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Indeed, as you can see by the current brilliance of world economy. ;)

Stargate Universe was decent, for example, although barely. The problem is that the overall quality of entertainment products available today is very low and it is maintained ssuch because this helps the market through a continuous renewal of offer based on the quick boredom produced by such inadequate forms of "artistic" (the term media celarly shows there is no art involved) expression. Essentially, a consequence of the decadence of our culture.

Oh but I did. That's why I say so. I forgot, in between the characteristics, that the show introduces some public scenes of sex (like Spartacus and others before it) to give an atmosphere of "fantasy" debauchery. What sadness.

It's funny the horrible stuff people can digest. Battlestar Galactica and this... Scary mindless stuff. No plot. No acting. No characterization. Nothing except the same cheap story told over and over again.

[quote who="RiddleKing" reply="4" id="3133062"]The truth is pros exist but they have no time to mingle with the lower casts or have them in their teams: They want to win and enjoy the quest for victory. Getting stomped because your the only pro in a 4v4 against other pros in the other team is ridiculed.[/quote] Actually, a true elite player doesn't care if he has bad buddies or if he loses. He knows that everyone has bad days or bad games, doesn't complain about that, and does

And windowed playing prevents it, as well as preventing minidump. Good suggestion.

I have Win7 x64 SP1 and it crashes as well.

[quote who="Admiral_Kiernyc" reply="6" id="3130387"] "Fixed fortifications are a monument to the stupidity of man" -- General George S. Patton[/quote] Fixed fortifications have an offensive purpose: they are intended to make your opponent send [i]more[/i] forces at them to overwhelm them, thus distracting his attention and resources from the place where [i]you[/i] want to attack. That's what Napoleon did at Austerlitz fortifying the Santon, infact.

Elrosh is right. Aside from what he says, corvette usefulness rests in their current characteristics, except supply allowance. If you nerf the ship, it's support role and interdiction role will be compromised. Better nerf the supply cost, to make them just a 33% less abundant, and thus making them cause less lag. A mixed corvette/defender or corvette/flak fleet, kills a corvette fleet. This is another counter to mention.

I played two games since the update: one was lagged as hell, the other minidumped at minute 2. Not much more to say.

[quote who="SithLordAJ" reply="92" id="3130442"]in my opinion, increasing supply cost reduces early game effectiveness, not mid-late game spam. however, I'm always for trying things. That is also an easy test to make, so I hope some MP'rs try it out and report back.[/quote] Midgame corvettes become useless. If your opponent spams them, all the better. On the other hand, a raise to 3 points will reduce their numbers when they are too many, in the first stages

Well, what strikes in that video, is that green sees multiple frigate factories and a 6x spam used against his buddy, but despite having lots of money doesn't even imitate it. Suggestion would be, imitate those who beat you, in game and in later games. Especially, reverse engineer their tactics and strats, and devise your own based on thinking on game mechanics. This is true for all pc games in truth.

Corvettes are nice-ish as they are. We just need less of them. As such I strongly advise towards raising their supply cost, or anything with parallel or better effects.

[quote who="Tridus" reply="15" id="3128628"]You only factor in the Starbase cost if you weren't putting the Starbase there for something else (like Novalith defense).[/quote] I concur, although novalith bombardment hampers the credit gain. Yet Seleuceia doesn't consider, that improving economy is an investment to move the technological bottleneck forward as well. Supply improvement costs, and that's why you invest on your economy. Net costs are misleading: there's netw

Quick reading often leads to mistaken interpretations, my fault. Anyway, what you state means that you get 8 more income merely based on culture and induced reverence. For a planet with a base income of 20. But on Faster an upgraded Terran is not 20, but sensibly more. Given that upgrading Terran habitability is always one of the first things to do, as it costs little and improves your income stably, I guess the number you propose should be recalculated. Besides, the increase

You are mistaken: the Advent has technologies to improve allegiance, and there's culture bonus as well. 140% is what I get from capital with two reverence upgrades. On faster incomes it repays the investment in a pair of minutes, and you can build a trade module too. Consider that Capital has a bonus to income as well. This upgrade is not to be built in a frontline world: that's why it has to be used carefully. And yet trade ports cannot be built on the frontier carele

With Loyalist Advent all the mines your opponents build are a gift to you: they become your mines in their gravwells. Easier than disabling options.

I am certain that colony pods doesn't work but in very long games, but induced reverence surely has a strong impact. With a maximum 140% allegiance in capital planet, it makes your capital a money factory. Though I applaud the initiative of calculating these effects.

That is not quite terrible, I am afraid. Especially with advent carriers.

Timed explosives: I used it to kill planetary shields in a long three way game where I had been cornered but I had managed to turtle in a very strong position, allowing my five novaliths to wreak havoc on enemy planets. Martyrdom could work the same way. Culture techs are great for space interdiction. Induced reverence is actually the Advent way to econ boost, if used on terran planets. Colony pods can give you 4 credits per second per starbase if I am not mist

I wonder why is discord supposed to be special in any way. It's just your average capship.

[quote who="Faust428" reply="45" id="3127935"]The point is that he lost 3 fleets and that is why he lost the game. Novaliths probably bought him a lot of time by destroying your economy. A smart TEC wouldn't go head to head with a late-game Advent.[/quote] Oh but he didn't, I wasn't clear. He attacked, most of the times, because I was taking his colonies one by one. Later he tried to seize the initiative and fared a little better, though he lost as well.

But are superweapons really so overpowered? I recently had an Advent vs. TEC faceoff, at the end of a long 8 player FFA. Newcomers like those, as FFA is an inherently slower game, although in truth when there are skilled players or just decent ones, they'll rush nonetheless in many occasions. Well, the TEC guy and I emerged sole survivors, both with a sizeable empire and strong economy. He attacked thrice with his full fleet, and thrice the Advent superiority repelled him. After t

[quote who="Sinperium" reply="10" id="3127876"]The biggest reason to nerf them is the cpu lag they induce in M P when billions of them are flying about.[/quote] That is why further supply nerf is a logical option: it doesn't limit their availability, it just limits their number when they're needed in quantity: at the beginning of the game.

[quote who="Mecha-Lenin" reply="35" id="3126720"]People often fake MDs.[/quote] In my experience, which is limited, minidump happens early in the game, quit later on.