes. The key is to use the Pirates as allies, not enemies. Essentially it becomes a 2vs1 match if you continuously pay the pirates. It's won me every 1vs1 game so far at about 4 hours play time.

[quote]Don't bump something more than a few hours old. [/quote] owned.

Yea man, the devs were very conciencious of the fact that not everyone can run a behemoth super computer. I played the game on lowest grahics just to see how it would look and it still looks great. But it wouldn't hurt to get a new video card. I got a radeon x1650 512MB ($50) with a 2.2ghz and I max out all my settings while playing.

I jsut wanted to put this outhere. We need to make this the greatest most expansive 4X RTS space game EVER made. I mean like seriously. Incorporate everything possible. Deep space stations, moons, megaships, dip vic, player chosen defense locals, phase lane shifting would be awesome. Just imagine... we could play this game forever!!!!! Just constantly releases updates and expansions... oh my god I wish I had studied Computer Science Engineering

#3..... ummmmm I'm gonna need some proof on this one good sir. Maybe you could send me the saved videos of this because if it's tru I'll walk around in a pink dress on campus.

PONIES!

Stronger defense bonuses. More hanger squadrons, with upgradability. Bigger defense bonuses for fleets guarding planets. NUKE the LRM

[quote]ctrl+shift+z [/quote] thank you, you rock.

so... should I dual vid card it up? Or should Iget a faster processor? Or both?

HOly crap this reminds me.. is there nayway to clear the screen of all UI's to take clean screenshots??? Caue I looked and there doesn 't seem to be a quick way.

HEY OP I CHALLENGE YOU TO AN AO3 MATCH

I think i posted this in the wrong section... can anyone move it?

[quote]Well, that is something that any mp game deals with. You will always have the trash talkers and the ones who think they are godly. Personally, I stay to the bitter end if they are jerks. Nothing is more gratifying than infuriating them further and making them work for that win. [/quote] Hell yea, jsut make a fleet of scouts and set 1000 waypoints to every planet in the system over and over again and see if they like staying up for 10 hours just trying to catch up! HAHAHAHA!

hmmm.... this is just a though so take it easy. If you want to have an auto follow feature to another planet because you don't like checking in on your fleet real quick to see their progress what's going to happen when they do follow and another player the same player sends a second fleet to the sun and goes another direction? Or just takes the choke point? What I'm saying is that it seems less micromanaging to NOT have an auto jump/follow feature especially in MPO games, or just MP games with t

Oh and fix the bugs associated with patch 1.02, I havn't downloaded it yet cause I'm a scared pussy.

I like the population cap for large maps being tied to the amount of plantes owned. I think this si acutally a really good idea seeing as he who owns the glaxay should have a little more pwnability then the guy huddled in australia with all his guys in siam building up a massive counterstrike army. :)

Intense civel reaseach and frigate spamming during the first hour, then military research and capital pwnage during end game... for defense I usually have 6 hangers and two repair buildigns. Takes care of almost anything until you can move your fleet back home.

[quote]gotta go with the % chance to have a phase engine burn out on the other side of the phase lane, makes pji's actually have an effect, and if you really wanted to wheedle their fleet down, you could follow them with your fleet to finish off the lamed ships. I'd also like to see another level of hangar that deployed a few small frigates to assist in defense. They'd have a little more firepower than bombers, and be alot more durable. A defended planet should be a tough nut to crack even on it