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Reply to Interdictor ship needed badly in singleplayer and other issues in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

I like the idea of a "interceptor" class ship that prevent other ship to jump away from the current zone (in our case the current gravity well). IT would require a big research investment though. I ran into the same problem in one of my games and splitting your fleet does help. Eventually, the enemy fleet was pin to a system and decided that jumping wasn't an option so I destoyed their last capital fleet and it was done for. When you win a game they could reward you with someth

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Reply to Games for Windows podcast in Sins News Sins Forums

These guys are actually very fun. I laughed very hard this morning when one of the host described a game with multiple other players online and he bribed the pirates to attack an ally and that ally sent him a message saying something like " If I ever discover you're the one who sent those pirates on me" and the host basically was back on his guards wondering "can... can... can he found yout?" That was funny.

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Reply to Turning off Space Pirates in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

[quote] Let's do an unscientific poll: Who here would like to see a game setup option of: A) Toggle Pirates off on (easy to understand) B) Slider setting Pirate strength (more flexible but more complicated) C) Keep it as it is. [/quote] how about D) slider for frequency of the pirates, no need to "modify" their strength. This should be easier to modify. But if I had to choose, it would be B, then A.

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Reply to Turning off Space Pirates in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

[quote] You can make a map with no pirates on them. Just go to the map designer make a new map with no space pirates. The pirates being in a given game is dependent on the map. [/quote] Brad, for some of us, at this point so early with the game, this is more of a burden than a fix. I can understand that Pirates are an integral part of the gameplay (even if I think they are not well implemented) but AT LEAST, you should introduce the option to modify the frequency of the

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Reply to Is it easy to play? in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

[quote]It's difficult to stop playing. It's 6:02 in the morning here. The dirty Vasarians just overwhelmed my Kol and Akkan forward line with a large group of Skirantra Class Fleet carriers, now they're pouring into the inner worlds and ripping apart my infrastructure, they already sterilied my Homeworld. I thought we could find a way to make peace and prosperity for both races. Those filthy animals don't have a word for peace in their language, but they have over 40 for war. Now we, w

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Reply to A few recommendations in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

[quote] 2. Winning by culture needs to be re-examined. For my first game against an easy AI I conquered every single planet/planetoid except his homeworld and he somehow managed to subvert my capitol and cause it to go to 0% loyalty using a single media center. My homeworld . (And yes, I know the proper counter is to build a media center but this was on an 8 planet map. I didn't even have enough logistical points to climb the entire tech tree, much less have spare

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Reply to Booooo Canada!!! in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

[quote]Ordering directly from stardock is unfortunately way too expensive given: 1) I want a real manual, not a .pdf so digital alone is no good, not to mention paying $5 more for a download than getting the box makes no sense 2) 39.95 in the store vs. $49.95 U.S. plus $20 shipping is ridiculous...a surcharge of $30 on a $40 game is simply not reasonable. The collectors extras are nice and all but I can live without a mysterious soundtrack which I am sure isn't worth $30. <

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Reply to first impressions from a newb... in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

I'm about in the same situation as you. I have limited RTS skills which mostly date back to starcraft and warcraft 1 to 3. I do have Galatic civilization 2 and can win games at normal and the level after that (still need to try a harder level). Just bought the 2 GalCiv2 expensions so I need to spend more time there. anyway, There I was thinking I could do this game easy so I picked the first scenario too but made the mistake of choosing Normal. the game quickly became a race fo

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Reply to First time playing this sort of game, and i feel..... in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

What I'd like to get is a small Guide on the Tech tree and how each path provide what benefits in the end based on playstyle. I liked one of the guide made by someone from Stardock I believe for Galactic Civilization II Dark Avatar. It had nice information on how to get starting. Personally, I'm still clueless about which researches items are really worth it and which should be invested in or not base on situation. A nice guide with all Tech items, description and how

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Reply to Day 1 Patch in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

There is one, click on the "update" button on the mail screen of Sins game and you'll be sent to a page on their website to download a "bonus package". For people who bought and are downloading the game directly from Stardock Central, it comes included with the download. The real question would be what exactly is the content of the bonus package...

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Dark Avatar Manual download in Dark Avatar GalCiv2 Forums

Hi All, just recently bought The Dark Avatar expension along with the TA expension as download only from Stardocks. I understand TA is still in beta phase but was wondering where I could download the Dark Avatar user manual that you would normally get if I would have bought it retail. thanks,

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Reply to Game manual and Tech tree card download for those who bought the download only version in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

[quote]The manual is included with the game download. The other Collector's Edition materials will be released tomorrow. We want to focus on getting people the game today. [/quote] thanks for the information. Do I have to physically go to the game folder to get the manual because it did not create any shortcut to the manual when I downloaded the retail version today.

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Reply to Launch Day Is Here! in Sins News Sins Forums

Anyone knows where you can download the user manual/ tech tree if you choose the "download only" version of the game from Stardock?

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Game manual and Tech tree card download for those who bought the download only version in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

I was wondering, I bought Sins from Stardock as a download only. I understand that I won't receive a box version of the game BUT I should be able to download a PDF version of the user manual and tech tree card. Maybe they are indeed avaiable, I just couldn't find them. Could someone point me to where I can go to download them and print them for myself? thanks,

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Reply to Galactic Civilizations II: Twilight of the Arnor preview in GalCiv Journals GalCiv2 Forums

[quote] finished product? What your waiting for is three complete games for the price of 1. No, it's not the reason. I just don't like to run after each expansion and patch...and as Stardock produces a lot of patches/improvements (which is good) i prefer to get the product when everything is there...that'

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Reply to GalCiv2 Expension pack bundle on TG.NET in Galactic Civilizations II Stardock Forums

So basically, will a expension bundle for GalCiv2 be availablt on TG.net at a reduce token price soon? There are no plans for that that I'm aware of, particularly since 6 tokens is roughly $42, already cheaper than the bundle price. Yeah but if I buy 10 tokens... I'll be 1 short to get all of what I need. I don't want to buy another 10 tokens just because I need 1.

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GalCiv2 Expension pack bundle on TG.NET in Galactic Civilizations II Stardock Forums

Question, on the www.galciv2.net website, you have the option to buy a bundle for both expension pack for GalCiv2. I own the game but never bought the Dark Avatar exepension. I'm interested in getting them both and I also wanted to get Sins of the Solar empire. So I figured that Buying a TG.NET membership would be the cheapest way to get everything. BUT, On TG.NET website, the "exepension bundle" is not showing up so each expension is 3 tokens. I'd figure that they would bundle both for

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Reply to Beta Vs. Final in Beta Feedback Sins Forums

Better graphics, nice but features wise, what has been added or twinked between beta 4 and the final release ?

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Reply to 5$ more for the digital version compare to the retail version? in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

[quote]Retailers tend to get pissed if you price match or undercut them, so we have to charge the full MSRP. Even if we did sell the standard edition box, we would have to charge $44.95 plus shipping & handling. [/quote] Hopefully this won't come out bad but here it goes: How come, any, all other website/services distributing games on release through the Internet either sell for the same price or sometimes lower than retail? Don't retaillers get pissed at them? I don't think so sin

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5$ more for the digital version compare to the retail version? in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

That puzzle me. I'm a little low on money right now (wife is not working) but I'm really interested in the game. Now it will retails at 39.99$ in store but if I want to get it, I have to wait for them to get the game (and in Canada, it's often 1 or 2 days after the US street date). I'm considering buying it from Stardock, but it seems they are charging 5$ more for the same game, digitally, than the retail version which comes with a DVD, box and manual? am I missing something?

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