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[quote who="Protoplazm" reply="31" id="3306261"]In general, MP games will all have "Normal" fleet, "Allied Victory", [/quote] "Allied Victory" isn't needed for Locked Teams. In fact, its come to my atttention that it may be causing problems, when asshats refuse to quit after being defeated. (ie: requires killing all of the replacement AI's planets as well, not just the remaining human's planets). So, I would reccomend NOT turning on Allied Victory (with

No one mentions also building turrets within range of the building starbase. But if they can reach, they also help, and are quite effective against Starbases & Cap ships (20DPS, 100% attack modifier). Later the T4 defense tech, Syngery, raises dmg by 12.5%, and shields by 250 for each add'l turret in a group, for up to 5 (ie max +50%dmg, +1000shield). Too bad the tier 2 civil tech "Communal Labor", doesn't speed up construction rates fast e

[quote who="Mr_Book" reply="26" id="3315460"]That's true... though in practice I'm not sure I've ever seen an AI taking over from anyone other than a complete noob be in any way a good thing. Usually it's an immediate "gg"[/quote] In unskilled games, NOT TRUE at all! I've seen it often! Even in some skilled games, I've seen the replacement AI do better than the player that quit/dropped. I just confirmed that a Hard AI <

[quote]As the Advent, I can have a titan with 6 caps (4 being shield re-generators), 10 shield sharing cruisers and a swath of 20+ frigates and it still seems like I can't put down an enemy fleet half that size.[/quote] Your fleet is all defense oriented. You don't have enough offense (killing power). You need more than "20+ frigate", and less than "10 sheild sharing cruisers". Progenitor Caps with Shield Restore are great defense, but the Malice ability

Oops, LOL. I'm sorry. I totally missed those comments. And.. The tone of the following discussion seemed to ignor those very important points.

[quote who="Protoplazm" reply="11" id="3251475"]could you encourage those folks to Surrender and not just quit out?[/quote] I can't believe no one mentioned that a Surrender means the replacement AI just sits there - it does nothing from that point on! Thus screwing the rest of your team if they want to keep playing. Whereas if you just quit, the replacement AI continues to play, and in many cases actually does better than the human player

[quote who="Seleuceia" reply="15" id="3301095"]I could have sworn it was confirmed in Trinity that the replacement AIs were normal (tried looking for the thread, haven't found it), which leads me to believe that this was a Rebellion change...[/quote] No, I believe the replacement AI is a 'Hard' AI, and this has always been case, (even before Rebellion). Thus the replacement AI gets 1.5X (one and a half times) our income/metal/crystal. This 1.5X &#3

[quote who="Seleuceia" reply="28" id="3309001"]Let us analyze the different strategies in Sins... 1) Play TR, LF spam + Marza...hope game ends soon (Err.. hope it last till you get Missile Barage) 2) Play AR, LF spam + Prog...rape with Eradica and wail... 3) Play VL, Orky rush + Egg....rape with Titan and Orkies....[/quote] Sel, very nice simplifications. I agree. It hardly makes sense to move up the tech tree now. Its all tier 0 LF spam, (and ma

[quote]The spreadsheet can be accessed via the external link at the top of this post.[/quote] I'm bumping this excellent resource for all, and so I can find it later. This link will also take you to the spreadsheet .

[quote who="Greg30007" reply="13" id="3249413"]For me I think at least temporarily I found substitution for SINS which I was looking for so long.[/quote] Greg, what game did you find? Anyone else have similar recommendations?

Here's 4 replays that I recorded. (Version 1.34) And a few more replays by DirtySanchez. Look back in the Multiplayer forum for a few more. But there's not many.

[quote who="DarthLeader" reply="9" id="3204682"]Some new questions: What are the big difference between 1v1 and team games ? (if possible applied to my Vasari Rebels) What capital ship build order do you recommend for a Vasari Rebel ? Something like a Jarrasul, a Skiranta carrier, then go for my titan ? Then what capital ships do you do? Some people said “faster” was the most popular option: does that mean “faster” on everything? Income

[quote who="Sakhari" reply="6" id="3204093"]to throw down a couple of culture centers in that 20+ minute span before planets start dropping...[/quote] Like I said, the "potential". But a "couple" culture centers won't cut it either! If they're used correctly, you'll need more. But I'm not going to argue anymore. Test it for yourself.

