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Reply to QQ: Vasari's economy in Strategy Sins Forums

1st - you cannot place bounty on yourself. 2nd - bounty accomplishes 2 things .........1. The pirates will attack whomever has the highest amount of bounty placed on them at the time the pirate attack is launched. .........2. Whenever you attack an enemy that has bounty placed on them and kill anything that enemy has (ie structures, ships, etc...), you get more credits based on what you kill. These credits come off of the bounty that is placed on that

Reply to SOSE badly needs a Scenario/Story line in single player mode!!! in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

[quote who="Geowil" reply="25" id="1997107"] fair enough, but do you think it's *fair* to spend all that energy on ½ the playerbase (online player wont play it) Touche, but I could say the same about the online players. Is it fair that Stardock ONLY focuses on the online players but leaves those seeking a more rich understanding of the SoaSE universe hanging out to dry? [/quote] Double touche here. It's hard to compensate for both areas of

Reply to Starbase Balance in Beta Feedback Sins Forums

[quote who="mja5000" reply="17" id="1990611"]2.Never should their be a phase capable star base, or a star base that can be broken down and moved. I still stick with you should be able to build tugs from capital ship factories that have no shields, low health, and no weapons that can move a sb with them. [/quote] This is an interesting idea...but then you run into this...well if the SB can be moved by a "Tug" then any placed structure should be able to be moved by a "Tug."

Reply to Starbase Balance in Beta Feedback Sins Forums

[quote who="kyogre12" reply="23" id="1990827"] We get that it is about defense. I for one, love defense, as I turtle in all of my RTS's, and that is finally a viable strategy in Sins. But the TEC and the Advent both got ships to somewhat counter all of the new defensive stuff. What does the Vasari have? Their starbase. Which means you have to use it offensively. But the only way for it to be a viable counter is if it is upgraded before it goes into the enemy gravity well. Which requires

Reply to Mines in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

definitely needs a cap on the mines, but the mines do need to stay in the game.

Reply to Laid back gamers looking to organize some fun Sins games with other like minded players in Multiplayer Organizer Sins Forums

You'd need to PM aaron (who has posted several times int his thread and bring that up to him. He and his group of friends are the one running the game. I, personally don't mind the MODS, I just wanted a laid back game with no spamming and that seems to be what we had the other night. It was definitely fun.

Reply to Starbase Balance in Beta Feedback Sins Forums

You guys just don't seem to be getting the whole point behind what this micro-expansion was supposed to emcompass. It was supposed to add DEFENSIVE strats to the overall game to help balance out all of the OFF and spamming issues. I mean it's great that they added some possibilities to make the SB be OFF, or set it to be culturally efficient or trade efficient...but the whole gist of the SB was meant to be more DEF to start with...not OFF. Like I said...it's not that har

Reply to Starbase Balance in Beta Feedback Sins Forums

Again, it should not be easy. Entrenchment means DEFENSE...not Offense.

Reply to Starbase Balance in Beta Feedback Sins Forums

It's really not that hard to understand and comprehend this concept people.

Reply to Starbase Balance in Beta Feedback Sins Forums

But it should be extremely difficult to build a SB in an enemy well, especially if that well is heavily defended. The point of Entrenchment is to add a more DEF style to the game. If you can jump into a well and build and upgrade a SB real quick...then what good would it be to have a strong DEF set up. It should be hard, or next to impossible to set up a forward base like this (in a heavily <span style="font-size: medium; color: #993300; background-colo

Reply to Laid back gamers looking to organize some fun Sins games with other like minded players in Multiplayer Organizer Sins Forums

We started a MP game on Saturday (FFA) with the BK mod (updated to run with Entrencment). This is my 1st game with this group of guys and must say that it was very fun and there definitely was no spamming going on that I could tell. We played for around 4 hours and got a nice chunk of playing time in and everything ran smooth and fun. We are picking the game back up tonight. I will be sure to let the guys running this know that you posted on here and showed interest

Reply to Starbase Balance in Beta Feedback Sins Forums

SB's SHOULD NOT BE ABLE TO PHASE JUMP PERIOD!. Sorry for All Caps...but peeps need to realize and understand this concept. It would completely ruin the game.

Reply to I think going 'defensive' for this expansion was just plain wrong direction. in Beta Feedback Sins Forums

[quote who="MindsEye" reply="7" id="1988948"]I agree with tkins. I use to think the other way but after getting use to fast it is not a clickfest. It is very much strategic and if you play someone with equal talent then your game can go on for hours. 2 hours is getting to my limit as if you go that long its intesive and very fun but I get tired lol. I like team games and unfortunately u can only play them on larger maps so it takes a long time. But seriously its so much fun online everyo

Reply to Starbase Balance in Beta Feedback Sins Forums

They definitely need some more range or at least upgrades to range. Th Vasari prob don't need more range tho; seeing as they can move anywhere they need to go within that well.

