Hi I'm TheeBaconman.

Played games of numerous genres, and generally have a main one that I get into the mood for. I was in the mood for a space 4X. I looked through information on games like Homeworld, Sword of the Stars, Galactic Civilizations, and Sins. Eventually I looked at a Let's Play for Trinity and fell in love. Started lurking the forums, combined observations on the Let's Play and the forums, and finally pre-ordered Rebellion on Steam.

Hasn't been that long since I got the beta, but I think I'm hooked. Playing SP, and enjoying the fleet slugging matches against the AI. It seems I'm here for the pretty visuals and giant battles (yay!) but eventually I think I will try more complicated and sneaky things than just attrition. Already have a few ideas from these here forums. *grins and rubs hands mischieviously*

A friend and I Just bought Rebellion yesterday (haven't played Sins before).
We jumped right in and were able to figure most stuff out.  I'll play through the tutorials soon.
I do have a few questions...

Is there an actual manual?  Where can I get it (I bought the game on Steam)?

How do I record a game?  There's an auto record option, but what's the hot key?  I can't find it anywhere.

What ports are needed for hosting a game?  I ended up forwarding 6000, 6001, and 6112 TCP and UDP based on various things I found via Google.

Is there a way to rejoin a game if I get disconnected?  It seems that whenever a player disconnects he gets wiped out. This happened once last night,, but it wasn't a big deal since we were able to load up an auto save.

Look in this folder for a pdf marked manual_rebellion

C:\Program Files(x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\sins of a solar empire rebellion

Can't answer the other questions though.

Yep it has all the features from the original and previous expansions plus other new toys (titan, corvette etc.)

Hey everyone. I am Urgrago. I have been a Sinaholic for this past weekend

I remember hearing about Sins back when it came out. At the time I didn't have a good gaming PC, so even if I wanted to go out and grab it, my computer would crap out lol. I don't know what or how I got knowledgeable of Rebellion(maybe Steam), I am so glad I did. This game is spectacular. I would say it's the best strategy game I've played. I just need to get good at it D:

If anyone wants to add me on Steam, my ID is Theodore Roosevelt.  

Hey I'm...

<---  This Guy.

 Had SSER for a few days now, and am still trying to get used to managing and fighting speeds in such huge scale maps.  RTS's were never my strong point but whatever, I'll learn.  So far I have deducted that this game is evil, as I literally played all Saturday playing one or two games of this and still enjoying it...  The WoW of RTS I swear.  Anyway, I'm extremely fond of carriers and other fighter bearing class ships because I have a thing for the little stunt planes doing massive huge burst damage, but after about 4-5+ carriers, or around 25 squadrons, the amazing trails of light that are Oh-So glorious in a cinamatic viewpoint is lost.  Hope someone on the forums knows a way to give the trails back to the strike craft no matter the numbers.  Other thing I  learned about carriers is that while they are beasts early and mid game, the long and slow strafing runs really really pound on DPS, so when outnumbered or if a ship is tanking a LOT of damage from bombers, the carriers lose their spark big time.  Still trying to find which ships are best to support large strike craft fleets to fill that gap, but I only played so many rounds so far.  So far I'm all for the Advent Rebels, not lore-wise, just playability wise.  Not a fan that they seem to "force" their culture upon people and willingly and blindly follow the word of the unity, whatever that is.  But they have 3 strike craft fleets per carrier so meh.

Hope to have a lot of fun with this game, just really want to see my fighters have the light trails behind them when an army of 700 strike craft fly toward the enemy.  (I think 7 ships per squadron right?  Gotten a bit above 100 squadrons in several games so that's 700 fighters and bombers.)

Hi, my name is Justincj and I am totally new to Sins, and I am totally and utterly enraptured.  I'm still trying to get the hang of managing my fleets.  (I originally started playing against the AI on huge, sprawling maps.)  Now, however, I learned that the best place to learn is on a small map, where I have less to manage and less fronts to defend against.

I did try a little multiplayer, but I quickly fell behind.  I was still trying to colonize while other ppl were building starbases! 

Is this the kind of game where the more I play, the better I'll get?  Or will I always be the weak link?

Btw, if it matters, I favor TEC Loyalists.

