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

[quote]* Z-Axis. It may not be an issue for people going against AI, but in PvP games the Z-Axis can be abused and may be difficult use and adds an unneeded layer of complexity. It might also "break" the game in various ways such as being able to move ships over starbases that cannot fire upward along a vertical axis. In my view, the Z-Axis should be eliminated as it is completely unneeded and would add an unnecessary layer of complexity to the game. Alternatively, at the very least a toggle

Reply to Balancing in Sins of a Solar Empire II Sins2 Forums

[quote who="ribuh_7" reply="4" id="3863324"] I did not mean 1 on 1 but rather as part of a fleet. [/quote] Well, yeah, the capital ships weren't alone. The point is that they were a massive part of your early fleet composition, so how two capital ships fared when directly facing off was very important to the outcome of early fights. [quote who="ribuh_7" reply="4" id="3863324"]Lets take e.g. this scenario for instance (even before rebellion): You jump into enemy roid

Reply to What made the Sins of a Solar Empire great? in Sins of a Solar Empire II Sins2 Forums

One of the things I feel Sins did extremely well is its streamlined macromanagement. A lot of RTS games require an incredible amount of attention and management in their economic systems, often disproportionate to the amount of strategy going on there. A game like Starcraft 2 requires incredible amount of attention to be paid to workers to keep them tasked correctly while also keeping them safe from harassment. Supreme Commander requires incredible focus to keep mass, energy, and build capaci

Reply to Balancing in Sins of a Solar Empire II Sins2 Forums

[quote who="ribuh_7" reply="2" id="3863151"] A lot of times you could make a cap go level 6, but if you compare a Sova for instance vs. a Marza [/quote] Funnily enough, this actually was the opposite before Rebellion. It was the Sova that was largely outclassing the Marza. Back then corvettes didn't exist, so your options for countering bombers in the early-game were fighters or a critical mass of flaks. Running carrier cruisers or large numbers of flaks would just get you r

Reply to Balancing in Sins of a Solar Empire II Sins2 Forums

Ah, this takes me back. The issue with colony capital ships really comes down to the strategic advantage they offered that simply could not be obtained by any other means. While other capital ships offered unique abilities, none were so impactful or game-changing. Colonizing with regular colony ships meant clearing a path through the militia for them, clearing out the militia on the target planet, then bringing them in and letting them regenerate antimatter for a minute to colonize.

Reply to Preorder somewhere not on the epic games store? in Sins of a Solar Empire II Sins2 Forums

As someone who really isn't a fan of Valve or Steam, this has basically been my reality for over a decade. Epic is just another store I disapprove of and won't buy from. The day Sins 2 shows up at GOG, I will insta-buy. Until then, I'll be watching from the sidelines. Good luck, make a great game, and hopefully it isn't too long before everyone can buy on their preferred storefront.

Reply to About Fleets and Control Groups in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

You've basically hit on the main problems with the fleet system; keeping units with very different combat roles (particularly speed and range) in the same fleet leads to highly suboptimal behavior as they reform. Carriers especially should never be fleeted with combat units, since they should avoid getting into weapons range of enemies if at all possible. However, trying to keep them separated into different fleets based on unit type/role is a micromanagement hassle due to auto-join. This def

Reply to Outlaw Sectors, Pirates and the AI in Technical Sins Forums

[quote who="phooper" reply="2" id="3675371"]I should point out this is with quick start turned off, they do much better with it on.[/quote] I'm not surprised. I've experimented with the AI and have figured out a few of its "death spirals" that doom it. On low difficulties they can easily get into an upkeep rut. Due to the fact that they don't budget for newly acquired planets the low-difficulty AI's can suffer a fairly notable drop in income for a prolonged period of time after acquir

Reply to Sins 2 strategy ideas..... in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

One thing I love about Sins that I feel other RTS's need to pay attention to is how low-management the economy is. Structures and planetary upgrades require no further oversight once constructed, workers are automated and replaced automatically so you only need to manage them when it's relevant, and unit construction is automatically balanced between factories in a gravity well. This sheds a lot of micromanagement inherent in the genre while losing practically no strategic depth in th

Reply to Rebellion in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

[quote who="Blair Fraser" reply="4" id="3665532"] What are the problems with the GOG version? As far as I know there were only minor issues when it first launched over a year ago but I'm pretty sure they are long since fixed. [/quote] Most people don't bother to update their reviews when the patches finally come out. I have the GOG version and all the issues in the initial release have been resolved.

Reply to I am getting kicked out of most multiplayer games. in Sins Multiplayer Sins Forums

I sympathize. I've been trying to get back in after being absent from the community for years, and even with a handful of people remembering me and good performance in the few games I have gotten I've largely given up at this point. I need to set aside an entire day to have any reasonable chance of getting into even one 5's game, since it takes quite a while for lobbies to fill and I'm very likely to get booted a few times before I actually get to stay. Even then it's no g

Reply to Hahaha! I just won on Hard Mode suckers in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

Congrats, glad you overcome your struggles. However... [quote]So screw u to whoever was tryin to make fun of me before. I AM THE GRATEST! [e digicons]XD[/e] [e digicons]XD[/e] [e digicons]XD[/e] [/quote] You do realize a statement like that is inviting people to make fun of you, right? No one was making fun of you in the other thread, they were disagreeing with you.

