TheRezonator

Reply to Second expansion suggestions (Part 1: Economy Suggestions) in Sins of a Solar Empire Stardock Forums

personally, i think thats a little too involved, all great ideas, but to implement all of those... the micro needed for that would detract from the rest of the game, especially for those not as economically savvy as yourself. the private deal in particular was a fantastic idea, but far too involved in my opinion... and aside from that, the programming required is immense... i think you are treating planets as individual entities, not part of your enemy's empire... and in theory you ar

Reply to New grunt ship in Sins of a Solar Empire Stardock Forums

first, no, im not advocating spamming, personally, i think its stupid for reasons i wont go into now second, i was comparing voyager based on crew and ship size... seriously, its deceptive, but those light frigates arent exactly small... neither is voyager... but she isnt as big as a Star Trek Federation Galaxy or Soverign class starship either, id compare those with Cielo or even Kodiak Cruisers... but then again, look at all the tech and firepower the Soverign class has, vs the Kodi

Reply to New grunt ship in Sins of a Solar Empire Stardock Forums

i agree, however, i just read a post about a guy who got drilled because whatever units he spammed got countered so effectively. so im thinking, in order to surpass this spamming technique, you need to mix up your fleets... and as it stands... i think there is only really one worthwhile close range fighting ship, the heavy cruiser, so unless you want to spam that with plenty of support cruiser.... um... support... and lots of flak, carriers and LRF... which is very boring IMO, then i

New grunt ship in Sins of a Solar Empire Stardock Forums

so, i was thinking about the ships in sins... well, you really have 2 ships for grunt fighting (light frig and heavy cruiser), 2 sorta long range ships (LRF and carrier) and the rest are specialty or support ships.... (i.e. flak frigs, plus robo-cruisers, subverters, guardians, whatever) does anyone think a new kind of grunt ship... or at least a ship that is better at fighting than tactics, is needed? i know this idea has been batted around a bit before but still or a

Reply to Name this smurf please in Sins of a Solar Empire Stardock Forums

my friend... you were actually playing God... which is why you had your ass handed to you... =P may i simply say... (obviously) that spamming units is not the way to go? capitalising on unrealistic ship imbalances just makes you predictable... if you had varied your fleet, it my not have happened... like you said, you knew how he was going to counter you... but you kept playing your spamming strategy... honestly... as soon as you know your enemy knows your plans, YOU HAVE TO CHANGE TH

Reply to [THOUGHTS] The Threat To The Vasari in Sins of a Solar Empire Stardock Forums

[quote who="guywhoyoudontno" reply="11" id="2120877"] Quoting TheRezonator, reply 10 um... they do? the technology to increase lifespans, make it easier to live on volcanic and ice worlds, faster healing, all could do it... regardless, i wasnt talking so much about zombies as about something truly fear inspiring... but im more than happy to go along with the energy based being, as long as its not petty and barbaric like the other 3 races... se

Reply to Starbase range? in Sins of a Solar Empire Stardock Forums

[quote who="transitive" reply="15" id="2121006"]i always imagined that the sci-fi shielding systems we see in things like Star Wars, Star Trek, and Sins of a Solar Empire would have to be a fairly complicated array of different defensive systems. for example: you could use wave interferrence to counteract many types of electromagnetic pulse type weapons. this would be incredibly energy consumptive though as you'd basically have to exactly match th

Reply to can i update sins even if its on another HD? in Sins of a Solar Empire Stardock Forums

more details would be helpful... which file is missing for instance, what is the exact error messsage... also, can you just get a perhiperal cd drive and install the game again? or, at the very least, if you register your copy of sins on impulse, you should be ble to redownload it no problems...

Reply to [THOUGHTS] The Threat To The Vasari in Sins of a Solar Empire Stardock Forums

um... they do? the technology to increase lifespans, make it easier to live on volcanic and ice worlds, faster healing, all could do it... regardless, i wasnt talking so much about zombies as about something truly fear inspiring... but im more than happy to go along with the energy based being, as long as its not petty and barbaric like the other 3 races... seriously, everyone thinks the existing races are so civilised, they're not.... i want a bad guy like Ba'al from Stargate

Reply to [THOUGHTS] The Threat To The Vasari in Sins of a Solar Empire Stardock Forums

i know alot of people are excited about this being made of energy... not to bust anyones humps, but has anyone watched firefly? or seen serenity? that sci fi series/movie by joss weadon? one of the bad guys were called Reavers... humans that went crazy and are now super aggressive and evil etc etc, put it this way, they are pure evil, they have no concern for personal safety, and no limits, they will do whatever it takes they go on raiding parties and kidnap pe

Reply to To The Staff or Whoever might have this information in Sins of a Solar Empire Stardock Forums

[quote who="RandomRetard" reply="22" id="2120117"] Quoting CenturionJixra, reply 20 The claims about how name-calling and anti-social behavior are rampant are seriously overblown. Perhaps, however it has been my experience that such things do generally happen. I'm afraid I've had quite enough of teenagers, foul mouthed idiots fueled by their anonymous status and their 'te

Reply to The Lackluster Deliverance Engine in Sins of a Solar Empire Stardock Forums

[quote who="Bobucles" reply="21" id="2119724"] Quoting Annatar11, reply 18 No, the planet can't be lost. The population will be reduced to 0 and the max population will get a penalty with each shot (it stacks), but the player will keep control of it so he'll still be able to build around it and whatnot. Yuck. There goes the whole reason to use the Novalith cannon. If you can't wreck the planetary upgrades, how can it be a superweapon? [/quote]</p

Reply to Starbase range? in Sins of a Solar Empire Stardock Forums

[quote who="xploseve_12b" reply="10" id="2120000"] Quoting Will the Great, reply 9 Quoting TheRezonator, reply 20 However, these two forms of shielding dont counter energy weapons (barring plasma) as of the moment, i do not believe it is possible to counter a laser beam, other than by A) ferro ceramic plating and the like or simply being out of range so that the beam disperses before it reaches you.