Reply to Starbase Balance in Beta Feedback Sins Forums

[quote who="Tessian" reply="8" id="1988790"]Has anyone even noticed a change when you upgrade to the 2nd weapon tier for "extreme range"? I haven't and think that may be most of the problem, but if it is working as intended then definitely needs a range increase. I definitely also agree that starbases need SOME DEFENSE against bombers, and no hangar bays with fighters isn't really the answer. Flak guns would be great, even if it were the tier 3 weapon upgrade. For

Reply to I think going 'defensive' for this expansion was just plain wrong direction. in Beta Feedback Sins Forums

SD/IC is all about being out of the norm and doing things different and they have done an excellent job so far in doing that. I certainly hope that they don't forget this and get off the beaten path to please a few guys that want shorter and shorter games where everything is spam and click. I believe in what SD/IC is trying to achieve and think that they are in the process of changing what the future of PC gaming is going to be like in the coming years

Reply to I think going 'defensive' for this expansion was just plain wrong direction. in Beta Feedback Sins Forums

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Reply to I think going 'defensive' for this expansion was just plain wrong direction. in Beta Feedback Sins Forums

[quote who="Tkins" reply="25" id="1988683"]Remember though, the online community is highly based on shorter (2hr avg) games that are high intensity aggressive games. It don't think it would be a good idea to alienate those folks that want to play online. [/quote] you don't have to alienate them...as I said earlier, if that is what you want...then play a small map with resources turned up to fast. Or even a medium map. Now I do agree that there are things that need to

Reply to I think going 'defensive' for this expansion was just plain wrong direction. in Beta Feedback Sins Forums

[quote who="VRaptor117" reply="23" id="1988638"] Quoting TheSpydyr, reply 19 I want a game that takes hours (HOURS) where I can implement strategy and diplomacy among my enemies in order to truly enjoy the beauty of the game. For those of you who want the twitchfest, just set all things to fast and do a small map...you'll be done in no time and not have to worry about the more intricate aspect of the game. ****************************<b

Reply to Starbase Balance in Beta Feedback Sins Forums

[quote who="Dathion" reply="6" id="1988637"]The Only thing I would like to see added to the star bases, Is to be able to upgrade everthing you can afford like you do planets. Better firering range or a strong phase jump lock. I've played all three races and why bother to have vessari SB move? its rather useless. eather lock them in orbit or stay put. [/quote] They should be able to move because they are the masters of ppphhhhhaaaaaaaaaaasssssssssssseeeeeeeee

Reply to Starbase Balance in Beta Feedback Sins Forums

[quote who="shfir" reply="4" id="1988534"]More importantly, how do you mod the game yourself? I know how to use downloaded game mods, but not how to mod it myself. [/quote] Go to the downloads menu selection at the top of this screen and on that page there are links to the tools that you can use to do Mods.

Reply to I think going 'defensive' for this expansion was just plain wrong direction. in Beta Feedback Sins Forums

[quote who="kyogre12" reply="10" id="1988473"] Personally, I like that they went "defensive" I like longer games. But that's just my opinion. [/quote] [quote who="coreybowman" reply="11" id="1988485"]i love the new expansion just because it takes longer. winning a hard fought game that takes hours to finish is more rewarding then winning with a lrm spam. [/quote] Perfect statements. I don't see how people can honestly have fun playing a game th

Reply to Suggestion for mitigating mine spam in Beta Feedback Sins Forums

[quote who="Tessian" reply="25" id="1987131"]I've really only seen mine spamming being an issue with Vesari-- make their mines cost half as much as TEC for starters or something, the only way I can probably play right now is by disallowing Vesari in the game. [/quote] I play the Vas exclusively and I have to agree that there should be some type of cost effect placed on the mines. It is too easy to set a line of travel for the ship and just let it place 100's of mines in 1 g

Reply to Starbase Balance in Beta Feedback Sins Forums

They definitely need more range, but not have the ability to move (unless you are playing the Vas). The whole point is to instill defensive tactics. In a MP game the other, and Advnet player had his SB right in the middle of the Grav well by his planet. Not much strat there. You should place it by the phase lanes that are connected to the rest of your planetary system. With an increased range and strategic placement...the Advent SB can be detrimental to any fle

Reply to Suggestion for mitigating mine spam in Beta Feedback Sins Forums

[quote who="kyogre12" reply="9" id="1986363"] I've scuttled mines as TEC plenty of times. The problem is that it works just like scuttling ships or structures, and you can only scuttle one at a time. With mines, they need to let you select and scuttle an entire group. They should probably add some sort of confirmation dialog for that though. It apparently doesn't work for me. I select a mine, and the little "scuttle" button is greyed out. The hotkey for scuttling doesn't