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Reply to Sins of a solar empire will not load in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

Good info but less obnoxious allcaps etc plz.

Reply to Continuous mode? in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

Once you've gotten a good collection of bombers, there's nothing that can stand in your way if you're playing the AI, and continuing is a bit pointless. Everything's researched, the enemies are all dead, what else would there be to do...

Reply to Vasari Guerrilla Tactics, or take out the Battleship in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

Emptysun, make a new thread if you want to discuss this.

Reply to Hoshikos vs. Iconus Guardians - Which is the best? in Strategy Sins Forums

I've been leaning strongly towards this same sentiment but in truth don't play Advent enough to see how effective Guardians are in different situations. The Hoshiko is one of TEC's greatest early-game advantages. The Guardian, while nice, is also expensive, and soaks up damage rather than reducing/preventing/repairing. But also remember that the Guardian can get the Repulsion ability, which can be incredibly useful in some situations. (of course Hoshikos can also g

Reply to Storm Front in Strategy Sins Forums

[quote who="Seleuceia" reply="7" id="3032831"]Because of this, it is my opinion that this map strongly favors TEC[/quote] Indeed, I was thinking the exact same thing.

Reply to Ship New Limitations in Sins Rebellion Sins Forums

Sins is already plenty complicated enough to master without all of these new limitations.

Reply to Best general situation capitol ship spread? in Strategy Sins Forums

[quote who="JohnJames" reply="2" id="3032512"]Ion level 2 is enough to prevent a cap ship from jumping out provided the akkan has enough antimatter.[/quote] If the cap is lining up to jump, Ion Bolt will only be used once before the cap can get away. (As the duration of Ion Bolt increases, the cooldown also increases; a cap already lined up will be able to jump out before the next Ion Bolt hits)

Reply to Modders MP Zone in Multiplayer Organizer Sins Forums

[quote who="DesConnor" reply="275" id="3032497"]Also.. watching the pretty explosions in a 3 vs 1 is so much better than watching the explosions in SP or a more even 4 vs 4?? I just dont get this. [/quote] The added human factor in multiplayer is always infinitely more interesting than in games against the AI, in my opinion.

Reply to Best general situation capitol ship spread? in Strategy Sins Forums

The carrier capital ship is generally the ship of choice in terms of pure firepower, and is often the only capital ship some players build in cramped multiplayer games like 5v5. But in more spacious maps like 1v1 and 2v2, the colony cap (which every race has) is a much better choice, especially if you know how to use it well. Many competitive players almost completely ignore the other capital ships, although some of the others can be useful in certain niche situations. Example: an exp

Reply to How to increase performance on sins of a solar empire? in Technical Sins Forums

[quote who="M11xStryker" reply="2" id="3032483"]So there are no 1 or 2 settings that are major CPU hogs?[/quote] To be honest I'm not sure what exactly is the most important, except of course for fleet size (more stuff for the physics engine to process = more CPU load). I'm just describing a few things which can improve playability a bit.

Reply to Modders MP Zone in Multiplayer Organizer Sins Forums

[quote who="Seleuceia" reply="271" id="3032478"]as much as I bitch about faster unmodded (read: unbalanced) games on ICO, I really do want to get back into MP other than LAN games with the same people...[/quote] If you think it's unbalanced then go ahead and take advantage of it and abuse whatever you think is OP to your heart's content on ICO. Everyone else (well, nearly) does their best to maximize their chances of winning, after all. Besides, if you're playing p

Reply to How to increase performance on sins of a solar empire? in Technical Sins Forums

Turning effects and unit details down or off can help. So can trimming your empire tree (so I've heard). Also, although most players play on Faster, slowing speeds down somewhat can also increase performance. Also, if you have other applications running or are playing in Windowed mode, that might cause slight issues.

