Not that I disagree with the post but on this point, who, especially in the RTS category, has 'not' supported LAN play?

Welcome aboard NapalmEnema! Thanks for your support.

Yay Ironclad, they know what gaming is all aboot.

I plan on bumping this to keep the haters in check and defending this product as I have time for in the other threads.

Personally, after a certain point, you should just ban the more trollish ones that insist on bashing the game right and left.

Peace - and keep a thick skin, this game is great fun and masterfully done. The interface is just awesome.

Blair,

I don't know the exact saying but it's something like "1 unhappy person will complain to 10 people, 1 happy person will tell none or maybe 1 other one". That addage truly applies here. (i know I butchered the original, but when I used to work in sales it was a very important one because you have to filter all the vocal unhappy customer because it's not representative)

It is a VERY small, vocal minority that are the majority of the whiners and complainers on the board. You really do need to filter the input you take from the bulletin boards. For one thing, I've noticed that many of the "flame" posts have terrible spelling an grammer, which makes me think that many of the negative posts are by people under the age of 13. So for one thing, take into account who is posting. Do you really want rantings and ravings of pre-teens and teenagers who know nothing about software development and have relatively little experience in playing games dictating the direction of the product? You unfortunately have no way to judge the qualifications of the poster.

Also, again, based on sales and reviews, you KNOW people are happy with the game. I don't think the average gamer even reads these boards. All us happy people are actually PLAYING the game rather than spending time trying to write posts finding every fault.

Also, like the original poster said, alot of times it's the whiner's own fault they are struggling with this game (and any other game really). If they don't spend time playing the game and the game owns them, then of course they will think the game sucks. One particular post comes to mind, it was a HUGE flame post and I think he wrote in there that he didn't even understand what the Underdevelopment tax rate was. I was appalled because he didn't even take the time to understand a basic game mechanism yet felt compelled to write a long flame post about how bad the game is??? That just doesn't compute. Or if the game is buggy, g-d knows what that particular person has on his computer that is causing the crash, or how badly configured his system is, or if he even has a legal copy!!

The point is, you really do need to take the negative feedback with a very small grain of salt. The vast majority are playing the game and if they do post on the boards its with a constructive post supporting their points. All those other posts you should not even waste your time reading.

Interesting I didn't even realize it supported that.

Kudos again Ironclad!!

Personally, I don't even bother to post in the "true" negative threads...Why bump them? Let them die an ugly death.

I love the game. I've been a Stardock supporter since 2003 (Due to their stance on DRM, community involvement, etc) so I suppose I could be considered a fanboy...hehe. Regardless, I can love the game and still have suggestions on balance, etc. I disliked many 1.03 changes and said so on the forums . Hopefully in a constructive manner, hehe. Yet I had no doubts that you guys would resolve those issues since I know the SC(and IC) commitment to the players.

Those of us who love the game (AND are active in the forums) should simply remember to keep things constructive in our posts. Sometimes people get so "invested" in the game they love that when something changes in a way they did not expect, their initial reaction is "OMG, NOOOO!!!". We all need to take a deep breath, assess things properly, and move on from there. Also, please keep all the misinformation out there to a minimum . The people who are new to the forums *will* be mislead by that...

-Drexion

Haha,great to see a positive thread.

Just pre-ordered mine.

Sins of Solar Empire,im coming!!!Cant wait to try Advent and Vasari,even though i love TEC.

yes thank god for a positive thread. the vocal minority has been pissing me off lately.

And about the lan game with one disc thing. I agree wholeheartedly, and although there are some games that let you cd-swap, (and some that require differing cdkeys which makes it impossible to play a lan game with 1 copy), there has never been a game like Sins that hasnt asked me for a cd key to install at all, and allows lan play using the same cd/no key. My friend bought this game after playing it with me down at my house.

Lol,most of them is ok for me,except the Repair Ship.

I really like Koi's voice.

This would have to be one of the most refreshing titles to come out in a long time, and with no major bugs.

Some find it too easy some like me find it very hard so the balance must be pretty good overall. I think some of the forum negativity is because forums tend to be populated by the more experiences gamers, so Jo average is not really represented very well. If the 4x game side was increased too much it may be too hard for beginners, the forgotten gamers as they are not the vocal ones.

Anyway I am really enjoying losing all my SP matches so far.

Cheers MarkL

Still lovin it the more I learn about it and the more comfortable I get with it.

Truly a sign of a great game.

Well alot of the games i've played in the past tend to be quite restrictive on LAN play.

I mean gangland, my god i loved that game for multiplayer, but trying to play multiplayer was a kick in the nuts.

I mean i've played games in the passed and tried to do lan matches and it just not work due to cd-keys ect. But with sins it's fine, which is great because i tend to play lan matches instead of internet.