Hello Distant Stars players!!!
We are pleased to start promoting a community around the mod we love to create and you love to play!
This topic is to help promote online play. No matter what you play, PvP, PvAI or PvPvAI! We will be having regular game times for everyone to gather and join up playing Distant Star!
The meeting place for setting up any Distant Stars game is currently Channel 'Distant Stars' on ICO. Once your there feel free to set up games among each other! Another thing we would like to promote is using Distant Stars in your game name. For example here are some game names: Distant Stars 1, Distant Stars 2, etc etc. You are all smart people. A Quick Rundown:Where:Ironclad Online (ICO) the ChannelDistant Stars; Also our Teamspeak channel.When:WHENEVER!
Teamspeak:
We have recently started using Teamspeak to exapand the fun we can have. We encourage you to drop in and socialize with us! Any questions about the status of the channel can be directed to -Ue_Carbon.
TS SERVER INFO:
Address- 69.61.15.106
Port- 4293
Channel- Sins of a Solar Empire
Also we would like to get a list of ICO players names so we can all add each others as friends, to set up games beyond the set game time listed above.
Current ICO Players Names:Ryat-Ue_Carbon PbheadDraakjacktOranosRoesh Free TradersSyneptusVonlesto{SB}=>Dead_rat{SB}=>WarfleetMr.G
Feel free to post up game time beyond the current set times, and letting us know your ICO name so we can add you to the list!!! We will hopefully see some of you ingame!!!
Warning:
Be sure to turn your graphics settings down to lowest and turn off all of the special effects like bloom and skyboxes... You're dealing with net traffic and other people's computers so to avoid unnecessary desyncs or disconnects, do your part and turn everything down.
We also suggest you Trim your Empire Tree to reduce mid-end game lag. Play with only the minimum ammount in your Empire Tree as you need!
It was funny though. After you dropped, Pb's fleet was right on top of us and all we had managed to do was take out 16 bombers before his AI ally brought a massive fleet into my star and dropped two of my starbases there forcing me to pull out and head back since I didn't have any fleet at all behind them... Guess I forgot to upgrade them after I got done upgrading the one's I put at yours and Oranos's stars to hold up any counter attacks.
I think the bomber attack power is fine, with the numbers that were there, they're supposed to be able to do crazy damage even to a starbase, however, their armor needs to be changed so that a grouping of flak frigates equal in number can pop them just as easily... Or just make flak frigate damage crazy as hell so that the appropriate counter is to build up those.
it was just the armor thay had as much as some of my cap ships its nuts lol
OP has been updated with game times and Teamspeak information.
Also please note that I will be trimming the ICO player list within the next week or so. Currently only a handfull of listed players are ever seen.
and some of us are not listed at all
yeah. But that's okay, Draak. As long as we find some way to beat Lead Head, who cares about the list.
Edit: Just changed my timezone and clock to 24 hours, now this is gonna be fun watching people say times without timezones now that they're not common to everyone. =]
lol, well when the list is cleaned i'll make sure your name is up there in BOLD letters. Drak, only b/c I care. As to beating Pb...dont let him build carriers. I think we could of had him on the Ashes of TEC if I had know he had gotten a colony ship out or had been faster.
We might also wanna see about playing with a quick minimod that increased the damage flak does to bombers. Though this will also affect other ships with that armor type but I dont see that being a problem...yet. Also thought about reducing the damage bombers do vs cap slightly in the minimod. Very slightly b/c I dont wanna make them useless. Bomber will still rock against structures and HC. Another thing Ive played with is increasing damage fighters do to bombers but there increasing it more kind leads to everyone going all fighters b/c bombers dont get a chance. Though maybe thats what needs to be done, to promote some fleet synergy. Take out the fighters first with flak or other fighters then release your bombers. *shrugs* Ive not spent much time other than changing a few numbers and playing 10 mins or so in the Dev.exe.
I'm taking a break from the MP until I get my router situation resolved (it resets after a couple of hours). With luck I'll find a good one on NewEgg.
Honestly, I've never had a problem with my Linksys or Belkin. I have the linksys (BEFSR41) hooked up to my modem with two PCs and the belkin hard wired to that, and my belkin (F5D7230-4) provides my laptop with a wireless connection as well as a few of my neighbors when they're over. They're older (Have had the linksys for a bunch of years, and the Belkin for a couple) so likely cheaper, and so far for me problem free.
Very understandable there Grey. Hope to see you back in the saddle soon.
Insert "Starwars: NOOOOOOOOOOOO!" button here. ='(
The NOOOOOO! button
I'm using a D-Link currently. I'll look into a Lyksys or Belkin.
Thanks
Kevin
I LOVE this discussion about all this "how to beat PB" stuff... I feel like trying advent tonight... but only if its a max of 2v1 (or 3v2), OR 3v1 (or 2v4) and no one plays vasari... cause phase missles + shields = bad.
Unfortunatly, I feel like i am going to be a bit late for tonight. Planning on watching Avatar with a few friends at 7:00 PM... and its a 2 hour and 40 min movie...
One day... It may not be today, it may not be next week, maybe not even next month or year... But one day... We will beat you.
lol maybe we do get beter all the time
thay shut down our SERVER on TS lol
Why!?
i dont know shoud we remake on the fast team speak sirvere from befor?
hey its back up woo
After reviewing the play:
The vicious AI is lame. If yall remember playing Into the Breach....4 mins into the game one AI had 22 techs done, the rest right behind him. We had combined all 5 of us.....1 tech reserached. Yeah, and im convinced they can insta research.
There are some serious undocumented cheats or its just bugged.
it's one of those overcoming the odds kinda cheats.
Really? I thought is was 'Im the AI so I can break the rules' kind of cheat.
Actually, it looks like "I'm the AI and like to die to defenses, so I need an advantage somewhere"
Its fun to try to hold out against an AI that is flying heavy cruisers at your little LRMs...
Seriously, I have never fought an AI that plays by the rules and does okay. Humans are too much for their limited programs and so they have to cheat to even begin to compete. Hell, Wing Commander realized that they can't cheat convincingly, so they simply threw tons of em at you.
Woot !!.... stick me on that there list... Apollo30 , i can definatly make the 2nd May not so sure about the 1st tho, as at parents house/dog sitting.. .
Hopefully gets a few decent games in now !!
P.s im not a complete noob to this game but i can handle a couple of norms on my own !! probably nothing compared to you guys, but im willing to give this a shot
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