Cykur

[quote who="GoaFan77" reply="16" id="3475948"]Glad Sins is winning the war in both the game arena and the legal battles. Makes me smile that patent lawyers might be reviewing this case for decades to come here in the US, and that our legal system actually stopped this round of patent trolls.[/quote] It is trademark trolling, same kind of harassment as a patent troll, just brand names and graphics rather than technology (patents).

Thanks for sharing, Blair; this was a really interesting read. It is a sad statement on the litigiousness of our society that after picking one of the most unique and non-derivative names possible for your intellectual property, a trademark troll still figured out a way to attack you. If companies are allowed to trademark the usage of common words and regular expressions in a language, before long it will become impossible for anyone to communicate. I'm glad you we

[quote who="cybertx" reply="30" id="3473070"] the only ones that i remember from when GE was alive are Siddy, cykur and dirty so by experiencie and age they should be in the top 10, lol[/quote] It doesn't work like that...someone smart and motivated can reach a mastery level of the game in a couple months while some old players may not have adapted well to changes in the game, or like myself, not play all that much and be out of practice. Besides, sometimes people h

[quote who="foxfire421" reply="11" id="3471439"]So to recap, there are no tall empires in this game so expanding as fast as you can afford to get a foothold on the map before all the empty systems are gobbled up in the rush. Because later they will be difficult to contest, and your built up systems can't make up for the lack of numbers. [/quote] If you have the DLC for rebellion, there are tall empires. Social expansions on high population worlds can give you quite a lot

As pointed out, the way you fight the AI is very different from the way you will fight players. Against the AI you find a frontline chokepoint and fortify it with a starbase, and smash enemy fleets when they try to overrun the defenses. You then advance system by system fortifying as you go. You can kill vastly superior AI forces in this manner. To prepare for playing against players, try to beat a hard AI on a smallish (but not tiny) map without building a

[quote who="Hydraling" reply="51" id="3469713"] The difference is that Im not a troll. Siddy is. Btw, tiberius is probably WOEaintME's smurf.[/quote] You necroed a bunch of old threads the other day, including this one. People like you make these forums a waste of time for old players like me who occasionally monitor posts to answer real questions.

[quote who="RespawnedTitanL10" reply="7" id="3469432"]This is a myth. Two tests in that archive show that 64 Cobalts perform on par with 80 Disciples (the Orky beats them with a similar amount of damage sustained, using the 180s maneuver); these two are equivalent fleet supplies. Maybe if you throw in capital ships there's a difference because of varying abilities etc., but pure LF fleets turn out to perform as their theoretical value indicates (1 Cobalt = 1.25 Disciples).[/quote] <p

And on another note, I see Hydraling and Stilat are probably the same person since both are brand new accounts that are making large amounts of troll posts and necroing threads.

[quote who="Stilat" reply="43" id="3469208"] Lums hard counter vettes.[/quote] It is barely a soft counter because they tend to annihilate each other, and it requires critical mass, but you are right, Illuminators are the one exception. My point is LF's are the early game meta-strategy now, at least in team multiplayer games. And this thread is 5 years old and the arguments I originally presented are no longer valid. Back in the day people constantly com

It is also no longer relevant because the current meta is to use LF's because corvettes hardcounter LRF's, which was the old meta for Vanilla / Entrenchment.

[quote who="Hydraling" reply="40" id="3468996"] Speak the truth Cykur... Speak the truth.[/quote] Haha, NECRO! Flak damage has gone through MAJOR changes in the last 5 years, in the old days it could do more damage to the heavier armors. This thread is no longer relevant.

It is interesting that I'm #10 and I almost don't play anymore. I've played less than 10 games online this year, and as some can attest, I am not in practice.

Those are interesting tests you've run; they are handy benchmarks. But one of the biggest dangers of Orkies is how upgrades and reinforcements make the fight harder while you are in the middle of it. The deadliest Orky is not the most upgraded one, but the one you barely have enough ships to kill.

[quote who="WinMonster2" reply="11" id="3464126"]Yes but are they mature enough to use it responsibly is the real question[/quote] They might not be mature enough to use it responsibly well into adulthood. I can't tell you how many times I've passed a weaving car to find someone texting or seen an adult walking oblivious to their surroundings with their nose in a smartphone. Or for that matter having a loud conversation via mobile device in a small e

Kids are old enough to use technology as soon as they demonstrate they will not eat it or use it for teething.

[quote who="Bartowski" reply="12" id="3462381"]Not really, considering most late game income comes from trade ports and the DE doesn't do anything to mitigate that. It can't even de-culture a planet all the way, even with 2-3 simultaneous shots. The nova can do all that and more which is why nobody builds DE online.[/quote] It admittedly doesn't happen very often, considering most multiplayer games are pretty much decided in the early stages of the game, but

[quote who="Alstein" reply="3" id="3462376"] Amazing how much Gamestop paid for it, and how little they actually did with it. [/quote] As soon as Gamestop got Impulse, they started to use Steam keys for some titles. Someone probably thought that was a great idea on paper -- take a cut of the profit and pass the responsibility to Steam, but it was idiotic. Why use Gamestop if we have to deal with Steam anyway? Mi

[quote who="RespawnedTitanL10" reply="11" id="3462126"] And I guess you've missed mine. Scouting an enemy system for as long as you can doesn't seem all that cheesy. Unlike, say, using mines, although I hear the AI got better at dealing with those. I guess I should restrict myself to linear paths with the scouts, because that's all the AI can do with his or can deal with... Or add/mod a scout probe research to all factions... [/quote] </p

This is pretty amazing, I didn't realize we had this capability yet. Beyond curing genetic diseases, it will only be a matter of time before people start wondering what kind of advantageous changes can be made to living organism.

I suppose this is how it must feel when famous people read about themselves in the tabloids....

[quote who="RespawnedTitanL10" reply="6" id="3460740"] Quoting Cykur, reply 5 You can win the 10 way FFA any way you choose. It is really up to you and the personal sense of satisfaction you get out of any given play style. That is why most of us either crank up the difficulty a lot, or lock the 9 AI's on one team. I suspect it would make little difference if they all fall for the chasing-the-scout trick. Just make a few more scouts in the beginnin

You can win the 10 way FFA any way you choose. It is really up to you and the personal sense of satisfaction you get out of any given play style. That is why most of us either crank up the difficulty a lot, or lock the 9 AI's on one team.

Game companies do diversify.....remember when the king of RTS strategy games, Blizzard, decided to bet their whole company on an MMO? The Sins guys decided to make a MOBA. They are not necessarily expecting the same audience, but they branded it with the Sins name so we know they are involved. I think they may be a bit late to the MOBA party, but time will tell. They have done quite a bit with Sins from a strategy perspective. They probably don't want to b

The reason the colony caps all make my list is not because they are better than other caps, but because they offer the most strategic flexibility at the start of the game making them the best "safe" option. Being able to rapidly colonize, or colonize a contested system is invaluable at the start of the game. They are also all very useful ships besides their colonization ability. The one exception is the Marza, which offers a huge advantage to an offensive style tactical play

Best? TEC: Akkan, Marza Vasari: Evacuator Advent: Progen That said, there are many possible strategies that can make use of the other capitals, especially the carriers. Sometimes the best strategy counters another play style or is the one the other guy doesn't expect.