Taranabug

[quote who="Ryat" reply="7" id="3475685"] Rebellion is such a common word. I would understand if it was a unique name but usage of a common word and to try and "trademark" it is ridiculous. What next? The word "The"? I am glad you guys won.[/quote] I've always wanted to start a company named "Our Leading Competitor" or "The Other Company" just to screw with advertising firms.

I didn't know "Rebellion Developments" even existed until reading this. Gratz on the successful defense. It scares me people, bullies really, have access to lawyers and could make up such an argument.

[quote who="Ryat" reply="1" id="3447534"]Considering that Ironclad should have plenty of access to such engines a most likely yes. If they decide to build another SOASE.[/quote] I'm throwing money at my screen, someone take it and make it happen! [e digicons]:erk:[/e]

I tried something like this back in, well, either Entrenchment or Diplomacy, I forget which. As I recall I had to tinker with 'random' planets a bit more to make them work. What excately it was I can't remember, its been too long ago now. Similar to Seleuceia's question above, are you using in-game maps, map designer maps, or galaxy forge maps? Let me compound the issue by asking this: Do you run any other mods (other than Real Cap Ships)?&nbsp

Not entirely sure where to send a bug report to, but I thought this should at least be mentioned somewhere. I've noticed on a couple different games now with the beta v1.82, that on a planet with the "fortress world" bonus I am still unable to place more than 150 mines. The in-game tooltip shows 150/200, but I get the message "too many mines in gravity well already" when I try to place more. On a related note: I've also noticed the A

[quote who="Timmaigh" reply="11" id="3444889"]Eh, you know the VLs are basically independent of planets because of the Dark Fleet Beacon research combined with exactly this particular ability already? The phasegate itself can summon reinforcements and not just the ones you build from shipyards somewhere...[/quote] Mind = Blown [e digicons]:O[/e] I knew the summoned phase gates had access to this ability, I just never put two and two together to think of it as a way of r

Thinking about it, I'd have to vote for the Spawn Phase Stabilizer ability on the VL titan as well. Vasari are the master of phase space: -their SBs can be upgraded to be a phase-stabilizer, VR SBs even phase jump -their marauder-class capships can double as a stabilizer -their superweapon effectively launches a stabilizer thru space at an enemy planet -the VL titan itself mocks gravity by skipping around a planet like a giddy sc

My scout ships took one look at that map, and their crews resigned. Very impressive though, I'd be interested in trying a game on a smaller version of that map to see how combat would pan out.

[quote who="WOEaintME" reply="188" id="3440492"] Quoting GoaFan77, reply 187 Perfection is never obtainable with anything you create. If anyone other than Goa said this I would think it was a slap in the face to the individual and not a matter of fact statement about perfection being impossible for anyone to achieve.[/quote] [e digicons]:rofl:[/e] Don't worry, I caught his meaning. And got a good chuckle out of this, thanks!

I'm Taranabug, back from the dead. (I'm kinda surprised my account wasn't deleted its been so long...) [e digicons]o_O[/e] I've been with SoaSE since Vanilla, but haven't really frequented the forums for a couple years. With the new DLC released my interest in the game has been renewed (interest never actually left, just 'diminished' for a little bit). I enjoy playing against AI opponents on large/huge/[insert hyper

I love the new diplomatic features of the new expansion, but I hate the Diplomatic Victory option. First off, the concept of a Diplomatic "Victory" doesn't make sence to me. Just because two empires are currently at peace doesn't mean war can't/won't come later on. Things change, resources become scarce, and westward expansion occurs. Diplomatic Victory, when turned on, creates a rat race of who can build the most envoys the fastest and build up the most love

I'm a fan of some of the randomness. It can add depth to a game, an element of uncertainty (not all empires started out nice and easy). I do see you point though, here are my thoughts. Starting Phase Lanes: I agree, an empie should start out with at least one easy asteroid. Mag Clouds: Yes they are worthless. In galaxy forge I use them to 'frame' the areas of space, or to force trade routes a certain direction during gameplay (think herding the AI).&nbs

