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

For people who know how to use the forum and to find information, there remain only two real barriers to entry into multiplayer: the minidumps (which don't happen all that often, although they're very annoying) and the learning curve, which is the biggest problem. I hope Ironclad comes up with much better tutorials for Rebellion - lacking that, it would still be a great improvement if they could at least direct interested players to the forum or to a detailed manual o

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

One of the biggest problems with Sins is the lack of players online. For something which sold hundreds of thousands of copies (over 500,000 by Fall 2008) and which won IGN's "Best PC Game of the Year", there's something seriously wrong if one can usually only find 20-50 people online (and usually less than 10 on Vanilla + Entrenchment combined), even during the peak hours in the evening. I can think of a few contributing factor

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

[quote who="JA_394" reply="2" id="3002025"]If those are implemented, maybe I will consider going online at some point...[/quote] For people who know how to use the forum and to find information (like you and me), there remain only two real barriers to entry into multiplayer: the minidumps (which don't happen all that often, although they're very annoying) and the learning curve, which is the biggest problem. I hope Ironclad comes up with much better tutorials for Rebel

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

One of the biggest problems with Sins is the lack of players online. For something which sold hundreds of thousands of copies (over 500,000 by Fall 2008) and which won IGN's "Best PC Game of the Year", there's something seriously wrong if one can usually only find 20-50 people online, even during the peak hours in the evening. I can think of a few contributing factors to this: There've been numerous serious bugs and compatibility issues, especially in the past, from what I

Reply to Technical wishes: Ironclad Online & stuff in Sins Rebellion Sins Forums

[quote who="BlackHawk141" reply="3" id="3001550"]No Minidumps, ICO Failures and Random Disconnections Please [/quote] This.

Reply to Whats with the horrible multiplayer public community? in Multiplayer Organizer Sins Forums

AI matches can be fun for some people ... even if it's shooting fish in a barrel.

Reply to I think we're transitioning to map packs in Sins Multiplayer Sins Forums

[quote who="P4QmA1" reply="3" id="3001512"]Is all that technical stuff from Monk's post in Technical actully nescessary for joining a match? Or am I to confer that the router setting and DMZ enabling was just for people who wish to host on their own servers. The technical stuff is always a little too technical at first, but I thought that hosts do actually host the matches on ICO's server and the main problems occurred only with the edition of the game that is currently be

Reply to Would anyone like to play? in Sins Multiplayer Sins Forums

[quote who="P4QmA1" reply="7" id="3001507"]Should I manually reset my router port to 6112 before attempting to logon in the game?[/quote] I don't think that's necessary, I at least have never had to do anything special to log into ICO and play. If you have a restrictive firewall though you might need to tell it to allow Sins through.

Reply to Would anyone like to play? in Sins Multiplayer Sins Forums

[quote who="P4QmA1" reply="5" id="3001429"]I was surprised to see a group of 9 players online with v 1.191 last night. They were probably hosting in other countries. Last Sat afternoon I saw a whopping 11 players on three matches in v 1.191, so where are all the new players who start with small scenarios? Can they not host on the ICO servers? My attempt at hosting compatibility showed that my IP was invisible or something, but I was able to start my own small scenario. I wai

Reply to Whats with the horrible multiplayer public community? in Multiplayer Organizer Sins Forums

[quote who="Sinperium" reply="9" id="3001404"]If you carefully craft maps you can get some exceptionally good results from the AI--but it does lack the nuance of a human and is hard to balance/predict.[/quote] No matter how you set up maps, the AI will still completely suicide itself on your starbases and other static defenses, will often refuse to retreat until *after* you kill its capital ships, is almost incapable of dealing with two threats at once, expands its empire VERY slowly,

Reply to purchasing rebellion in Sins Rebellion Sins Forums

Well, if you preorder and have Diplomacy, it's only $29.99 currently to buy Rebellion. Otherwise it's $40. Diplomacy is $10. So: Buy Diplomacy, then preorder Rebellion, you'll be effectively getting Diplomacy for free!

Reply to The Vasari's Ancient Enemy in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

[quote who="JA_394" reply="5" id="3000922"]Uh, TEC tech inferior to Advent? Give me any level 10 TEC cap and It'll destroy a level 10 Advent cap. I've actually ran tests like that. My tests, with the AI controlling the ships were somewhat like this: Advent Advent And all techs were researched.[/quote] This situation is extraordinarily unrealistic. In a standard fleet-to-fleet battle, Vasari will almost certainly come out on

Reply to How many light frigates to build when there are lots of enemy LRF? in Strategy Sins Forums

[quote who="TEC_Diplomatic" reply="22" id="3001110"]i've never updated sins since my net speed can't afford to download 16Mb in 2m,so i don't know if much things changed since v1.00 of diplomacy [/quote] Well this thread is aimed at multiplayer strategy, so... [quote who="TEC_Diplomatic" reply="22" id="3001110"]I would personally build some anti-fighter frigates or carrier frigates. Anti-Fighter frigates normally are short range,but they compensate that

