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[quote who="gamerlamb" reply="22" id="3005359"]I have played mostly Private MP and SP and was thinking about trying the general MP community and had a question. Does every ICO MP game generally involve tons of rushing or will people abide self imposed rush timers? I CAN rush but I think a game is much more fun when I get to mass a huge fleet of advanced warships rather than killing you early with 2 carrier caps and a sh!t load of LRF. I typically like my games in the 1.5-2 hr range so that&#3

Reply to An AI with a Super Weapon, A crazy idea? in Sins Rebellion Sins Forums

[quote who="Pickles_Olivine" reply="6" id="3005049"]However, a Super Weapon is just that - a Super Weapon, a game mechanic which has the ability to vastly alter the outcome of a game (I used the TEC Novalith Cannon simply as an example).[/quote] The AI does not know how to use superweapons to its strategic advantage. The TEC superweapon can be defended against with Auxiliary Government or its equivalent, the Advent superweapon is just plain useless, and the Vasari superweapon whe

Reply to Have a noob question in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

Those who complain are always much more loud (per person) than those who have a good time and simply log off ICO without posting anything on the forum. Don't bash ICO based on the opinions of a biased few. If someone tells a newbie to do something, often it's because it's in the team's best interest for the newbie to be doing whatever they're failing to do. It's not because they're only useful for dying: it's because fighting and putting pressure on the

Reply to Advent 1.32 in Sins Diplomacy Sins Forums

[quote who="dbkita" reply="3" id="3004959"]Even in MP, illums lag behind for most situations. People postulate their effect of being in the midst of the enemy all banks firing. But the human opponent isn't stupid and is always moving.[/quote] Which is why the Advent player will be continuously watching the battle and MMing their ships in return, right? And, especially when large numbers of ships are moving around, it's very likely that at least a few ships with stupid

Reply to Sins of a Solar Empire: Trinity/Diplomacy v1.3 Journal - Part 3 in Sins Developer Journals Sins Forums

[quote who="Greg30007" reply="80" id="3005128"]On map like that If you play against human any rush trough pirate bases becomes unsuccessful. You loose to many ships if you want to rush or they loose too much HP. Against ai depends on the level it will still work if you bring sb with you.....[/quote] No way. To get through the pirate base, all you need is to send in a single scout and order it to circle the gravity well: if you're careful you shouldn't have any problem kee

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[quote who="Pickles_Olivine" reply="79" id="3005034"]Love this new patch, However... The last four games I have played against normal TEC AI, have all ended with my planets being continuously bombarded by their Super Weapon spam, and consequently, result in me loosing those planets, and then game. It would be nice to either be able to a) turn off at the setup screen, the ability to build super weapons should we wish or b ) code in some kind of ethical (we won&

Reply to Hi in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

[quote who="ManOWar2" reply="23" id="3005037"]Also pirates are strongers ? lol I dont know how I'm going to manage them.[/quote] Yeah, I was playing someone in Diplomacy the other day. He got the first 15-minute pirate raid, which invaded his HW and destroyed his 10 Disciples and his capital. He built another capital to defend, it promptly got destroyed. He built 4 in total which went to the HW and died before the pirates has sufficiently destroyed everything to retreat back to th

Reply to I banned Siddy in Sins Multiplayer Sins Forums

Without more evidence I really think we should be giving BananaSpear the benefit of the doubt. ICO has low enough player counts already, and there's a possibility he's genuinely new to ICO (though not to MP games). Without proof, all this attacking him that you guys are doing may just make it less likely for him to come onto ICO again. The timing of his post attacking Howthe and his entrance into ICO is more than a bit coincidental with what happened with Siddy, but even still

Reply to I banned Siddy in Sins Multiplayer Sins Forums

[quote who="BlackHawk141" reply="56" id="3004687"]How about you play with other people except skilled players? Playing with people with similar skills to you shouldn't be too hard. After a few games with non-skilled players, you might be able to hold your own sooner or later against skilled opponents.That way you can then ignore what skilled players suggest you to do and start thinking yourself. Theres nothing wrong in taking advice off skille

Reply to Making the AI better by Teaching it to Scuttle in Strategy Sins Forums

It was a very old necro but the issue still exists. I really don't think we would lose anything if the Advent AI was simply prohibited from ever using homing mines.

Reply to I banned Siddy in Sins Multiplayer Sins Forums

[quote who="DirtySanchezz" reply="51" id="3004643"]Sinperium, I think most of these guys only play locked team games and not FFA. It must be pretty sad to sit out there, alone on the sidelines, playing against the AI because you're afraid of the pros.[/quote] Just telling people to come play multiplayer and insulting them for being cowards is not going to help matters. I have a very strong interest in growing the multiplayer community, but we should both realize that

Reply to Hi in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

[quote who="Thoumsin" reply="21" id="3004524"] Quoting ManOWar2, reply 16then I decide to move on the suposed weaken easy cpu and I see a fleet double of mine (70-80 vessels)...And I'm a veteran gamers...I'm no noob to this kind of game here. so I'm I doing something wrong ? There is nothing wrong to learning... one strategy game is not the other... A fleet double of yours mean nothing... if the ennemy fleet is made only from 70-80 scout, a single capita

Reply to Community Gaming Thread in PC Gaming Sins Forums

[quote who="Campaigner" reply="18" id="3004495"]Disappointing that this thread didn't get any better use out of it. So lets try again. It's real simple. You check my list of games and if you want to play one of'em in multiplayer you add me to your list of STEAM friends. If you don't got STEAM running all the time like I do then ask for MSN, Skype etc.[/quote] You any good at Team Fortress Classic? I played it for years until I found Sins.