Hey! Just picked up Sins Rebellion!

Im just learning the game atm, having some problems with pirates in easy AI matches- cant seem to understand how i am to build up any kind of fleet to withstand their attack on me planet!

Seems like i have a long way ahead of me! Cant wait to dig into the mechanics abit more!

Always been a fan of the game genre and i finally made my way into it!

Hi everyone.

My name is Ole and I've been into Sins for a year and a half, though this last half I haven't played due to being in China (where I currently am). I only ever played it against the AI because I frankly though nobody was playing it online and by a happy coinsidence when I received my Stardock newsletter I somehow bewildered and drunk ended up on these forums and realised I could be playing it online! So I will be, when I get back to Denmark "from whence I hail"? sometime early August. Hope to be playing with some of you there.

Im 27 years of age and currently majoring in Chinese language, culture and history. (the last two are more interesting than they sound.. really, they are). I have a thing for all things space. I played EvE online since mid 2003, GalCiv2, masters of orion 2, privateer 2 (lots of two's arent there ? ) and many more. I also do freelance translation to and from Mandarin to make a little on the side to support those dreams I have...

I probably suck on something awfull when it comes to multiplayer but I am the kind of person who can't control myself when it comes to learning new things, I dig and dig and dig till  I get it. Despite my handicap I hope you will all receive me well and help me improve so we can have some fun together.

Peace

Hi there im brand new to computer games in general and generally have only played C&C and supremem commander and Star Wars the old Republic but saw this game game on steam and thought i would give it a try now call me a moron or wotever but i picked up the basics of this game but cannot for the life of me seem to win now i build a capital ship some frigates and the basic stuff u need to get started but before i can do anything the enemy either attack me or have all other planets colonized and i cant do anything and thats on easy and its really annoying me coz i really want to be able to play this game properly coz it looks really good and fun can anyone give me a few suggestions on how to get started quickly and everything else thanks 

my account is Kiwimagico

Hello I am Namaris

Looking forward to battling it out online

I bid you all a good day

I am Nytraxs, and I have only recently (and by "recently" I mean yesterday) acquired this gem. Hence, I am what you would call a noob at sins (for the time being). I have only yet played 2 hours of the game and whilst I was extremely fond of my staggering, whopping 4 planets (!!!), this feeling swiftly turned into horror when I found out my nifty medium AI opponents had about 40 planets at that point in time. It does seem starting with huge maps is, as mentioned on numerous threads on the forums, not the smartest way to begin as a recruit

To explain how novice and well prepared I started, let me point out that I bought and also gifted Trinity for myself and my neighbor just to find out that Rebellion was stand-alone once I stumbled upon these forums about 15 minutes after my first game (I was going to find out how I had so horribly failed in keeping up with the AI). Alas, me and my neighbor now own a version of Trinity each and both installed Rebellion last night. I am sure the devs will use my money spent wisely to continue balancing the game for us.

I am a bit of a RTS vet. I used to play Dune 2 competitively (as far as one could speak about competitive gameplay back in those days of play) followed by the entire C&C series. Then moved on to Dota (the original mod for WC3) and more or less hovered there for a while until moving over to League of Legends when it came out. Trying to be true to my loyalties, I have acquired Dota2 on Steam yesterday since I believe the LoL community being slightly below par when it comes to maturity (understatement).

The latter bringing me to an interesting and compelling point I wanted to make: reading these forums has already convinced me that I will become a regular on these forums and this game, and all this, before even being close to understanding the game concept. You guys are in my opinion the most mature, helpful community I have seen online thus far (and "thus far" does mean for more than 15 years of online gaming), maybe only equalled by the original Planetarion community in rounds 1-6 (does anyone remember that?).

I apologize for digressing this much. 

TL;DR I am new, I spent too much money because I am an idiot, and I brought a friend. We are both noobs but do hope to meet all of you in a couple of weeks' time online.

Kaun2 here new to Sinsd Rebellion and new to strategy games like this. It diffently is a challenge to learn. I played Battlestar Galactica for awhile. Wnated something differnt. So here I am. Been searching the web for tips on how to play AI 1v1 on small map. No luck so far. If any1 knows of a site to help guide me let me know.