[quote who="ARESIV" reply="3" id="3204036"]Is it worthless... absoluty worthless.[/quote] Simply not true... And the DE DOES give you a "better fleet". 25% better. As well as the potential to destroy their ENTIRE empire...

Repeated/alternating shots at a homeworld, say every 3 minutes (with 2 guns or more), will eventually kill the homeworld and their entire empire (or all surrounding planets), if they don't have any culture protecting them. But it takes about 20 minutes since allegiance change is capped at: -0.07%/sec. Super weapon summary .

You only need 2 planets to rush STTC. Upgrade their logistics, 4 Civics at your home, 3 at a roid or dwarf. Or scuttle your frigate factory and put 5 on your home and 1 each on adjoining roid & dwarf. Don't buy Military labs. With 2 Cap ships you'll soon enuf have 2 free labs. Don't colonize larger planets untill you can immediately strip them. Then go on a stripping spree. Build multiple Cap ships for more income & labs, and use s

[quote who="GoaFan77" reply="7" id="3196008"]Seems a bit odd no one has even put any numbers up to see if this is true. [/quote] Awesome GoaFan. Thanks for putting up the numbers. I've always wondered about this, but never took the time to research it. Lets take this a step or two farther. Altho cooldowns are near identical, durations vary, therefore total repair over (total) time varies. Giving a repair per second, or "effective repair" rate.&

Bdelong, Very nice list, thanks for putting it together. [quote]- Override Safety Protocol (Big Red Button) - TEC starbases, when upgraded with 2 levels of override safety protocol, can self-destruct and take out almost everything within a very large radius with them. The upside is that enemy frigates and low level (or damaged) capital ships are destroyed. The downside is that you lose the starbase and this ability also affects friendly units. This ability is the most power

[quote who="Volt_Cruelerz" reply="1" id="3195635"]I feel early DE would be a repeat of the TL.[/quote] Yeah, it is a repeat of TL, but if you think about it, Advent Loyalists are meant to to turtle too - and hide behind their culture. While they get damage upgrades for their smaller fleets from the culture they have to spend so much upon, they need a way to project their power from afar. [quote who="Volt_Cruelerz" reply="1" id="3195635"]Something I'm start

I have observed that almost nobody plays Advent Loyals online. They have nothing, except culture - which doesn't do crap. All of the other races have a killer strategy: TR: TAR (Truce Amoungst Rogues) TL: Early Novaliths, and dual starbases. VR: Jumping Starbases VL: Strip to the Core AR: Wail (Wail of the Sacrificed) AL: ??? What killer strategy does Advent Loyals have? Nothing. So why play them? I would suggest giv

Opening with two Halcyons is fine. I disagree with Teun's comment to 'NEVER' build more than 1 Cap ship at the start of the game. Even more so in Rebellion compared to Diplomacy. [quote who="Teun-A-Roonius" reply="1" id="3186752"]use... corvettes against light frigates and cruisers.[/quote] The above comment is also wrong. Use corvettes against long range frigates. In 1.03, corvettes fill exactly the same role as fighters. Otherwise, g

I think this also explains a couple minidumps I had in short succession while strip rushing that I sent in earlier (June 7th). I was suspicious of the stripping completing at near the same time as the planet was being bombed out, but wasn't sure. Anyway, if needed, maybe the Devs can compare the minidump files.

[quote who="James_Raynor" reply="11" id="3174894"]It was a Desert planet adjacent to a Planetoid that they were using as a staging ground that I had the effect of the Eyes of the Converted on. I used the wail and their fleet took no damage[/quote] Then that sounds like a bug! If you can, find the autosave before the incidence, or the autorecord, and send it in. Better yet, try to recreate the incident. BTW, I've used it, and seen it used spectacularly! I

[quote]1440/900 1280/1024 1024/768 Why do I have pairs of these?[/quote] In pairs? Not sure what you mean! Does this explain it: the first number is the horizontal resolution and the next is the vertical. IE: 1440 wide/by 900 tall. [quote]And switching between one twin to the other doesn't 'do' anything. IE the "Apply" button doesn't register an actual change. So it seems the 'hooks' per-say are identical.[/quote

Hmm, I would suggest retrying it. Because its working for me. And I've seen other people use it in MP too (yesterday). IDK.