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Reply to Honestly, I would have been most happy with a HD 64bit remake in Sins of a Solar Empire II Sins2 Forums

I would have been happy if Sins-2 = Sins Rebellion but on the new engine. Keep the tried-and-proven game play formula and add content by giving each race a new capital ship, a 2nd titan option, more planet / gravity well types, maybe a 4th race, a campaign, and excellent online multiplayer features. Fans of the original should then be happy and it would still be a brand new game to people who never played Rebellion. Instead, the Devs are taking a chance on a new game pla

Reply to AI upgrade in Sins of a Solar Empire II Sins2 Forums

If Sins-2 ends up being a good game and a success, and if it ends up having robust online multiplayer features, then hopefully we'll have hundreds if not thousands of people online to play against, possibly with a skill-based matchmaking system, in which case people won't need to play vs. the AI if they want a more realistic opponent. Don't knock 5 on 5, team-based games offer elements of strategy you don't get in FFA or single player.

Planet display when zoomed out in Sins of a Solar Empire II Sins2 Forums

I think Sins-2 has dropped the ball in how planet info is represented when zoomed out. In Sins-1, planets are displayed cleanly with an ownership icon above and bars on the sides and below to show the amounts of friendly fleets (left), enemy fleets (right), and planetary structures (bottom) using ticks. The Sins-2 display is sadly far inferior with planets being surrounded by too much team color and solid bars for fleets instead of tick marks. I recommend returning to

Reply to Unable to change in-game username (SOLVED) in Sins of a Solar Empire II Sins2 Forums

Just bought and installed the game, and I used this trick to change my player name, too.

Reply to Sins of a Solar Empire II is coming! What are you most excited for? in Sins Dev Journals Sins2 Forums

[quote who="Fivve" reply="107" id="3867588"]People still moaning about this Epic thing.[/quote] You might say that the amount of moaning has been "epic". I knew that not everyone was a fan of Epic, but before this I had no idea how large it was in scale and how visceral the hatred for Epic Games. If the exclusivity deal ever ends, that will be an opportunity to re-market the game as a new release on Steam.

Reply to Sins II: We need your help in Sins of a Solar Empire II Sins2 Forums

It's brave releasing the game in a pre-alpha state given the possibility that a far from finished product could get panned on social media. I hope that whenever the game loads a big warning screen pops up announcing that it is experimental and far from a finished product, perhaps requiring players to check a checkbox that they understand it.

Reply to Fifteen years and we get a re-skin. in Sins of a Solar Empire II Sins2 Forums

[quote quoting="post"]I have played this game for a long time... but have not played for any length in the last five years.[/quote] Dang, you missed out on lots of good 5 on 5 Team PvP action. [quote quoting="post"]All the new ideas the devs are incorporating into Sins 2 have been spoken about since 2010 on the forums.[/quote] If they are good ideas, I don't see why or how that should be a problem. [quote quoting="post"]Are the devs so out of ideas that we get

Reply to Redarding ability to block missiles with your ship in Sins of a Solar Empire II Sins2 Forums

Capital ships should not be attacked by "auto attack" as that normally results in wasted firepower and without a dead capital ship. If capital ships are to be attacked and focus-fired upon, it should be the result of a human issuing those specific orders to the attacking ships.

Reply to Don't overlook the 5s community in Sins of a Solar Empire II Sins2 Forums

[quote who="Yarlen" reply="9" id="3864956"]DM me and I can probably fix it for you.[/quote] Oh, no worries. I've got it all straightened out now.

Reply to Some questions for the Developers. in Sins of a Solar Empire II Sins2 Forums

It would certainly be nice if the Devs got together with some of the established 5s players who spent some time playing the early release to get their feedback. I'm sure we'll be able to post it here and to discuss it with the Devs on the Sins Discord channel.

Reply to What did Sins I / Rebellion get wrong? in Sins of a Solar Empire II Sins2 Forums

Another bug in Sins-1. Sometimes for whatever reason when you are focused in on a gravity well, you lose the ability to click on the planet so as to issue build orders to factories or to place structures and have to fully zoom out to click on the planet. It's annoying.

Reply to Start11-Can't reposition Taskbar in Start Menu Products Stardock Forums

I might be interested in purchasing Object Desktop having recently upgraded to Windows 11, but I really want to be able to set my taskbar to the Left side of the screen with the icons going up and down the screen vertically. I'm hoping Start 11 will be patched to allow that at some point.

Reply to Leaks in the Video Game Industry in Stardock Blog Stardock Forums

Sins fans would have loved knowing that the game was under development. I had settled into an "I'll believe it when I see it," mindset, but it's all good. Maintaining secrecy may be tough, but two of the extremely difficult and crucial tasks still await. The game needs to have excellent game play and polish and then you have to figure out how to market it to people who have never heard of Sins of a Solar Empire or don't know much about it, especially to fans of other 4X (Civ

Reply to Stardock Announces Sins of a Solar Empire II in Sins of a Solar Empire News Sins2 Forums

[quote who="tompsonpoet" reply="7" id="3864468"]Many of us would buy GalCiv4 or SoaSE2 on a Stardock launcher instead of Steam or for much more money than 32$ but not. on. fucking. epic.[/quote] How are you seeing a $32 price? It's listed as $39.99 for me (USA). Or is there a coupon code floating around?

