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Reply to Sins of a Solar Empire v1.03 full change log in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

I wonder what the purpose of reducing the resource asteroids was? I never had an excess of them before.

Reply to Mars Effect + Texture Pack I + BailKnights Graphical mod + Distant Stars = WOW!! in Sins Modding Sins Forums

Guys, please take the copyright law discussion to another thread and leave this one for news about the actual mod.

Reply to Mars Effect + Texture Pack I + BailKnights Graphical mod + Distant Stars = WOW!! in Sins Modding Sins Forums

This whole pack sounds really promising! Please post when there's a stable build for 1.03, unless that's what SweZor's is.

Reply to Sins of a Solar Empire v1.03 full change log in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

I'm not saying that the siege balances are necessarily good, just that everyone needs to remember that there are two "different" games going on here, and Ironclad shouldn't just focus on the multiplayer one. They don't seem to be, which is good.

Reply to Sins of a Solar Empire v1.03 full change log in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

You guys need to remember that a lot of these changes are being done to balance out single-player as well, where they are huge nuisance. These changes look great, keep up the good work!

Reply to [MOD] Sins of a Solar Empire: INVASION (new screenshots, May 28th, 2012.) in Sins Modding Sins Forums

Just out of curiosity, are you taking any inspiration from Babylon 5? Some of the Xin ships look very Vorlon-esque. This is not a critique at all (B5 ships are some of my favorites of all time).

Reply to [MOD] Sins of a Solar Empire: INVASION (new screenshots, May 28th, 2012.) in Sins Modding Sins Forums

Interesting-looking ships! You're doing some impressive work, I look forward to seeing more of it.

Reply to Is the third dimension anything more than cosmetic? in Strategy Sins Forums

The fact that ships don't have different armor values on different areas of their hull (like in HW) means that any Z-axis maneuvering is mostly cosmetic. On an unrelated note I do with ships stayed farther away from each other in fights, all the heavy cruisers act like sumo wrestlers and just bumble in there and push stuff around. Not a big deal, but kind of detracts from the epicness.

Reply to RELEASE: Texture Pack I - Stars and Planets in Sins Modding Sins Forums

I really like the improved textures, they look a lot nicer! Thanks for making these available. The only thing is that the background stars seems to have actually had quite a performance impact; dropped my framerate a good bit. But other than that, great!

Reply to Moving a capital in Strategy Sins Forums

That's actually a really good question, Dante - what effects would moving your capital to an asteroid have? Does it matter what kind of planet your capital is on (other than ease of destroying it)?

Reply to Is the third dimension anything more than cosmetic? in Strategy Sins Forums

[quote]Its annoying, but makes for an interesting tactical variation otherwise, because the phase lanes work much differently between the vertically aligned planets.[/quote] I haven't had this happen yet, how do they work differently?

Reply to how do you capture space junk facilities? in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

I haven't played that particular map, but I'd assume it's the same as how you capture other neutral structures - each faction has a ship that can do it: Advent - Missionary Vessel (colony ship) TEC - Protev Colony Frigate Vasari - Jikara Navigator (scout) Hope this does it; if not, hopefully someone who knows the specific map can chime in.

Reply to Sins of a Solar Empire v1.03 preview in Sins News Sins Forums

Wouldn't it be just as feasible to click "Continue Game" or whatever it is after they surrender? It seems like a "toggle" is already implemented, the patch will just help them surrender when they should.

Reply to any new information about 1.03? in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

These changes look fantastic. Thanks so much to Ironclad and Stardock for staying devoted to the game! And yeah, the level of communication is great.

Reply to Homeworld Lover Request in Games Sins Forums

And while you're out looking for replacements, especially if you go to eBay or Amazon, try picking up Cataclysm. It's aged remarkably well and is really satisfying (slow start, but great finish). EDIT: I realize that the last sentence is really sketchy considering we were talking about lovers a second ago. ;p

Reply to Sins of a Solar Empire v1.03 preview in Sins News Sins Forums

I love to see a less skittish AI, a game of tag is indeed a good way of describing it. Chasing a dozen Purge Vessels in circles is hardly a dignified occupation for my grand armada. When they say they've added options for "Ship Speed" do they mean build speed or movement speed? I assume build, but I'd honestly love to see some of the frigates slow down a wee bit (not a ton).

Reply to Ability terminology - what does "fighters" refer to? in Strategy Sins Forums

Great, thanks for the response! Glad I wasn't too far off. I do hope they fix the text, though vague ability text is more of a pet peeve than anything important.

Ability terminology - what does "fighters" refer to? in Strategy Sins Forums

When an ability's text refers to friendly or enemy "fighters", just what is that actually going to affect? I'd assume that it's a catch-all term for strike craft - i.e. both fighters and bombers - but is this assumption wrong? I'd hate to be investing in skills that only helped or harmed actual Fighters when it doesn't do anything to Bombers.

Reply to Collector's Edition: Delivery when? in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

Just got mine yesterday! The instruction manual smells like fresh Magic cards.

Reply to Collector's Edition: Delivery when? in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

I'm in Minnesota and still waiting for mine. I don't really mind because of the digital download, but I'd still like to have my shiny box and DVD before too long. Is there any way to track these packages or something like that?