Vinraith

Reply to Twilight Beta 6a in GalCiv Journals GalCiv2 Forums

[quote]I know it's late in the game for suggestions, but I would just like to throw out my support for diplomatic relations suffering as % of planets a player controls increases, along with equal diplomatic bonuses for all other players, and maybe an additional diplomatic bonus for civs fighting the dominant civ. [/quote] They've said that, at this point, TA is on feature lock. The better thing would be to encourage them to make another expansion, focussed on diplomatic issues and

Reply to Questio on the demo in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

If there were a way to do such a thing, this would be the wrong place to ask. Why would the developers tell you how to avoid buying their game?

Reply to Sins gets 60% from 2404.org? in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

Looking over it I'm actually rather impressed by the site. I'd never heard of it before this thread, but the hit/miss ratio in their review archive is better than most of the big name reviewers. It's worthy of a bookmark and is worth consulting in the future before purchases, IMO. As to the "review factors" most game sites give overall scores that are not strict mathematical sums or averages of their subscores, find something else to nitpick because the site is criticizing your beloved

Reply to Sins gets 60% from 2404.org? in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

[quote](BTW, Ascendency 2 is in development. Hopefully it will be even better than the original)HOLY CRAP FRICKIN AWESOME! I still have my original copy of Ascendancy and that just made my day, where'd you hear this?[/quote] It's been in development for more than a decade, and even if they ever actually finished it it's going to be an MMO and thus of no value.

Reply to Why is this game considered the first RT4X? Has everyone forgotten Rise of Nations... in Strategy Sins Forums

[quote]Thats not at all what the original post said. 'Hamlets' (wtf, this is a space game not a fantasy farming sim) [/quote] What he's describing isn't a space game at the start, read the post again.

Reply to Sins gets 60% from 2404.org? in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

[quote]So the economic and technological aspects of the game drive players heedlessly into the map, gobbling planets up left and right and tearing away as many resources as they possibly can and pumping them into huge fleets. After several hours of this incessant buildup, conflict becomes almost inevitable. Meanwhile, all of our saved up effort has been left over, too. Resource gathering is simple, research is simple, everything is simple. It seems like the game is saving our time and consid

Reply to Why is this game considered the first RT4X? Has everyone forgotten Rise of Nations... in Strategy Sins Forums

[quote]Waiiiit... I think they just brought out a game like that! Its called Sins of a Solar Empire! Its totally awesome, you should check it out![/quote] Your copy of Sins lets you start in prehistory, build cities on your planets, and develop into a space faring empire? Neat, I must have gotten a bum copy.

Reply to Why is this game considered the first RT4X? Has everyone forgotten Rise of Nations... in Strategy Sins Forums

[quote]Scale IS a large part of 4x[/quote] Not really, lots of folks play 4X games on small maps. There's nothing fundamental about a 4X game that demands a 300 star map (or a 300 city map in the case of Civ/RoN). Exploration in both RoN and Sins is basically the same, build some scouts, put them on auto explore, and forget about them. Huge maps in RoN are pretty big, anyway. Sins can obviously scale to an unlimited extent as long as you have the PC to handle it, so no other game is goi

Reply to Why is this game considered the first RT4X? Has everyone forgotten Rise of Nations... in Strategy Sins Forums

[quote]RoN was basically Age of Empires with more ages and the conquer-the-world mode on top. Which isn't to say it wasn't a great game (I was in the beta and liked it quite a bit), but considering it was largely just a standard RTS with a turn-based world map layer added on top to string the 'levels' together, I don't think RT4X would really fit there.[/quote] What 4X elements do you see Sins having that RoN lacked, out of curiosity, other than perhaps scale? I honestly can't think of

Reply to Wish List item - Formations in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

This is a great idea, and would add some tactical depth without overburdening the player with micro.

Reply to Why is this game considered the first RT4X? Has everyone forgotten Rise of Nations... in Strategy Sins Forums

Oh and I almost forgot the most important element in its longevity, it had the best AI I've ever seen in an RTS. On the "fair" setting where you and the AI are on an even footing it put up a damn good fight, even 1 on 1. That campaign system was great too.

