If you preorder you get access at the beginning of the next phase, which is beta 2 right now. When beta 2 is released there will be an announcement, and if it goes the same way as beta 1, a window of a week or so after the release during which you can still preorder and get into that phase. Alternately, if you preorder via TotalGaming.net using TGN tokens, you get access immediately to beta 1 and all betas thereafter without needi
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The best experiences I've had playing cooperatively online have been in bf2142 and command&conquer generals. I haven't tried homeworld2, but I'll remember to check it out. Coming in fresh to this post and reading along, the best experiences of c&c online play came to mind most of all. Granted they were few and far between, and those of you who have also played there know it's not the game's problem ? ... but I
What I'm wondering is why your own allies are allowed to attack/steal colonies without declaring themselves hostile first? Or being prevented from doing so at all? Maybe I need to develop a new, more twisted, pathway in my brain cells, but this doesn't make sense at the moment.