I'm under the impression, based on what I've read, that after they are done with Diplomacy they want to begin work on a Sins-2.  There is some sense to that.  When Diplomacy is ready, it will have been two years since Sins's release.  As the game ages, it will have fewer and fewer regular players who would buy a third expansion a year-and-a-half from now.  Rather, it makes more sense to just produce a Sins-2.

Considering Ironclad has no track record of other games to go by, I can only draw on how other games worked in the past when it came to sequels following an expansion (and of course we don't know if this is going to be a true sequel or a major expansion, but I'm guessing along the same lines as Mr. Sanchez) -

Anecdotally speaking, I find that sequels usually keep the "best" of the expansion(s) and rework or cast off the stuff that didn't work as well (from the devs' perspective) in favor of new ideas.  Sequels almost never keep everything precisely intact.

So there is never going to be an expansion that adds a campaign like Brad Wardell discussed when Entrenchment was still in development? That's pretty disappointing.

What C.I. said.

There's nothing stopping them from making a $30 expansion as opposed to a $10 expansion.

To be perfectly honest, Entrenchment was a steal for $10, and I'm sure Diplomacy will be as well. IC puts out quality product, and I'm sure that if they put out a full size expansion it would be worth every penny and probably more. Besides, for something as major as a campaign, wouldn't you prefer a full fledged expansion's worth?

Have faith in IC.

-Itharus

Well, as reassuring as these comments are, I'd love to hear from Yarlen or someone from Ironclad about whether a campaign is in fact forthcoming at some point. . . .

Im pretty sure IC has something up their sleeve that no ones taken a look at. They dropped a major hint with the screenshots prior to beta for Diplomacy with a placeholder in the CapitalShip bar. And at the same time, I dont know where it is now. But someone posted a thread about some info they pulled off the Diplomacy code that dropped a new Capital name. It was supposed to be some new Destroyer type for all three factions. Diplomacy beta is open to absolutely everyone who buys the game even at this point intime. So it wouldnt surprise me that they are withholding a key part of this new expansion just for the sake of dropping something big that will definitely draw-in more sells.

There is truth in these words.

Im not sure why this continues to be brought up. Its been talked to death why its the final micro. Seriously before I started posting here on the forums. I went through atleast 4 months of old posts reading up on stuff to get a sense of what had happened since I stopped playing SINs and then restarted last summer. You only need to skim anyways to get a rough idea of what your looking for anyway.