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this sounds awesome, count me in next time you run it :) 4/10 doesnt seem too bad for a first pop :)

edit: found it, ignore me :)

Ah i see, the angles. didnt think of that. I will make them all symettrical anyway.. i don't like the ones that aren't. Understand that solar systems arent symetrical really, but hell, its a game :P

I'm new so alot of this stuff isn't something I could have a valid opinion of yet, but couple things.. the static turrets are worthless as they are. They need to be much cheaper, or have a longer range or something. They seem totally pointless. fair enough if you dont want static defence so cheap that the defender has a bigger advantage than currently, but by god, its like shooting a hand gun at space ships. with no legs. and the other thing would be all the econ techs. i unde

if you changed it from a percentage to a flat rate wouldnt this be unbalanced for the different races? like, one race has ships that are on average a higher supply cost than others dont they?

yep, have been truly rolled haha :) did get a high level cap once so far though, although at the stage i was at hitting planets wasnt exactly an option :D

Just started playing online myself, and so far have found the players to be pretty friendly and helpful. Most of them have explained stuff to me (what they've done/what i did wrong, counters etc) will zero ill will at all. Only see one guy rage so far and it was pretty mild considering the stuff i'v seen in other online games over the last decade. maybe i'v just been lucky? :p

Ok, thanks Darvin. I think i will play around and amend the random map somewhat so that it is more pseudo random for use here. We had a few games yesterday that were pretty damn tilted to one player, although we understand the probability of this happening in any one game is small. Should be easy enough to make all the phase lanes the same lengths on the mirrored maps too :)

ah i shall be sure to have a shift through those this evening then, thanks. did play my first game on ICO today, lost to [_]Minds i think his name was. more to come i reckon :)

hey ho. we've played a few games at a LAN here and someone has helped me compile a few screenshots of all the map layouts we've been using (just the small maps so far). Noticed that some of the maps are slightly biased in favor of one side or the other, the list being: close encounters gaian crescent storm front random small map few questions. Was going to edit them myself to create a balanced version (especially the random map, its not e

ah right i see, i didnt realies they avoided the mitigation. have been putting off researching them in favor of hull upgrades first, but guess ill swap them round now :)

Bit confused about how those phase missile upgrades work myself. What makes them so good?

yeah, its fine by me heh. havnt played an rts-game yet where the single player is anything remotely like multiplayer heh. just need to find the time to set aside to play some games :p

hah carnage, sounds like fun :) i'm learning the game with vasari at the moment, i'm kinda enjoying it. prolly get owned the first few (hundred) times i play online but gotta start somewhere :p

oh fair enough i guess. i kinda like them in single player tho, although i know this doesnt relate to online games in pretty much any way at all heh. got caught out a few times in my first few games but after a couple more theyre getting less relevant. i guess after 500 games i can see them becoming annoying heh.

pirates off? weird. why do people play without a feature of the game? I'm probably missing something as im new heh, but there are techs and stuff relating to the pirates. thanks for the info, tho :)

Oh great, thanks bud. Should be ok then :) The AI is a bit fail so will hopefully get my first game online this week when i can find the time.

Hey ho people, what kind of speeds do people normally play online with in sins? There seems to be a multitude of options for it from really slow to starcraft level speeds. I'v been playing so far on fast for all the game options, then when i get in i speed it up to 2x speed. How does this compare to online? I'd like to play a few single player games at the right speed to get used to it before i venture online. Thanks :)

Hi folks.. I have a few questions about the balance between different ship types when you start pumping out those precious ships. I'd value your input :) I'll look at this from a TEC viewpoint as I generally play them as my race of choice (I like the lego ships :P). I was wondering about the balance of damage ships (LRMs, Kodiaks and i guess Percherons) to support ships (hoshiko, cielo). I barely build any flak or siege frigs, and only ever build a few cobalts before i have LRMS. I

thanks.. i assume i can't find it anywhere else then?

Hi folks, wondering if you could help. I'v purchased the digital download edition for myself, and used a friend's disk to install the game (quicker than waiting for the download). Is there somewhere I can get the manual alone? I'd like to browse it at work, but the only place to find it is bundled with the download from impulse.. and i cant install a 1gig game on my work machine :P Cheers, Dance.

Just thought I'd register so I could post a thanks to StarDock for the patches.. they aren't obliged to do it (whatever the guys posting in this thread say) but they keep updating a quality game and as a paying customer, I appreciate that. Admire the dedication trying to answer all the tin foil hat questions too. Impulse is meh on the list of important stuff to be honest, its a small program that has no effect on my system. Anyone that thinks otherwise is deluded.. there are alot of bad bad peop