Maybe I am just feeling really sentimental because of the holidays but you guys are the best.

Branching research paths is the only thing I can think of.  You can do a branch, but not many branches.

What hasn't been done in SOA2 is replacing older era models with stuff designed for Sins, that's just not going to happen because there are so few modelers interested in doing it.

I guess everyone is more critical of their own work.  Seriously you did a nice job on the models.  And everything really.  I have never played and said, "Jesus I'll just wait till they finish it."  I've enjoyed it every step of the way.

I asked because I was listening to a member of another well known Star Trek mod and he was saying that the "Sin-ness" of the engine got in the way a lot.   

Maybe for you modding guys it's more like Sins just won't put the cap back on the toothpaste and that slowly eats away at you until one morning the police arrive to find a grizzly scene.  

From all of us, we who have benefited so greatly from your beneficence, our sincerest warmest hopes that you and yours have a trouble free life from here on out. 

So say we all.

Boomshanka!

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TBH i am amazed you pulled off "legit" cloaking to begin with! The best i could hope for in the beginning was a bad "effect", and invulnerability until the effect ceased. It meant nothing because you can still see the ships on the empire tree, and on the map. You still can see the ship on the empire tree, but the way it is now adds to the suspense, because you cant see the ship itself on the map. Its perfect if you think about it. You know the ships are there, but you just cant find them.

You're right.  It plays with your head a whole lot more to know something is there but not what or how many.  

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Haha. Wow. I am always getting my ass kicked by the Borg. At least on large maps and one of the Borg opponents set to hard.   

Female Shapeshifter: Is something bothering you? 
Weyoun: Apparently, uh, I was under the mistaken impression that all Federation territories would fall under my jurisdiction, including Earth. 
Female Shapeshifter: And so they shall. 
Weyoun: But... you promised the Breen... 
Female Shapeshifter: I would promise the Breen the entire Alpha Quadrant, if I thought it would help win this war. 

And so to politics I turn.

The "Founder" is wise in all things.

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Yes, some of them are over a decade old, made for games back when we had 256 megs of ram if we were running serious hardware.

Unfortunately I am not a modeler. What percentage of ships need work done?

Try not to take any of this personally. I am just making a statement in general. This is what 99.9999% of the responses we receive are when we ask for any kind of modeling help. Something along the lines of "I cant make a model, texture, or i can't mod at all, but I'll be more than happy to "play test" the beta for you". It has been that way since 2008 when the project started. Don't get me wrong. We appreciate the enthusiasm, but how does this help us?

To be brutally honest without new models then there Is Nothing to play test. The game play is pretty much done. Short of little things here, and there. So what we really need now are 3D, and 2D Artist. However very few artist over the past 6 years have volunteered. Their work shows, It's brilliant, and its Greatly Appreciated. I damn sure can't do it all by myself. I Tried! Not Happening.

And before you ask. Yes i have considered asking the Armada 3 team for help, and NO we are NOT merging the mods.

Unless we get new Art into SoA 2. We are pretty much stuck doing game play changes.

Understood. No offense taken.

I also echo SilentWolff's thoughts. 

I'll run this post by myfist0, our contact email is soa2 at hotmail.ca.

Any help is greatly appreciated!