Reply to Why is this game considered the first RT4X? Has everyone forgotten Rise of Nations... in Strategy Sins Forums

RoN's probably my favorite RTS of all time. It had an influence system, an interesting research system, it had the same decentralization (that is, lack of "single base" focus) that 4X games have, exploration was terribly important, and it had those all important alternate winning conditions. Most importantly it had that "Civ" feel. To the degree that the term makes any sense at all, I'd say RoN fits the RT4X label at least as well as Sins, though it wisely wasn't advertised as such. It's still i

Reply to MAX CPU to AIs - How many if any of you do it? in Dark Avatar GalCiv2 Forums

[quote]I never even considered NOT using it.[/quote] Ditto. This is one of those games where I actually enjoy getting my ass kicked.

Reply to Why no HDR? in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

A performance concession, presumably. I'd think that adding it at this late date would be outside the scope of a patch.

Reply to Twilight Beta 6a in GalCiv Journals GalCiv2 Forums

Thanks, glad to see the betas rolling out steadily again. Hopefully everyone at SD is feeling better. :)

Reply to I'm on the fence, should I buy the game or not? in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

[quote]For my part, I bought it, I'm stuck with it (because Stardock's registration system is such that I can't legitimately sell it) so there's nothing for me to do but try to get the parts of the game that are poor (the AI, the diplo system, the research system to some degree) fixed and to warn others that in my opinion they are well advised to wait for that to happen. Or, you could point them to the demo so they can see for themselves, rather than reading biased (from both sides, to be fair)

Reply to Who wants to assimilate me? in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

1. No, I believe the ships in the demo are the whole TEC roster. There should be 6 frigates, 4 cruisers, and 5 cap ships per faction. Everybody has the same types of frigates (with different artwork), 3 of the same cruiser types (and one that's unique to their faction) while the cap ships are all race-specific. 2. You can turn off the diplomacy system by locking teams at the beginning of the game. This will result in everyone being hostile to everyone else for the whole game. There's been

Reply to I'm on the fence, should I buy the game or not? in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

[quote]We are well aware of the issues you continuously bring up and we've consistantly said that we are dealing with them. This is the first time I have been acknowledged by you guys, that was the goal![/quote] Yup, finally got a clear answer as to my issues of concern so that's that. AI will continue to be worked on, diplomacy will not be fixed outside of an expansion, end of story. I can't say I'm thrilled about the second part, but at least I know what the situation is so t

Reply to Bad Diplomacy = Flawed Game = Bad Value in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

[quote]Of course. Nothing more is needed. No swaying required. All 9 of them are working on this (and whoever else they pull), in accordance with the communities concerns. All that is left is patience. And I'm certainly willing to wait for it.[/quote] By "sway" I mean "to encourage them to address the diplo problems in a patch." I've been politely instructed to stop talking about that, though, so other than this clarifying remark I'm doing just that.

Reply to Bad Diplomacy = Flawed Game = Bad Value in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

[quote]Vinraith, how many times do people have to tell you that the Diplo and AI are going to be overhauled before you stop telling them to overhaul it?! [/quote] I'm done. They've made it clear that the AI is being worked on and that the diplo system is not going to be addressed until an expansion, so no further discussion is needed on the subject other than to inform people of those facts. I'm upset about the diplo but hearing about it further from me clearly isn't going to sway them.

Reply to Starwars forces of corruption or sins? in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

[quote]I would argue that watching the battles in Star Wars EaW as ships and the camera zoom around dynamically was more visually appealing than watching two huge fleets sit still and pew pew at each other in Sins, but that's a subjective opinion at best.[/quote] Well, that's not graphics, its visual style. There are a lot more fighters and a lot fewer capital ships in Star Wars, so battles are inevitably going to look more dynamic, it's true. It's all a matter of what you like, really.

Reply to Preventing Enemy Ships From Slipping Through in Strategy Sins Forums

Craptons of hangar bays. :D Seriously, a sufficiently fortified world will at least severely damage a fleet trying to run past it. Build lots and lots of bombers.

Reply to On forum etiquette, complaints, and suggestions in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

[quote]Here's a question: How much help is it for all of these myriad threads popping up that do nothing but offer vague, general praise of SD and Sins? Doesn't that also add to the singal-to-noise ratio?[/quote] Since the principle purpose of this site is to advertise the game, those thread qualify as "signal."

Reply to Starwars forces of corruption or sins? in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

I don't see how there can even be debate about the graphics, Sins is definitely the prettier of the two. As to gameplay, the best way to get a sense of that is to play the demo for Sins. It should be immediately apparent whether you enjoy it or not.

Reply to I'm on the fence, should I buy the game or not? in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

[quote]Thanks for all the replies guys, I'll definitely look into Sins a lot more.[/quote] You should play the Sins demo. Asking for opinions on a fan site is never going to get you an objective understanding of what the game's about.