Gauntlet03

they used to be a research available if you found the artifact... now instead you pay to explore and can find artifacts and have their powers be immediate.

I think it would be better if level 1 got you the lesser and told you if you had to continue to level 2. That way we wouldn't have to do level 2 on every planet just to be sure.

they did say we would temporarily lose these for B3 in the FAQ I usually go with an Akkan first... it clears the militia just fine by itself.

I realize that, I actually preffered it the old way... regardless the important fact is to have it show up on research and diplomacy screens

the text disappears too quickly in game, and honestly I wouldn't mind it just staying there so I can scroll through. Also text messages should insert no matter what screen you are on! I have to leave the diplomacy or research screen to catch what ppl say!

Have not had a battle in a Gas Giant yet... disappointed... nobody really thinks thats all that realistic for one. Wanted moons. Nice G-Well though, happy its there... At least put in non-colonizable moons!

Agree, the capital distance penalty is way too high, especially in big games, maybe a logistic structure that raise the allegiance grade will solve the problem without comprising balance. (The 1 point spam building?). How about a planet upgrade called 'Core World' in order to build it you must have max population upgrades... it grants a allegiance bonus, as well as a taxation bonus? I like that idea... also lets us use the cool term of 'Core Wo

Impressions: So I played my first game of B3 with Egable. We did a random galaxy (now we know better) on medium… locked teams, the 2 of us versus 4 comps. First the game seemed to balance resources so that we could claim as much territory as the other 4 players… I kind of liked this. The AI however suffered from never researching culture, ice-colonization, or long range jumps. We were all in one system, but then when I actually realized there were 4 other stars, I sent

Yeah when I am centered on a moving unit i will follow it but eventually it will shake me off and leave my view its very annoying to view ships in phase space and have them zoom away. I feel like a cat playing with a mouse.

ooooh different planes of Gwells... downloading new beta as we speak

mmmmm being a beta 2 player feels good right now. leaving work in 13 minutes... I leave for a better tommorrow! Good luck to everyone waiting, it will be interesting to have a larger community regarding Sins.

Could you try to pool your comments into one post or rather less posts? Please. I've been checking here every 10 minutes, litterally... are you going through the menu and posting every 2 minutes? Pretty Please?

Me too... me too but 1 hour and 9 minutes to go.

Thankfully non-gamers will not have pre-order beta access honored!

urge to leave work early... rising...

I must say I am quite interested in this new music selection system you spoke of... hmmm

Well we find out today if we get multi-planet systems, giant gravwells of super slowedness, and what the heck anomalies will do! I'm stuck at work till 5, so please, please someone post what they do for me at 3! Oh and pictures... it can be a race, first one to post it gets Jupiter (second place is Saturn)

Hmmm a Fair Point! Long Live The Emperor for he is wise in the ways of Schod

Tell you what Schod I at least will drop the arrogance baiting, if you can be a little more moderate, and the two of you ought to know better than to qualify arguments by claiming to know professors and such who say X and Y. 1. We have no way to verify that you do. So its pointless you could say anything and whup you claim a authority told you so and so we must accept it? I think not. 2. Odd that neither of you make the claim that YOU are qualifying your answer, your n

Give us a day, the next beta is out tomorrow which should add allot of new stuff for us to consider when answering your question. If I had to tell you right now though, it is much more RTS then 4X, though 4X isn't much more than RTS that isn't Real Time. Expand, Explore, Exploit, Exterminate = Nothing New. Now give me a space empire game where you role play more than 4X and I'm very interested... Gal Civ II comes closest to that IMO.

Yes indeed if only we could harness the power of his confidence and utmost belief in his ability to be correct we could solve the worlds energy crisis, end poverty, cure all sickness, and travel to new worlds and start killing Other intelligent life!

Time is not a real thing. You don't move forward or backward on it, it doesn't exist its a extremely useful abstraction to organize activity. In real science the 4th dimension isn't time, its motion. Clear and simple, existence is 3 planes we all know and love, and the 4th dimension or quality is moving on it. Our lovely little brains just dumb it down for us so we can function. Oh so notably since I can walk from point A. to point B. I do function in the 4th dimension. I don't control

I don't see how multiple objects in one system goes against the design concept... I don't honestly think moons would be so far away as to require a phase jump. So a gas giant with 1-3 moons would be quite reasonable in a single gravity well... 9 moons is possible in real life but would split our heads! Except for special scenarios of course

Your a Monster!

While I can appreciate your need to make money of course, I think there are very good points even if 3D is out. Optional use of Phase Lanes for example, as some of us may indeed enjoy whack the mole, even if the AI was woefully inept at it, it would be nice for MP. Acceleration realism, even if it was only for in-system this would be very cool. Orbits, even 2d orbits are cool. OH and more powerful gravity issues... But personally this is all secondary to me co