Reply to How many light frigates to build when there are lots of enemy LRF? in Strategy Sins Forums

[quote who="SageWon" reply="15" id="3000916"]Quoting Wrath89, reply 14The problem is that there are rarely enough logistics slots for that sort of thing in a 5v5 No, the problem is the opportunity cost. You can't afford to waste money on civic investments, when you need as much military (ie: fleet) as soon as possible to defeat your opponent.[/quote] Well, if you read

Reply to Growing the ICO community for Rebellion in Sins Multiplayer Sins Forums

[quote who="Nightraid3r" reply="8" id="3000898"]Hey guys, if you want, i'd be happy to help scare 2 people away for every 1 person you bring. Let me know if you need this kind of assistance and i can clear some time on my schedule to troll people on ICO![/quote] Player counts aren't low enough for you already, huh...

Reply to The Vasari's Ancient Enemy in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

Yeah, the introduction of whatever enemy it is would seriously imbalance things. Bad idea all around unless the AI can be improved.

Reply to How many light frigates to build when there are lots of enemy LRF? in Strategy Sins Forums

[quote who="RiddleKing" reply="13" id="3000888"]Advent is complicated... yes my strategy is a small map strategy: 1v1 5v5 is trade ports, illums+/destra crusaders and flak/illums.[/quote] If, in a 5v5, you can go for trade ports AND build illums AND crusaders, and still manage to survive against halfway decent players most of the time, you're probably a hell of a lot better than anyone else on ICO. The problem is that there are rarely enough logistics slots for

Reply to DEVS, this is SO MUCH MORE IMPORTANT than the remaining hundreds opinions others want you to read!!! in Sins Rebellion Sins Forums

[quote who="-Ue_Carbon" reply="16" id="3000833"]So, the smurf infested wasteland of ICO has nothing to do with issues in the game? Guess we could ignore any topics where someone is crying about balance. Lord knows every patch there something else yall cry about. Oh forget about having a FUN TIME on ICO if you not a regular, 5v5, Fastest settings, random map player. The Troll factor is out the window if your new or you blamed for being a smurf. NOT

Reply to The Vasari's Ancient Enemy in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

Whatever enemy it is would most likely be way too overpowered (or too underwhelming if in some sort of campaign form, if AI isn't significantly improved). It might be interesting to see what the "enemy" would be like in a game, but I don't think it would have much positive to add to the meat of the game. I hope that Ironclad doesn't consider putting them ingame any time soon.

Reply to New Advent Player in Strategy Sins Forums

[quote who="MayallCommunion" reply="5" id="3000804"]Im talking about both actually aha[/quote] The strategy for one is so far removed from the strategy for the other that it's almost noncomparable.

Reply to New Advent Player in Strategy Sins Forums

[quote who="MayallCommunion" reply="3" id="3000755"]Thank you for all the replies how about a late game strategy whats good then:) and I heard culture spamming enemies to death once;P[/quote] You're talking about single-player then... sigh. Late-game? Carriers with mostly bombers is a pretty easy way to deal damage, along with some flak and Guardians, and a good number of Crusaders is a decent start.

Reply to Ogrov + Solanus (+ maybe Sivuskras) - Titan killers? in Sins Rebellion Sins Forums

[quote who="Darvin3" reply="12" id="3000710"]TK push is a lifesaver here. That many bombers can casually kill a capital ship in three clean attack runs (give or take depending on upgrade levels). Flaks alone would not have saved you. To be honest, I'm somewhat surprised you were able to withdraw your capital ships successfully against such a large bomber swarm and have to question the competency of your opponent.[/quote] Given the threat, after warping in, immedi

Reply to Whats with the horrible multiplayer public community? in Multiplayer Organizer Sins Forums

Among the regulars at least, I don't see all that many people suddenly leaving a game or going afk for no reason... it is incredibly rude when it happens though. Still, sometimes people get minidumps, and from what I've heard they've gotten more common recently (where the player's game crashes, they leave the game, and nothing can be done about it). The active players online that I've seen very rarely suddenly stop playing or leave the game for no reason. T

Reply to New Advent Player in Strategy Sins Forums

Multiplayer or singleplayer? Some things to know about the Advent: the other races often rely very heavily on their LRF, but the Advent's LRF is the Illuminator, which has some problems. Firstly, it requires 3 military labs instead of 2, and so takes a little more effort to get, especially in the more cramped games like 5v5 where there aren't many logistics slots available. Secondly, its listed DPS is spread out over 3 beams: one front and two sides. It doesn't do all that

Reply to How many light frigates to build when there are lots of enemy LRF? in Strategy Sins Forums

[quote who="RiddleKing" reply="11" id="3000593"]You have to build in ratios: E.g weakest race:Advent U dont have lrf till tier 3 but u nid to build a big military before reaching tier 3 and have a good economy.[/quote] That would really depends on what size of a map you're playing, right? In cramped 5v5, for instance, what you're saying makes good sense because enemy homeworlds are most likely quite close to your own and you need a fleet ASAP. But some