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Reply to Patch didnt fix the speed issue. in Sins Multiplayer Sins Forums

A 4-hour game is extraordinarily long in the first place... and I'd wager that by that point the bottleneck is probably one of the players' CPUs, rather than a problem with Sins itself. If there are tens of thousands of ships/particles etc in the galaxy, the lower-performing CPUs simply can't keep up and game speeds slow to a crawl. I really recommend playing shorter games, like the kinds you see online, which rarely last more than an hour and a bit but have a much more en

Reply to How the devs could improve the multiplayer scene for Rebellion in Sins Rebellion Sins Forums

Come onto ICO again. There are tons of newbies and tons of games going up every few minutes. If you think you're a decent player, come online and test it out for real against other players who play competitively.

Reply to Questions in Sins Multiplayer Sins Forums

[quote who="BellGoRiiing" reply="24" id="3027056"]Ah well...I kinda figured there would be cheaters/hackers/whatever you wanna call them out there? lol[/quote] Nope.

Reply to Questions in Sins Multiplayer Sins Forums

I've played multiplayer for a while now and have never seen anyone seeming to hack, or even heard of anyone accusing anyone of hacking.

Reply to Modders MP Zone in Multiplayer Organizer Sins Forums

Howthe?'s the name he goes by on ICO and (at least to me) sounds a lot better than shortening to howdidu. /offtopic

Reply to Modders MP Zone in Multiplayer Organizer Sins Forums

[quote who="RiddleKing" reply="85" id="3026923"]come on, play already.. howdidu seems so siked for this... hes even defragmenting his pc as we speak so that the gameplay is as smooth as can be. Dont deny this howdidu .. Don't forget to post the replay when you are done. Remember howdidu: No flaming, shouting, cursing and blaming people. No excuses. Have fun. [/quote] "Howthe?".

Reply to Are the lag issues fixed? in Sins Rebellion Sins Forums

Yeah, games on ICO take much less time than 10 hours - typically they last from 30 minutes to a little over an hour.

Reply to Why an Halcyon Carrier is a better opener for its race in Strategy Sins Forums

If you already know the game mechanics pretty well and have played a number of multiplayer games to have a sense of things, they're definitely pretty easy. As is TEC, really. Build a bunch of LRM. Then Hoshikos. Keep spamming until you die or your enemy dies. As is Advent. Build a ton of Disciples and attack. Maybe build scouts too if your enemy gets LRF. In a relatively cramped setting (quite common for ICO), the general idea for each faction is sim

Reply to 5 things you wish to see in Rebellion in Sins Rebellion Sins Forums

[quote who="stein220" reply="62" id="3026584"]Has anyone suggested super-small random maps for quick 1v1's; like 10 -12 grav wells?[/quote] I would definitely appreciate something like that. The premade maps are... not very good for that sort of thing.

Reply to Questions in Sins Multiplayer Sins Forums

[quote who="GoaFan77" reply="9" id="3026525"]you won't have to worry about making alliances or getting betrayed/ganged up on in MP.[/quote] Well... worry about being ganged up on? Maybe. (suicide spot) Of being betrayed by an ally though, no, that's not going to happen.

Reply to Questions in Sins Multiplayer Sins Forums

[quote who="brightclaw22" reply="7" id="3026492"]if the varsei starbases are movable then, how moveable? like to a differnt planey or a system or just around that graveity well[/quote] Just around the gravity well. Build one yourself and find out. [quote]also do people play with diplomacy on, like accepting peace and such?[/quote] Never. In a game with Faster speeds (which is what everyone plays on), there's already so much to do every second. Addin

Reply to How the devs could improve the multiplayer scene for Rebellion in Sins Rebellion Sins Forums

ICO 5v5 games don't often take more than an hour or so to be decided, at least in my experience. Saving/resuming is never a problem - after all, people expect games to take a moderate amount of time. (The real problem there is minidumps and disconnects...) [quote who="RiddleKing" reply="14" id="3026280"]The bigger maps are fun and all but you see its insanely difficult to gather up 8-10 sins player in 1 lobby at a specific time.[/quote] I take it you haven't be

Reply to Questions in Sins Multiplayer Sins Forums

If you are skilled with Vasari, late-game you will easily dominate either of the other two races.

Reply to Mod Recommendations for galactic n00b:-) in Sins Modding Sins Forums

I'd really recommend that you get the basics of the original game down well first before you start experimenting with mods, but it's your choice! :)

Reply to Questions in Sins Multiplayer Sins Forums

[quote who="GoaFan77" reply="1" id="3026428"]3. Not really, the TEC is probably the most popular faction online now, due to their powerful rush game they have at the moment...[/quote] At least from when I've been on ICO, I'd say that Vasari's the most common faction... especially among the skilled players.