Reply to Stardock releases new Outlaw Sectors DLC for Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion in Press Releases (Sins) Sins Forums

[quote who="Aaron1138" reply="27" id="3642154"]I too have peaked at the surrendering AI but have found more often that their situation isn't terrible; they just need to hunker down and play defense for a bit. But then again ,I play for fun and not for competition or speed. [/quote] Problem is that hunkering down doesn't actually help all that much in these situations, and in some ways actually makes things worse. Spending large sums on starbases and other defenses leaves you with

Reply to Akkan extractor bonus vanishing/extra in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

The extraction bonus provided by the Akkan is only temporary, and disappears after a few minutes. This appears to be working normally.

Reply to Stardock releases new Outlaw Sectors DLC for Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion in Press Releases (Sins) Sins Forums

[quote who="Aaron1138" reply="23" id="3641846"]ON a similar note, I still see that AIs give up too soon. Is there a way we can toggle the conditions somewhat? Sometimes I just don't get why an AI just surrenders when they still have a large available fleet and several active planets....[/quote] [b](edit)[/b]: sorry for the wall of text. That ended up way longer than I thought it would when I started hammering away at my keyboard ;-) I did a lot of experimentation

Reply to Rebellion is no fun anymore in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

[quote who="Sheltom" reply="14" id="3641125"]OK well what about the phasic barrier mechanic? It doesn't work like advertised either because what you can do is take manual control of your ships and tell them to keep bombing a structure even though PB has supposedly 'phased it out' and it just keeps on taking damage. What the mechanic does is simply invalidate the structure as a target for a split second which annoyingly makes your ships stop targeting it. They should just replace i

Reply to Rebellion is no fun anymore in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

[quote who="Sheltom" reply="12" id="3641059"]Well I see they made an update for the game but there's still no button to toggle off annoying superweapons and the pirate nonsense is still the same where they attack you every 5 minutes and putting money on another bot player doesn't work to get pirates off your back because the bid is instantly outbid by the bot players and it just goes back on you. It's garbage. It shouldn't even exist.[/quote] Well, most people do turn

Reply to Sins of a Solar Empire v1.85 Change Log in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

Patch 1.85 is available for download on GOG as of this morning, but no sign of the DLC as of yet.

Reply to Sins of a Solar Empire v1.85 Change Log in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

[quote] Added Smuggling Specialization planet development ( Outlaw Sectors DLC Only ): Steal up to 4.5% (1.5% * 3 stages) of global trade income (all players trade income combined) per planet. The maximum amount of global trade profit that can be stolen is 40% across all players. Each stage of Smuggling adds a 25% tax penalty for that planet up to a max of 75%. -This is mutually exclusive with Social and Industry sp

Reply to Rebellion is no fun anymore in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

Again, that hasn't been been my experience. Titans are powerful, but starbases still hold their own against them and with proper support will beat the poorly-commanded AI fleets quite easily. Moreover, if the AI's are allied with each other they have no way of getting experience for their titan other than fighting my forces... and I'm not going to let them kill much of anything. It's rare for me to allow the AI titans to get higher than level 2, if they can

Reply to Rebellion is no fun anymore in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

My experience has been very different than your's. I recently returned after a relatively long absence, and while I've noticed differences in the AI I haven't found it any harder. It still struggles to handle well-defended choke points, while spending copious amounts of money on highly ineffective defenses of its own, and is terrible about committing to losing battles and feeding capital ships and titans with huge amounts of XP. It still can't handle large swarms of bombers an

Reply to Sins of a Solar Empire v1.84 Change Log in Change Logs Sins Forums

Doesn't seem to be live yet for GOG users, but great to hear it's finally coming!

Reply to New Guy in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

[quote who="Scartch" reply="32" id="3631895"]As far as game play goes, I seem to be doing a little better with Rebellion then original Sins. Sure is a lot to it.[/quote] You're probably getting better ;-)

Reply to New Guy in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

[quote who="Scartch" reply="29" id="3631695"] Question, if I may: Along with the GOG download came an item called a "bin file". Its about 1.38 gigs. Any idea what this might be? [/quote] I believe the GOG download is split into two parts. The installer is a small download, and the bin contains all the game data that will be used by the installer. If you've successfully installed and can play the game, then you've done everything corre

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Loyalty drops when you're under the effect of hostile culture. The easiest way to fight culture is with your own culture. You need 3 civic labs (2 if you're Advent) to research the appropriate structure, and it will produce culture that spreads to nearby planets. You will see that phase lanes become colored with your faction color, indicating your culture dominates. Capital ships can also repel enemy culture, but you want them to be leading your forces so don't rely on them. Cultu