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[quote who="Thoumsin" reply="15" id="3004394"]Well, when you will begin play with more AI bidding become more easy... with multiple AI, i usually bid on two AI who don't like each other much... let say 1000 credit on one AI and 1025 credit on the other AI... usually, the second AI wil simply add something like 50 credit on the first one... followed by the first AI adding 50 more to the second... and so on...[/quote] These "bidding spirals" are certainly quite useful

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[quote who="Darvin3" reply="13" id="3004356"]The biggest problem remains the all-or-nothing Ebay bidding system with no refund for the losing bid.[/quote] The all-or-nothing is a problem, but small refunds are possible, in a way, if you anticipate it, and if you get lucky... by attacking the other player with whatever meager fleet you can summon up at 15 minutes (caps, most likely) and killing a few of their ships or strike-craft for a little bounty reward. (hopefully the ene

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[quote who="Darvin3" reply="11" id="3004309"]Pirates are balanced based on the experiences of veteran players. By the time the initial 15 minute timer is up, I'll probably have a fairly developed empire with 5-6 planets. In that respect, I'm more than ready to repel pirates with a few good defensive tactics. In fact, in the original game being attacked by pirates is a good thing, giving me extra XP to raise the level of my capital ships. In Diplomacy, pirates g

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I don't know why the devs made pirates as they are, as they can cripple newer players. That said, it isn't that hard to defend against them if you know what you're doing: a few turrets (gauss defense, for TEC) and a few repair bays should take care of most of them. The AI is pretty good about outbidding you and forcing you to take the pirate attack - this is especially true on the higher difficulties. It's very annoying. You could just turn the pirates

Reply to Game speed is much faster in the first minute of MP games than it should be in Sins Multiplayer Sins Forums

Another problem this creates: if your computer isn't that good, then especially if you're playing larger games, this "lag compensation" at the beginning actually creates *significantly more* CPU lag because the game is running 2x or 3x faster than normal: your computer is significantly more stressed just like when playing speeded-up replays. In a 5v5 on a relatively poor computer, this can be killer, especially if this beginning lag compensation lasts for more than a few minutes, whic

Reply to I banned Siddy in Sins Multiplayer Sins Forums

[quote who="BananaSpear" reply="36" id="3004014"]I have not met Siddy, so i can not say. But what little contact i had with Howdidyoudothat left me with impression of spoiled and egoistic person who cant take one for the ream.[/quote] From the few games I've played with him, Siddy is most certainly an ass. Howthe? isn't making anything up about him. Siddy deserves whatever he gets. [quote who="BananaSpear" reply="36" id="3004014"]Also, his elitist attitude towards anyo

Reply to Increase cooldown of ion bolt in Sins Multiplayer Sins Forums

[quote who="JA_394" reply="23" id="3004005"]I'd rather see Phase Missiles in general get nerfed. Big time. But then Vasari lovers will whine and bitch and moan and gripe and complain about how their 'not the uber race anymore.' In advance, I say this to the Vasari whiners: Save your bitching for something worth your time. Nobody wants to hear bitching about the Vasari. [/quote] Lol. I&#3

Reply to Pre-order Discount for Sins: Rebellion Ends this Month in Sins News Sins Forums

[quote who="boshimi336" reply="107" id="3003861"][e digicons]:pout:[/e] [/quote] If Rebellion sells 300,000 copies and we can only find 30 to 80 people online at any given time (kind of like Diplomacy), the devs have clearly made extremely serious mistakes.

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And if there is going to be multiplayer (which there should be), PLEASE PLEASE make some effort to advertise it or make it more accessible to newbies. https://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/412287

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[quote who="Howdidudothat" reply="100" id="3003803"]I beg you to add Reactor support as top priority. Smurfing on ICO is ruining games. Maybe you guys can just lock down accounts so people can't delete old names on ICO to solve the problem as an interim measure?[/quote] Something like that would be an incredibly useful feature for Rebelli

Reply to SOASE Dream in Everything Else Sins Forums

I think it might be best for you to step away from your computer for a little while [e digicons]:S[/e]

Reply to Royalist and Rebels :Expensive Ships vs Cheaper Ships in Sins Rebellion Sins Forums

[quote who="TEC_Diplomatic" reply="26" id="3003727"]About game balance it's a nice idea,but to be more specific i thought like this : since firepower and armor are opposites it would be : Vasari Loyalist : High Firepower, Low Armor Vasari Rebel : High to Med Firepower,Med to Low Armor Advent Loyalist : Low Firepower, High Armor Advent Rebel : Med to Low Firepower, High to Med Armor TEC Loyalist : Med to High Firepower, Low to Med Armor