I just came across this interview with Ironclad’s Blair Fraser with 1up.com about the next installment in the micro-expansions for Sins of a Solar Empire.
"The second micro expansion is really about both diplomacy and the non-military aspects of the game which will bring it more in line with the RT4X sub-genre we've labeled it as. Certainly, multiple paths to victory, especially non military paths, are part of that," Fraser said, adding that the introduction of additional game modes that will make the game more multiplayer-friendly is also a distinct possibility, pointing to the user-made Sins of a Solar Empire DOME mod as an example.”
Check out the article at 1up.com.
Manual + website lore + forum releases + original sins trailer + opening cinematic + in-game descriptions. There's a fair bit of lore out there and if you piece it all together the picture is much more comprehensive.
What can I say, I was hopeful. Besides, Annatar always seems to know what's going on...how should I have known he was going to lie to me?
A lot of people typoed it in the forums and I ran with it. It certainly sounds like something the Advent would be involved with, and "entrancing" someone could be espionage/diplomacy, so it's not entirely unrealistic, although I'm not too sure that's what I'd want "Entrancement" to be. Maybe the third expansion...?
Mmm, Advent curves...
I didn't lie! I just said to check again, without any implications.
I covered this, read up
And I think it's been hinted at that the TEC swore a bit more and the Advent were.... rather happy with their blood lust.
Hopefully this will help to clear it up for those that believe that there is no lore in the game right now...there is plenty of lore.
Meh, I disagree. I'm not emotionally attached to the game because I have no characters or story to attach myself to. That's what separates Starcraft from all the others. Or even look at Halo. They both have interesting characters up against insurmountable odds. You feel for them. Emotion is Storytelling 101.
Shouldn't you be asking for more story content ingame, then, rather than a mishmash of more random races?
There will be no new playable factions in the next micro-expansion. It doesn't fit the theme and since we are only charging $10 it wouldn't be cost effective on top of everything else that's being added. As I said in the interview, its about diplomacy and non-military options.
You have a character that against insumountable odds. The TEC. Are they not in their self a character? The game is different that Starcraft or Halo. Those games focus you on a small part of the big picture. Sure you might feel more intimate with the few character those type of game present to you. I for one have found the lack of a campaign or Dev made storyline to be refreshing. I would love for this new expansion to add more back story and more indepth lore. And honestly if you want a character to attach yourself too. Make one up. I have and so have the few ppl I play with. We write our own stories. Play them out. Create our own part of the big picutre. Its the beauty of this sandbox world the Devs have given us. I find myself the opposite of you. I am more emotinally attached to this game than any other game. Only cuz I have taken the void the Devs have given us and filled it with my own story and characters. I suggest everyone do it.
Hot, psionic and crazy women made happy at the thought of eviscerating their foes.....
/as long as I'm not one of their foes
I would never expect it to, in fact it was what I was hoping for for expansion 3 but then I have a sneaking suspicion the 3rd expansion will include something beginning with camp and ending in aign.
Either way I'm a devoted follower already.
Although game lore means very little to me I understand it's importance in terms of franchise and appealing to story lovers.
Completely non-military? Did anyone else hear in that phone interview that they would be doing something to make cap ships more customizable? Or did I just make it up in wishfull thinking?
That was in reference to the future, not the next micro expansion specifically. Even then, it's not a sure thing.
Well, if you decide to do it, it will be awesome. Any little thing to trick out my cap ships is always welcome.
I'll take one Epic Gauss Cannon of Vasari Slaying on my Kol please, thanks.
just a tiny bitist of suggestion: I think 4x games like civ iv and gc ii have been mentioned as examples for the direction it could go. I'd like to point out that some of the mods for the former are really cool and maybe those can give an idea also. some elements from rhys and fall or revolutions mods would be what I'd want in civ V and maybe something makes it into sins. sort of like internal dynamics, secession tendencies, new factions/ nations arising midgame.
Weird that you say it that way...suddenly reminded me of the worlds no.1 RPG, D&D.
"Your thief, after prying the chest and cleverly avoiding the poisoned needle trap has discovered that it contained a sword whos mere presence envelops your group with a desire for bloodlust".
-Group backs away expecting something really mean to happen (wouldn't be the first time).
-The group's fighter turns around and points at black robed figure "Raistlin, identify this item".
After a brief word of magic and some "swooshes" with his hands, Raistlin turns around to face his comrades. "Congratulations my friends, we have just acquired an item of considerable power which may prove to be our salvation out of this place".
-WHAT IS IT? yells the group at Raistlin who once again was just trying to build up suspense.
-My friends, we have just uncovered a +4 Vampiric Greatsword of demonoid-slaying.
(2d12 damage, user recovers hp equal to half the damage dealt, 18-20/x3, slashing, 20lbs, two-handed).
HELL YEAH! The good old days
20 pounds for a greatsword?!?! You'd have problems finding a sledghammer that heavy.
I didn't want to add +5 because that would've been a dead giveaway.. though since I said Epic, it'd have gone up higher
Sorry but I use kilogrammes not pounds...so I make an attempt at conversion!
Complete fail apparently
1kg = 2.2 pounds (lb/lbs)
Thanks!
So I weight 132 pounds, not much for 18 years old (1m75)
I second that. Mmm...
Personally, I am getting tired of patch after patch and then talks and talks about mini-expansions. I want the new material, but i would almost rather you hold it all back and work on it, perfect it, and then release it all at once as Sins Of A Solar Empire II. Even if it takes until next year to do so.
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