GameSpy Previews Sins of a Solar Empire: Entrenchment

It does sound better than the initial description.

I wonder what the small spikey round thing is? It looks like a old sea mine, in space... so im guessing its a mine?

Yep. The preview does also touch on the race-specific minefields that we'll be able to create

I wanna mod it.

Get your chance soon you will, young padawan.

Everybody wins!

  They even tell us how to mod starbases in 'nilla soase

-Use a capital ship that looks like a starbase

-Apply or remove buff to self, switching weapons and engines

-pack it with weapons!

This will actually make modding minefileds in way easier, since I assume they are going to make a proper thing with it instead of a workaround.

Also, that image with the mines, is it me or have they actually started using specular maps properly? That mine texture is superb. I'm definitely going to get this, if only to use it as a reference for my mod work.

Oh. Emm. Gee. I WANTS!!

Just wondering if the developers have thought of the impact of fragmented expansions on online play, though. How will they manage that?

The contents of the expansion will be deactivated when playing with people who don't have it. So if you've got it and another guy doesn't, you can play but you won't have the Entrenchment features for yourself.

Must have! Can't wait till November, its sooo long away.

Looks nice.

Oh, and the concept art is breathtaking.

Sweet, sounds cool and the new space mines may make it easier for the DoV team to add in their own.

"will be rewarded with a defensive platform that makes the Death Star look like a kid's snow fort."

Believe me, some of the stuff we are doing with Star Bases (which isn't in the Gamespy preview) couldn't be done with modding. Likewise with much of the other new material.

Hi Blair, I just want to say that I have so much fun playing this game.  The community is so incredible that I wish it could stay this way forever, posting with such a smart group of gamers, nowdays, is just priceless.  

You know, since we are talking about Star Bases and the snow fort, I have always wished that I could just blow up a whole planet into bits in a game.  Can a Star Base do that for me?  And since Star Bases are such sophistacated structures, could it snatch another structure like a factory or even the super weapons?  For ex. if a Tec Star Base has snatched a Novalith Cannon within the gravity well, then... You know, I am just typing around.

Finally, I do think there should be some kind of rewards for us, the ones who are going to purchase the mini packs, instead of the later full expansion.  The reasons are pretty obvious: 1. We are pretty much supporting the next mini pack, and the one after that with our money and time.  2. We are supporting the Impulse and its future, which is going to be oh so bright, I can see it.  3. The full expansion package is probably going to be cheaper...comparing dl the mini-pack, separately (if you count out the joys).  I am not going to ask for a cake, just some special, and exclusive character portraits for the early buyers. 

P.S. The developers got to fix the online MP starting position problems, and maybe make Heavy Fallout a togglable ability?

Umm being able to play it first is the reward.

I hope they fix the number - to as many as possible - of diffrent types of strike craft entities can hold *hopes in vain*. I need 5.

Anyway, I wonder if this new mechanism for transporting 'platforms' can be used with other stuff.... *goes into Modder Mind Mode*

(If you didn't read it Im refering to: "A deployment cell is built from the capitalship factory which can move through both subspace and phase space. Once you have the deployment cell at the desired location, you can deploy the Star Base which is then immobile. While being moved / deployed the Star Base is very vulnerable which is why you would want an escort fleet (not for towing)." which sounds like good gameplay.)

Any chance that we get some pictures exepct those 3 at Game Spy because this expansion looks awsome, the only problem is that it will be very hard for me to get it (like SoaSE) because I live in Bosnia and Herzegowina

Ok, the spikey orbs are the TEC minefields....pretty obvious, the concept (obvious again)is their Star base, and also the last pic is Advent minefield.

Until this battle station is fully operational, we are vulnerable. The Rebel Alliance is too well equipped, they're more dangerous than you realize...

Quick, they are moveing a Starbase into Sigma 4! We need to attack now!

*Starbase becomes fully opperational*

ITS A TRAP!

... Yeah ...

Can we haz more screens plz ?

The TEC star base looks really cool. I'm really looking forward to this! I always thought that defense was a weak point in SoaSE, now all it needs is a destroyer class.

After reading the preview,Entrenchment seems to be worth buying immediately,rather than waiting for the expansion.

Still,some questions:

1.How to i pay to buy Entrenchment in Impulse?Do you guys accept pay pal?

2.Say i own all 3 mini expansion,how to i get the single player campaign when the retail expansion pack release?Do i need to pay another $10 for the campaign?

I hope that i dont need to buy the retail expansion for the campaign.

1) You'll be able to use Paypal once it's released, I don't think you can pre-order with it.

2) We haven't heard much about this, I don't even know if they know if they'll put the campaign into one of the mini packs or separate. But, knowing SD and IC, they're not the kind of companies that would make folks pay twice. So however they do it, I would be extremely surprised if they didn't make sure those who buy the mini packs pay the same thing as those who buy the full retail package.

I believe that "orgamsmic" would be appropriate here.