Join the steam group if you want to have some fun -> http://steamcommunity.com/groups/sinsolarempire Most of the members are from Europe, so you won't have any problems with lag. And the fact that you're a beginner, that's not a problem, we all started as newbies :D
Yes. Tunngle is a VPN hybrid between Hamachi and Garena, where you have a room for each game with a limited amount of players (200+, so that's not really a problem). It is easy to handle and its chat features are more than sufficient. Go give it a try, it certainly won't bite you :P
Well, we use Steam especially for the chat functions, as we use Direct Ip for connecting to each others game. You could always use Tunngle (google it) as its free and easy to use. But i didn't know that Steam requires a game to be bought in order to be able to chat :-?
We all use original Sins/Entrenchment/Diplomacy, though some of us still have a pirated copy :) you can either add me as masakary_2007 or you can enter the group : Sins of a Solar Empire Trinity.
Well, if you want to play Sins on a regular basis, you may want to join the Tunngle/Steam group where we play by direct IP, as ICO is too slow for our taste.
There's always hope :) [e digicons]:grin:[/e]
@Stant : Don't worry, i wasn't offended in any way, just i senced some hostility from you and i'm happy to hear that it isn't something personal :) @Ryat : Well, the buffs should be minimal and be applied gradual, maybe in a Beta MP Patch, i don't know :-?? anyway, it's good to hear that the suggestions are being taken under advisement :)
The problem with the Kol is that you pay roughly the same money to get a ship that is way more useless/weaker than a Sova. You said it yourself, a carrier beats a battleship with the aircraft, but in return i believe it costs alot more than a battleship. Ingame, this isn't true :) a carrier destroys a battleship with easy and costs just abit more. If not for realism, this should be changed for the sake of gameplay because as of now, Kols are build just for their Flak ability. @The Dun
:) Let me elaborate. Most of the games end in over 1 hour, in this time it's very hard to build more than 2-3 capitals without being overwhelmed. And those 2-3 caps are usually carriers, colonizers and planet busters, not battleships or support caps. Also, my point was, that while a Sova can hold on its own without any support, a Kol requires a Dunov to actually become powerful. I don't know, in real life i think it's the other way around, a carrier would be very vulnerable and weak a
How many games you get a Dunov to lvl 6 ? Right, just 1 of 10 :)
I'm not refering to "spam" as using the ability like 30 times/battle....but at least 10 times would be nice, now it's a wonder if you can at least 4-5 times. Its manapool simply can't support 4 activables, so we can either make one of them passible, as they made in Project Equilibrum (They made the 3rd ability passive) or we can lower the mana cost...or we can do both of them. Right now i see the Battleship alot weaker than a carrier in combat. I even made a tes
The damage is pretty low, also the Kol's manapool doesn't allow it to spam the ability more than 2-3 times, after that the Kol becomes a glorified Kodiak. And let's be serious, the damage is neglijable, after shield mitigation/armour it barely scratches a frigate, let alone a capital. Also, it just reduces the max speed to 0; that's a different thing from disabling the sub-light engines. The ship may not move from its curent position, but it can rotate, making flanking a capital ship an impos
My example with the Bombers-Flaks-Gunship was meant to show how fast the Bombers are replaced and there is very, very hard to counter them in huge numbers. So my solution would be to increase the respawn time/cost, so you would actually need to micro them instead of "LETZ SPAM MOR CARRIARS". The Kol could really would use some love, also the Advent 2nd Capital and the Marauder need some buffs to even make them a little useful. The Kol could use some increase in dps/hp, also its first
The mod could use some balance tweaks, mostly on the capital ships. In every game i played, with 2 to 8 people, i've never seen more than 4 capital ships built all times, thanks to the poor ratio hp-dmg/price. Also, the sight of a support capital is very, very rare, as most of the abilities are not worth the money that could've been used to buy a carrier or a colony cap. Yap, most of the games i see only those 2 tipes of capitals, as thei're the most cost-effective by far. Let's compa
You forgot to add my nick to the list :>
If you could tell me what 11:00 means for you, i could arrange a match...well, not on ICO, cause there aren't too many DS players, but we will play on Direct Ip. If you have any of these programs - Steam/Tunngle/Yahoo messenger, PM me your account so i can add you and set up a game, if you wish :)
Here it is, the MP patch -> http://www.mediafire.com/?dnwty1ol2nh Or you can download the entire mod from here -> http://rapidshare.com/files/407098319/Distant_Stars_Online.zip.html
I can help you, but not on the forum, if you want you can login on ICO and meet on Distant Stars channel, or if you have steam account, add masakary_2007 :)
I'll be online........for a quick game :)
Oh yeah....on which of the rooms do you play ? The one from the Mix section ? I entered that room a couple of times but nobody answered my questions.....add me as friend - Masakary so we can play together :)
If you need playtester, count me in. I got some basic knowledge of testing a product :)
Very well man, take your time :P you know where you can find me if you want to play against others :)
@silu : The mod doesn't play very differentely from the normal game, so yes, you can use it without fear :) If you want to play this mod with other people and learn the game at the same time, send me a private mesage :)
Anybody up for the 4th PM game ?
Weird....i searched online and it shows that it is 2PM est....:-?? -> http://www.timeanddate.com/library/abbreviations/timezones/na/est.html