Reply to Starbase range? in Sins of a Solar Empire Stardock Forums

[quote who="CoBBQ" reply="8" id="2119826"]If you're going to resort to namecalling when someone points out a flaw in your idea then this discusion is done. The Kotsura moving around can be heavily exploited since it moves so slow compared to the rest of the fleet. By the time it actually gets to a certain point, the planet is dead, captured and mines are now placed in orbit for the rest of the fleet to arrive. [/quote] i never resorted to name calling? and i especiall

Reply to "Tactical Zoom" level in Sins in Sins of a Solar Empire Stardock Forums

[quote who="Frogboy" reply="1" id="2119102"]Yes. It's even better in Sins than it was in GalCiv (and I say that as the designer of GalCiv). [/quote] lol, legend (bows down)

Reply to small extension in Sins of a Solar Empire Stardock Forums

[quote who="Londaik" reply="3" id="2119446"]times nen ask why is don't I still money to then spend on the pirate if eh the nothing to be suited? those need penetrating reinforcement starting from nen certain strengthen my fellow players otherwise are only lv the UP for the their sail and no enemies who can be taken seriously [/quote] translation anyone?

Reply to Challenge maps in Sins of a Solar Empire Stardock Forums

They are really good ideas... except i dont think they suit the style of Sins, and i dont think the devs will go for it. seeing as they publicly told everyone they dont like the current style of RTS campaigns... also, im not sure, but i really dont think Sins has that much tactics in it, insofar as flanking is more effective etc so alot of the above ideas may need to be tweaked or simply dropped still, great ideas, great creativity, just dont think it suits Sins and al

Reply to Another DRM rant in Sins of a Solar Empire Stardock Forums

wow, well, ive been reading these posts, then i got sick and tired, here is how i see it: we have the old glory of Stardock (and i mean that with the utmost respect) i.e. Frogboy, Zubaz, Annatar11, basically all of the members before 2,700,000, Vs the newer members like TheGreenBear and AngoraFish... who honestly are sounding more and more immature, stupid and arrogantly, selfishly adamnant that they are the poor victims and that evil Stardock etc are treating them a

Reply to The Lackluster Deliverance Engine in Sins of a Solar Empire Stardock Forums

[quote who="Astax" reply="2" id="2118797"]You forget with deliverence engine there is a damage boost of 25% to your ships (could be 20%, but i think it's 25) at the target planet. That is pretty pimp. [/quote] and useless unless you have ships nearby or in system to attack with. both other cannons have some sort a good reason to use them. i.e. novalith withholds a planet from your enemy for a while, and kostura not only paves the way by acting like a phase stabiliser after

Reply to Starbase range? in Sins of a Solar Empire Stardock Forums

[quote who="CoBBQ" reply="5" id="2118739"] Quoting The_Rezonator_1, reply 6 um.... just a simple change here guys, but... what if the starbases could orbit the planet? It would render everything in orbit completely useless except to the dumbest of players. ANy smart commander would just time his attack force to blast your planet when all your defences are on the far side of the ohase lane. [/quote] i never said

Reply to The Lackluster Deliverance Engine in Sins of a Solar Empire Stardock Forums

very nice ideas, 1st sugggested tertiary effect is great 2 3 and 4 though could all be blended into one effect. i.e. enemy broadcast centers become yours and will project your culture at a much higher rate than normal (idn, like 500% whatever your researched rate is?) for a short amount of time. lastly, the planet and any defenses there will still be under enemy control, so, if they have a broadcast center surrounded by turrets, a starbase and heaps of SC, then the broadcast center wi

Reply to Another DRM rant in Sins of a Solar Empire Stardock Forums

um, okay, pirating first, if you have already payed your silver coin, have bought the game, and are simply downloading an older version of the game so you can play with your friends... im probably going to catch some flak for this but i dont consider that piracy. if you hadnt paid any money and wanted to play the game with friends and so downloaded a pirated copy THEN thats stupid and illegal... but downloading something thats outdated, potentially inferior and most importantly, something you

Reply to Fleet flying off into space? in Sins of a Solar Empire Stardock Forums

[quote who="Mooster" reply="2" id="2116957"] And the strange things is if you have fighters and bombers in a star, they tend to go through the sun instead [/quote] yeah, funny that... and there are people in another thread saying that starbase weapons firing through a star would cause the game to crash.... =P

Reply to Starbase range? in Sins of a Solar Empire Stardock Forums

yeah, we are off topic, however, its still relevant, it all started out about starbase weapons range, and to talk about range, you need to talk about the weapons being used, from the weapons we then went to the way the weapons are countered, so that we can go back to the weapons, satisfy the science behind them all, then get back to ranges... very complex, but, meh, we're human so, last comment before i let this die: I consider an EM field that is used to disrupt weapons

Reply to Sins Entrenchment Super Cannons in Sins of a Solar Empire Stardock Forums

you could build more than one novalith? i was playing against an AI (given, this is the beta of entrenchment) and he (Vasari) had just absolutely filled his chokepoint system with mines. i mean you couldnt even see the asteroid there were mines everywhere. i sent in i think like 300 scouts (this was an early version of the beta, so the best way to get rid of mines was just scout spam) and i could not get through. so, i built 7 novaliths, targeted his planets, and fired just about simu