Reply to Storm Front in Strategy Sins Forums

[quote who="GoaFan77" reply="2" id="3032419"]That is an interesting idea. Once Sins settles down (in terms of new patches) I hope to made a small noncombat adjustment mod, taking the best ideas on how to improve culture, make trade port spams less viable, and now probably this as well. Of course would that be a good change globally or only on maps like this where everything is in the center?[/quote] Your mod, your choice, of course. That said, I think it would be nice if something lik

Reply to Modders MP Zone in Multiplayer Organizer Sins Forums

[quote who="GoaFan77" reply="264" id="3032393"]The second game was in a sense just to see if some of the boasts that a single pro could take on two or three "noobs held true", and because there were no other games going on. Also I think we all played better on that one, and not just because we somehow won at the end.[/quote] Well, it showed you guys knew how to win in a 3v1 in random medium. Then again, that's often to basically spam units and send them towards the enemy,

Reply to Storm Front in Strategy Sins Forums

[quote]Storm Front is balanced, and has three main 'lanes' of attack that are not easy to choke, through the gas, star, and magnetic-storm-magnetic. Also, Storm creates 'skirmish space' between the two main groups of planets and between the two smaller side groups of planets, as well as by its use of dead asteroids. This both allows more room for manoeuvre without the creation of vast fleets as a byproduct, and means that the struggle over a single central planet is rarely dec

Reply to Modders MP Zone in Multiplayer Organizer Sins Forums

[quote who="RiddleKing" reply="253" id="3032290"]Draak puzzled me...:[/quote] They're modders (not pros) for a reason... [quote]Next time build light frigates. Coupled with repair platforms so the dammage done to u is minimal even as you jump back and forth for quick repairs.[/quote] Yeah, it would be helpful for them to understand what ship(s) counters what... http://www.mediafire.com/?l4ojbcci0254a

Reply to $39.99? in Sins Rebellion Sins Forums

[quote who="duijver" reply="32" id="3032195"]I'm sure that it will go on sale one day soon. [/quote] A few months after it's released, probably, which itself is quite a few months away. :(

Reply to Modders MP Zone in Multiplayer Organizer Sins Forums

Of course you can , but that doesn't really address the issue of colonization vs. trade...

Reply to Modders MP Zone in Multiplayer Organizer Sins Forums

[quote who="purdyaw" reply="245" id="3032021"]I'm just going to point out that the sandwhiched (safely) advent didn't really eco boom properly. In that situation, I would have done 10 scouts, (1 additional for scouting, 9 for assisting mothership), 1-2 colony (depending on scouted asteroid density) and then a mothership with them. You can boom pretty fast with that as any rate, and without anyone attacking you, the differences in eco in that strategy are negligable. You just kill kors

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

Halfway decent English would also be nice, Mr. TEC Empire. I'm sure all modern browsers have spell/grammarcheck. Also, planet "size" is already accounted for, in a way, through different planet types. Asteroids are small. Deserts and Terrans are big. The others are medium.

Reply to Diplomacy server is down in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

Server is up again.

Reply to Modders MP Zone in Multiplayer Organizer Sins Forums

What I noticed from the replay: Krdax started by building some LFs and took 4 minutes to queue his first capital ship, which just sat on his HW for a few minutes :(. He built a SB on his front asteroid choke, which was run over by Howthe?'s 30 Assailants and Evacuator, which then melted his tiny fleet and flagship (which he didn't even try to retreat). Howthe? built and upgraded a SB on the asteroid for some reason. After a moderate delay Howthe? eventually brought his flee

Reply to Diplomacy server is down in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

And at the time of this post here they seem to have gone down again.

Reply to Hello! About Culture vs Military in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

Also, when using culture, keep in mind that culture centers are expensive and using more than one of them in a 3-lane radius isn't usually a good idea, because investing in a trade port instead would generate a bit more income while also being cheaper. I usually just build once culture center near my homeworld, and then maybe one more on or near my front lines, but that's all. Also, a more appropriate topic of this threa

Reply to Hello! About Culture vs Military in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

Culture is rarely very significant in competitive games. Military will always trump culture. Sure, you might have built 4 culture structures and have gotten all of the culture research upgrades, but a halfway decent enemy will just warp in and bomb out your structures and planets with their superior fleet. Fleet firepower trumps nearly everything. Although culture can sometimes be useful for choking out an entrenched enemy in a pocket on their homeworld, it's not very significant