Hi,
The reason I have created this post is to say to people who have only brought the game is to please play the tutorials and single player first before coming online. Recently this is getting a bigger issue where newbie’s to the game come online and do not know how to play the game. One noob actually asked me how to ‘build ships’! L
The tutorials and single player is there for a reason!, please use them to your advantage as I believe nearly everyone who are good players online, owe this to the experience and the knowledge they have learnt offline, rather then online.
I say once you have played around 10 – 20 hours offline, then you should be ready to play online. Start off with playing 1v1’s and start to move up the ladder, so playing 2v2’s, 3v3s’s etc.
Team Spirit (Need to Know this) 
Team games are not about selfishness or greed; it’s about working as a team to achieve victory over the other team, and to do this you need to work as a team. If a team mate requires help, you should help him straight away either by feed or by supporting him with your fleet, and not just leave him to die! Remember if your team mate dies, you will be outnumbered big time, so it is important to remember to play as a team, and support them when you can.
Remember even if you have lost all your planets in the game, but u still have a fleet and a colony ship, please DO NOT QUIT! As you still may have a chance to get back into the game, as many people who lose one planet or even two out of three, still quit for no reason, please stick by your team mates. And remember, there always a terrain next to the sun in most random map games 
Communication (‘Scotty I need more power to the engines’, ‘I just can’t do it captain’) 
The biggest rule for online team games is that communication is essential, if you don’t communicate enough YOU WILL LOSE! Many noobs have this problem of not communicating enough, and just ignoring your team mates, sorry mate, that won’t make you admiral of the fleet anytime soon lol…here is the ways you can communicate to your team or an individual:
First press enter, then enter one of the following in…
/a = allies
/r = reply to whisper
/f = all friends
/w + name of a friend = just that friend
/wf + tab = scroll through friends list for a /w
tab = scroll through channel occupants for /w
tab in empty channel = scroll through friends list for /w
Remember, you can also ping your allies to tell them where you want them to go, or to tell them about something which is going on in that area. Just press ‘p’ and pick your planet you wish to show them about. You can also ping units and structures.
Attitude (f**k**g w**k**) 
It is also important to have a fun and a good time on sins, as people need to remember that this is only a game! And that bad altitude is not the way forward. This includes no RACISM, THREATS OR CRY BABY arguments want so ever, this is a game, and there maybe young adults who do not like to hear this language, definitely RACISM OR THREATS against them.
My attitude to the game is usually messing about and joking with team mates and the enemy ‘CARRIER SPAM’ lol
Just remember, enjoy the game
Feed them like a baby 
Many people will wonder want ‘FEED’ is, it is where you give resources to your team mate for example when they want to rush an opponent or they need it to defend themselves when they are being attacked. Please listen to them, as I said once before it is a team game, and if they get wiped out too early in the game, you might as well say ‘good game’ and leave , so please, feed is essential for a team game.
You can feed them though the diplomacy method, and please feed the right person, as some noob accidentally feeded me all his resources when he was about to die, and I wasn’t on his team: D
If you have lost and have no way in winning the battle incl. no planets or fleet , don’t just quit straight away, feed your allies all the resources you got, this may help them to hold them off while another team mate attacks them. 
Look at your surroundings 
It is not always best to go for econ, if you know that you are going to be the first one out of your team mates to be attacked, remember your team mates are there to help you, and feed you while you go military.
The only reason I would go econ is if I am in the middle of my allies or the enemy are far away from me to pose any threat to me at the start of the game.
Tips (The hitchhikers guide to the galaxy) 
For tips, just search around the different posts created on the website, there are loads of tips about the different races within the game, and all you need to do is find them J
Remember –start off with tec, as they are the easiest to get into the game with.
TEC – Best economy – Weak at the start, but due to there good econ, there allowed to produce units much faster then any other race in the game, as they rarely lack funds if you use them properly.
Best Capital ships to go for:
1. Marze – believe me, if you are outnumbered and a level 6 marze comes to play, you are going to make them run like hell. The Marza is quite weak at the start of the game due to lack of fighting strike craft and defensive capabilities; however they destroy planets very quickly, giving you the edge of your enemies as they colonise, you destroy it. Ability’s to go for: incredible missiles then raze planets. Missile barrage at level 6.
2. Kol – Its splash damage is incredible at level 6, and is the best all attacking capital ship of the TEC, as it is able to defend against fighters ok, good at attacking and has good defensive capabilities. Also has two strike craft slots when reaching level 10.
3. Akhan – Allows you to colonise planets. Decent fighting strike craft, as they are allowed to have two strike craft. Not the best attacking capital ship of the game, but when at level 6, the armistice ability will allow you to stop everyone firing at each other for about a minute, and the run the hell out of there, or repair your ships.
Special Units:
-Hosikos – heals hull of units
-Commend Cruisers – allows units to target enemies unit more effectively, and has fleet bonuses.
REMEMBER: ONLINE. THINK FAST, ACT FAST…. PEOPLE WILL 60-70% OF THE TIME TRY AND RUSH YOU FROM THE BEGINING, DON’T UNDERESTIMATE YOUR ENEMY, THEY WILL KNOW IF YOU HAVE GONE ECON OR MILLTARY, SO BE AWARE OF YOUR SURROUNDINGS.
More to Come 
Commander SunnyVS (Formly Known As Major Sunny VS)