Reply to Sins of a Solar Empire II is coming! What are you most excited for? in Sins Dev Journals Sins2 Forums

[quote who="Democrab" reply="97" id="3864232"]The Steam release, so I can play it without supporting a company notorious for hurting PC gaming. (Epic)[/quote] I have mixed feelings about them, personally. Epic Games created my favorite game of all time, the original Unreal Tournament (1999) but failed to understand what they had created (an athletic-like online multiplayer cybersport and not just a disposable game) and lost its franchise by changing the game play in the sequels.

Reply to What did Sins I / Rebellion get wrong? in Sins of a Solar Empire II Sins2 Forums

[quote who="GoaFan77" reply="9" id="3864235"]I'm afraid I don't think this is really a problem. I think what is gained by the flavor of the faction far outweighs this rare abuse. From what I understand MP doesn't use victory conditions and just has their custom etiquette and rules anyways, so I think you already have the solution. You already know you won, and you can just quit the game to avoid the loss on record so its not like the win/lose ratio is all that important anyways.[/quote]

Reply to Some questions for the Developers. in Sins of a Solar Empire II Sins2 Forums

[quote who="SchismNavigator" reply="7" id="3863969"]There will be more details revealed about modding later. Sufficed to say multiple Sins 1 modders are involved with Sins 2 development.[/quote] Do you think that at some point that established online multiplayer players might get to be involved with that aspect of the Sins-2 development?

Reply to Sins of a Solar Empire II is coming! What are you most excited for? in Sins Dev Journals Sins2 Forums

[quote who="Fivve" reply="89" id="3864012"]The game is not going to launch for at least another 2 years, its going to Early Access, Alpha then Beta, then launching.[/quote] I figured it would be a one year launch window, but hopefully it gets as much time in the oven as it needs so that it can be fully polished and almost bug-free upon launch. In my view, that's very important.

Reply to Perplexing Partnership between Stardock-Ironclad and Epic Games Store in Sins of a Solar Empire II Sins2 Forums

[quote who="TerribleNate" reply="1" id="3864011"]my bigger concern is with EGS directly, my concerns being...accusations of spyware imbedded in the client[/quote] I don't know how true any of that is, but built-in spyware (and unnecessary bloatware) is my biggest concern. I ended up getting the Epic platform initially for the game Unreal Tournament 4 which ended up unfinished when the Devs left to make a fortune creating Fortnite Battle Royale. I played Fortnite some and

Reply to Perplexing Partnership between Stardock-Ironclad and Epic Games Store in Sins of a Solar Empire II Sins2 Forums

Regarding Storming Kiwi's concern, much of this hinges on how you believe people make purchasing decisions. Do they (1) See a game at a store and then buy the game only because it's at the store they like, (2) See a game they have never heard of at a store they like, investigate the game, and then buy it if it looks interesting, or (3) Learn about a game, decide they want it, and then go to the store selling it to buy it? I'm not a computer game marketing expert, but my guess is

Reply to No more civic and military research trees? in Sins of a Solar Empire II Sins2 Forums

The Military Labs and Civic Labs and where specifically to locate them (both what planet and where exactly in the gravity well) were core components of the game's strategy and resource management (Logistics slots). I would hate to see them removed. I also think the multiple tech trees make the game more accessible since it breaks down what would otherwise be one large and complicated tech tree. My advice to the Devs is, "Don't overthink this and don't outsmart

Reply to Some questions for the Developers. in Sins of a Solar Empire II Sins2 Forums

[quote who="Yarlen" reply="3" id="3863826"]As to AI, it's a bit too soon yet as gameplay is still in development. [/quote] Do you think there's a chance that the AI could be made fully moddable, allowing modders to potentially develop better AI's?

Reply to Sins of a Solar Empire II is coming! What are you most excited for? in Sins Dev Journals Sins2 Forums

[quote who="ribuh_7" reply="83" id="3863901"]the game might see bigger popularity in China from where some of the 5s Multiplayer people come from[/quote] Oh gosh, if Sins-2 became the national pastime of China the way Starcraft became the game of South Korea, that would be amazing.

Reply to What did Sins I / Rebellion get wrong? in Sins of a Solar Empire II Sins2 Forums

[quote who="Timmaigh" reply="3" id="3863855"] All in all, i disagree, its essential part of entire VL gameplay philosophy and it should not be changed for the sake of small percentage of playerbase playing competitive multiplayer or even better said, for few "jackasses" who decide not to gg even when all is clearly lost.[/quote] It could simply be an optional checkbox feature called "Allow Declare Victory"

Reply to Can we get some 3440x1440 wallpapers as well? in Sins of a Solar Empire II Sins2 Forums

Need some love for the Ultrawide gamers.