Reply to Questions in Sins Multiplayer Sins Forums

[quote quoting="post"]1 is multiplayer more fun then singleplayer?[/quote] Yes. Yes yes yes yes yes a thousand times. The AI has only the basic grasp of the most rudimentary strategy, if even that. Playing multiplayer adds a whole new dimension to the game and is against opponents who are actually able to think and make decent decisions. However, you might want to make sure that you have the basics of the game down first in single-player before you go online, or you'll pro

Reply to Refineries anyone? Should they be deleted? in Sins Rebellion Sins Forums

I think they just need to buff refineries significantly, such that 6+ rocks in surrounding wells would make them profitable in a reasonable length of time. As much as I love trade, I hate to say it, but it might need a nerf - but only in very large empires with tons of trade ports already. Trade chain bonuses are fine, but maybe every trade port after the 10th or something should start getting serious diminishing returns. I don't know if the engine could handle a formula for somet

Reply to 5 things you wish to see in Rebellion in Sins Rebellion Sins Forums

[quote who="ZombiesRus5" reply="56" id="3026376"]Basically because the game mechanics are fairly well defined that one must research culture to generate culture. It just makes more sense that you need to research the culture upgrade in both the civilian and defense tree. After that I agree it could then be automatic without a further starbase upgrade purchase which is possible without major modifications.[/quote] IMO the Advent should have some sort of significant bonus related to cul

Reply to 5 things you wish to see in Rebellion in Sins Rebellion Sins Forums

[quote who="KrdaxDrkrun" reply="53" id="3026344"]If you do that, then why not make the TEC have default trade ports?[/quote] Sure, that works too... or would at least be something to consider... although I'm not sure that would be enough to make the Argonev viable in games against decent opponents. [quote]Maybe move Resupply to tier 3 as opposed to tier 4 or 5 or wherever it is right now, but don't make it a default repair platform. PLEASE DON'T.[/quote] Wh

Reply to Hello World! in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

[quote who="Pbhead" reply="5" id="3026246"]mods are nice... but. Wait till you get to multiplayer. You will learn that in general, the communtiy is horrible assholes. [/quote] Don't scare off the newbies, cmon.

Reply to My ICO servers specific feature requests in Sins Multiplayer Sins Forums

[quote who="RiddleKing" reply="2" id="3026182"]waaaat--- other people replays-- not the ones i play . Why should we have to go through megaupload servers etc to download them. I want access to your online games without me asking you to post them. (sigh)[/quote] Oh, I get it. That's not a bad idea. The player would have to give permission for it first though, of course. [quote]Showing player names on servers is essential! Why would i spectate you playing when theres a

Reply to 5 things you wish to see in Rebellion in Sins Rebellion Sins Forums

[quote who="ZombiesRus5" reply="51" id="3026211"]I agree culture spread without the culture research is not very good. But there wouldn't really be any issue with it automatically allowing culture spread once research is performed and then having the upgrades further increase said culture.[/quote] What's wrong with having it be a default ability? Advent's specialty is supposed to be culture, and this would provide a significant culture-based advantage (which is something t

Reply to 5 things you wish to see in Rebellion in Sins Rebellion Sins Forums

[quote who="SithLordAJ" reply="49" id="3026053"]If you want to bring the other unupgraded SBs up to the level of the Orkulus (I am assuming that is the intention):[/quote] Not exactly, I want the other starbases to be viable , but not necessarily as strong as the Orkulus. The Orkulus, after all, is probably the main weapon of the Vasari, and can be extremely strong both offensively and defensively. For

Reply to Modders MP Zone in Multiplayer Organizer Sins Forums

[quote who="GoaFan77" reply="69" id="3026054"]I'm really learning to the 4v6 at this point. Speaking of which, if Auqia is going to take part in this, it seems we have 5 pros signed up and at most 4 slot. [/quote] Well tbh any of the top-tier players could be seen like that. (Star/Howthe/Auqia) Up at those skill levels the differences only really matter that much if they're also playing against other extremely skilled players in an equal match.

Reply to Refineries anyone? Should they be deleted? in Sins Rebellion Sins Forums

[quote who="stein220" reply="9" id="3026042"]Vasari get trade so late I guess they have to rely on their dual extraction techs? I don't play them often so I'm not sure.[/quote] Vasari start getting neutrals 3 minutes into the game and hold on to them forever. They're fine.