I'm in, Stardock should be able to get my issues resolved by then.

I'm also in, I'm buying the game tomorrow, and try to get a feel of it before the weekend.
Could we start it late saturday then continue it Sunday?
Edit: Lol nvm I missed gamgee's post.

We have no idea. This is for next week, but we'll see what people say. It would most likely work best for me that way. Also I need everyone who's going to play post the expansions they have for it. Just so we have an idea of what we're working with.

Full Game + Both Expansions.

Going to have full game and expansions, but as far as I know I have next weekend free so I'll be able to fit into your schedule.

I'll probably buy it within the next few days. Are the expansions truly worth the cash?

I've heard about this game but I haven't played it. I guess I'll try out the Sins http://www.gamefront.com/files/9861753/Sins-of-a-Solar-Empire-Demo/.

Hell yea. Without it there's literally almost no defensive options. Then diplomacy is... alright if you know how to play right. Can certainly give you an oh [censored] means of playing the game if your not faring to well militarily.

I'm up for some heathen purging :hehe: I have both expansions, but very little experience with Diplomacy. Also i've never played online before, so my strategies may not be human-proof

I'm sure most of us svck. I've never played a human either.

Well 6 of us, maybe 8 if the other two toss their hat in. Depending on people's computer we might have to split into two games. If you think 4v4 or 8FFA is too much to handle we might consider splitting into two groups. Up to everyone involved and if they think their computer can handle it.

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Wtf? I hit edit. I thought? Oh well sorry for double post.

My laptop cost 300 dollars. I'm surprised I can play any game made after 2006 :biggrin:

4v4 would be fine with me. FFA would be too much for us newbies to keep track of I think.

Out of curiosity, what does everyone play as? I'm a fan of the Advent myself, but I'll play TEC as well.

My system should be able to handle anything this game throws at it. Though i may not be, smaller games would propably be better for a newbie such as myself. Also FFA or compstomp?

As my first post implied, Advent are my preferred faction, but i'm pretty handy with TEC and Vasari too.
Advent = Culture, shields, and interacting ship special abilities.
TEC = Economy, armor and HP, mass production.
Vasari = Quality > quantity, shield bypass, phaaaaase space

I think the computer can play better than you guys. So it's up to everyone. I wouldn't mind a comp stomp warm up before the main event. Also I play TEC, I love the good economy they have. Good is an understatement. Amazing, they can get other races to buy what amounts to oh so pretty little baubles and trinkets. Capitalism HO! http://nerfnow.com/comic/377

:lmao: BTW, does anyone remember what setting had to tweaked in graphics card control panel to make the little white dots on the edges of ships and planets disappear?

Advent have the best fleet late game if you can survive that long and even half decently micro the abilities to work in conjunction.

Well, got into playing it, and had to again download the http://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/335474. Not a fan of all the gameplay changes, but the new planets, music and eyecandy (like Capital Ship explosions) are very nice.

Well Stardock came through, installing it now. I'll have to pick up the expansions if I can.

Well I bought this game today, played the tutorials (which weren't that helpful ), and I love this game so much. I started up a 2v2v2 map and just copied what the computer did till I got the hang of it. I now have the second largest fleet chillen at our star destroying anyone who enters our system. However one of my outer rim mining colony was roflstomped by pirates while the fleet in that system was colonizing another planet, oh well I guess you cant win every engagement. My computer budy turned out to be pretty stupid as he decided to constantly send small frigates groups to attack the enemy planets.
I cant wait for our game next weekend now.

I like how the game is set up in such a way that you can't always defend all your planets at once. You have to pick and choose your battles, and it adds an extra level of strategy to your expansion as you have to try and expand in such a way that you can get your fleet(s) to all of your planets as quickly as possible if they get attacked.

Heavily defended chokepoints are the key. Defense platforms with repair stations and hangars can keep a planet safe from pirate attacks. Also if you have Entrenchment a combat specced starbase will make a planet's defenses inpenetrable as long as the enemy doesn't have torpedo cruisers. Certain Capital Ships may also be a threath (Vulkoras Desolator and Marza Dreadnought). Mines are also useful in thinning enemy numbers. Vasari don't have anti-structure cruiser, so they have to assault starbases with their own mobile starbase, so if you see a Vasari coloniser frigate near your planet, destroy it immediatly.

Faction's strengths play a role here too, TEC has powerful Gauss Cannon platforms with high HP and armor, and planetary shields to mitigate bombardment damage. Advent are strikecraft masters, their hangars can shield other structures and their defense platforms can support each other if placed close to eachother. Vasari defense platforms' missiles partially bypass shields and disable ships' abilities for a short duration.

Geez, i can write quite lengthy stories about Sins tactics. If only i could play it as well as i can talk about it :lmao:

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Anti-Aliasing; Disable Gamma Correction, Override application setting, 8xQ, incase someone else has this problem.

Heh I want you on my team.

So I finished my first game and I'm surprised by how smart the enemy AI can get at some points. I also hate pirates now, can we not have them on when we play our games?

Sigh, I so wish I had the money to buy Sins: Trinity. This game sounds so awesome, and the repeated mentions of extremely long-lasting matches basically makes it sound like a futuristic HOMM(I've had some epically long matches in HOMM), but with far more complexity.

Well like i said, i talk about it better than i do it :blush:

Pirates can be troublesome, but preditable. There is almost always a single planet they attack, so heavy defenses and a starbase will stop them. Also, you can make them work for you; put bounty on a faction and attack them while they're busy with the pirates.

Well we best start getting the game time ready for this coming weekend. I'm going to need to know when people can play, preferably as soon as possible. I'll also have to get back to people on this though, hope to get an answer within a day or two.

Um, anytime between 8am -10pm on both days. This is in the pacific tz.