[quote who="Allegiance86" reply="22" id="2318715"]exactly how are you positioning your SB's? i mean are they forming a square one at every "corner" of the sun.........if a sun had corners that is. or is there two next two each other to guard one anothers flanks? also are they close to the sun or are they pushed out toward the edge of the gravity well so they can catch as many ships coming through the phase lane?? [/quote] It depends on the star, its position to other stars, and t

"Culture is used as a tool to enhance the rest of your strategy. I've never seen anyone win with culture alone." -Darvin3 That is an excellent point. Superculture itself will only annoy ones opponent, but will give you mitigation and repair bonuses to your fleet, making it stronger in battle. I've recently started playing as Advent, and have played some rather interesting games. Advent can pull off a culture-only win late game if circumstances are r

Everyone talks about how a well balanced fleet tends to be better than spamming any one unit (in most cases, stay with me here). I think the same applies to defensive structors around a planet, at least against the AI. Computer: As TEC and Advent I like to build my defence structures around my starbase. I put repair platforms so the starbase is just barely in their range, and then I place point-defence platforms right around them to help defend them during an attack (

I don't even know where to begin with descibing this glitch. Take the most bizarre Sci-Fi movie/episode dealing with time paradoxes, and that's what a recent game turned into for my wife and I. A four player map with 4 stars. My wife as Vasari, myself as TEC, and two Unfair-AI set as Advent (Advent-1 and Advent-2 for the sake of clarity). Most of the game went without issue. We both turtled, and the Advent factions decided to duke it out with each other (reform

I like the idea of starbased being vulnerable to bombers. If we learned anything from Star Wars its that a handfull of stunt fighters CAN take down a starbase. [e digicons]^_^[/e]

Wow. I guess diplomacy is required to become supreme overlord of the universe. Others here started the idea of different government types and/or religions. In addition to a revision of how favor is won/lost from opposing factions, what I would like to see is a division of the research tree for "Society & Culture". <s

You suggesting gun control? [e digicons];P[/e] I really only put my superweapons on autocast if I'm bored and want to annoy the AI.

I will focus on the battle only so much as to send capital ships, bombers and anti-structure cruisers towards any starbases, and the rest of the fleet towards everything else (I found this minimizes losses of frigates/cruisers). Past that I reply on the ships' basic programming to clear the gravity well for me. A well balanced fleet, with some creative key assinments, can take on anything. I perfer large, 50 plus planet maps. There you can get away with jus

[quote who="flameburn" reply="15" id="2234828"]A friend and I each got 16 cap ships+maxed out fleet and then batted it out around a star, with 4 starbases each. He was the Vasari, so all the starbases were next to eachother for the battle. It was pretty epic. [/quote] I wish I could've seen that... [e digicons]:')[/e] I'm a fan of large-fleet/army engagements in any enivornment. Star Wars movies, the engagements in Star Trek DS9, Battle of Gettysburg.

Not so much the fear of being matched against a better player. If they beat me, then they are the better tactician and I have no problem admiting that. I still have yet to bet my grandfather at chess, each time I get a little better. Think of it as a goal to eventally be good enough to win, rather than a discouragement when you lose. Now let me talk out of the other side of my mouth...[e digicons]:|[/e] I avoid online play in any setting: X-Box Live (and rela

All three races can upgrade their starbases to "prevent loss of the planet through bombardment". I think for the TEC the upgrade (for both research and actual upgrade) is called "auxilary government". This means the enemy fleet will have to at some point take your starbase in order to take the planet. A good defense idea I've heard is to group all planetary defenses (hangar bays, point defenses, and most importatly repair platforms) next to the starbase, thus fur

I love building and upgrading starbases at all my allies' planets, then declaring war. I roll on the floor laughing as their fleets run in circles trying to figure out which fire to put out first. In a recent game I also built over 30 Kostura Cannons and set them all on autocast (very large map). It was quite amusing watching the warheads fly as they rained doom and dispair down upon my enemies.

I had a similar issue. My computer would crash to a blue screen, then restart. The cause was something with my graphics cards, also a GeForce 7600. I did some digging on the forums here, and found that a most people running into these graphics card/driver issues are running with NVIDIA GeForce 7x series cards. It might not be the solution you want to hear, but changing to a different card series will fix the problem. I had some extra cash, and was able to upgrade to a