[quote who="msawdey" reply="17" id="3361013"] Its not Arch btw... Its Ach... as in Achilloraptor or Specter... or ME and that game sucked. You guys should have railed me early with you being vas. [/quote] Hey I was impressed at that last battle, especially taking both of us on. You'll be pleased to know then that I got my ass kicked just last night in another 5v5...got stuck in hostile territory a
So earlier today I finally got some time to myself. The wife took the kids to a birthday party so I had a few hours to do what I wanted for once. I knew I wanted to play something...I was in the mood for a strategy game but wanted multiplayer. Total War and Civilization games take too long, so I figured Sins was a safe bet. Oh yeah...then I remembered why I don't ever get to play it very often: having to wait for people to pick teams.&n
The new 1.05 entrenchment patch, while yes I realize there will always be people here who are never satisfied with some ship being overpowered or overnerfed, frankly I think the balance in the game is much better now. I've already played 3 games online with some more veteran players and in each one everyone seemed to be taking it a bit more conservative, I suppose to try and feel out the new patch. Well, Advent can still spam illums of course, but at least now my favorite race, Va
I'll also +1 to Ferdie, not for any endgame shenanigans, but rather for overzealous expansion, usually into friendly territory. Also the times I have played with him his conduct toward his team leaves a lot to be desired. The times I have played [b]with[/b] him he has expanded too fast then demands feed when his fleet comes against an enemy and he has too much territory to defend...that he no longer can. I've also witnessed him refusing to assist teammates on more than one o
[quote who="Agent of Kharma" reply="19" id="2479775"] Nah, if you hit quit instead of surrender, it doesn't count as a loss. The only stat that really counts is number of games played. One thing you can do is have 5 different accounts to play on, and alternate between them. If "word starts getting around" you could just delete one of the accounts and make a new one. But the main thing is, who cares if word gets around? Word would only be getting ar
[quote who="Agent of Kharma" reply="15" id="2479572"]Okay, just got out of a 1v1 as vasari vs... of course advent (you didn't guess that correctly, did you?). He used the... of course seeker/disciple spam strat (you didn't guess that correctly, did you?). At any rate, what I'm here to say is, I've stumbled upon the perfect counter as vasari! I'm serious! Read on.... So the game starts. Of course, not only am I 'roid fucked, but I have only 1 phas
[quote who="Raging Amish" reply="12" id="2479455"] I'm going to have to disagree with those who mentioned turning off quick start as an option to dealing with this. No, that simply will not work. In the few online games I've been in with it turned off, and when I go against a couple of unfairs in single player with it turned off and I play as advent, I can still spam seekers...and remember I'm not as good as others. The only difference is it takes me about another 10 minutes to get th
I'm going to have to disagree with those who mentioned turning off quick start as an option to dealing with this. No, that simply will not work. In the few online games I've been in with it turned off, and when I go against a couple of unfairs in single player with it turned off and I play as advent, I can still spam seekers...and remember I'm not as good as others. The only difference is it takes me about another 10 minutes to get the spam going; that will make absolutely n
I sympathize Raging, I really do. I don't like smurfs anymore than the rest of us folks, but due to this recent patch, the advent seeker spamming is a much larger problem in my opinion. Yes that's right...the only way to counter a fleet of 90 consisting of seekers and disciples, etc. is to spam even more than your opponent or put up a damn starbase. What a load of bs.
Why you ask? I don't know if it's because of the new patch or maybe it's just the latest fad strategy, but when you start a game and almost everyone plays advent, and then of course your opponents who are also advent have to use the stupid seeker spam "strategy" to overpower you, this really gets old fast. Seriously...50-60 seekers that can wipe out the medium/lrf ships you've been working on in less than a couple of minutes? Ridiculous! Then of course the only way to
Actually I did type it up in paragraphs but for some reason it's just a big wall of text.
Incidentally, this is not a complaint about my teammates quitting, rather the opponents quitting too early. In fact, this was easily one of the better games I've played in a couple of weeks. Clocking in at just over 2 hours, this 5v5 could have seen our opponents gaining the victory, instead they just decided to quit. I don't want to name names, but I'll describe the scenario a bit (I watched the entire replay). The usual single star huge map, 5v5. I, as vasari, lucked out that there
Yes I'm getting it also. Now we just get to wait around.
I'm still a little new to the game and I like playing vasari best. I've found that in all multiplayer games I usually end up sticking to the same strategy for about the first 5 minutes of the game...and with that said I'm generally not a rusher. 1. Send scouts off to explore 2. Build Evacuator 3. Build 1 weapons lab and 1 imperial lab 4. Begin research on more logistics slots 5. I usually have to wait a
I had a similar experience to the OP. Personally I think calling these people out publicly who boot you for waiting 45 minutes will help tremendously. At least I'll know who to look for in the future. I've already got a couple of people on my 'assholes' list.
Thanks I really appreciate the offer. I'll send you a PM.
Thanks I really appreciate the offer. I'll send you a PM.
What's really sad about this is that I deliberately hosted a game with "NOOB" in the title, hoping to attact players of equal skill to mine. My skill is improving but still not that great. Well I get a 2v2 up and going and low and behold I get a player on my team of similar skill but the opposite team are both smurfs. There's not any point to this crap...I've read the posts here on the forums that suggest to put 'noob' in the title to at least let other play
