Stardock and Ironclad Games will release a brand new DLC for their popular real-time 4X strategy game, Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion, Monday, December 17. Minor Factions adds 15 brand new minor factions, bringing a whole new strategic dimension to the game. Players will need to compete against their enemies to exert control over upstart forces that have emerged outside the boundaries of the great powers.
In Minor Factions, players will need to persuade the factions to join their empire through the use of diplomatic envoys. Convincing these factions to ally with them will grant the player access to their unique abilities and advantages.
The DLC includes 15 new minor factions like the fanatical Nilari Cultists, who indoctrinate nearby populations for their suicidal rampages, or the Grost Scrappers Union, which can perform armor retrofits and convert obsolete frigates into profitable scrap, and the Viturak Transport Cabal, who will grant access to black market Vasari travel technology.
Each of the 15 factions provides abilities and advantages that are unique to their theme and role, including mercenaries, xenophobes, pacifists, used ship dealers, demolition experts, resource miners, resistance fighters, arms dealers, and more.
Sins of a Solar Empire blends the epic strategy and empire management of the 4X genre with the tactical elements of real-time strategy. You are the leader of a civilization embroiled in a galactic war, fighting for the survival of your entire race against relentless foes, and every decision you make counts.
Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion - Minor Factions is $5.99 and will release on December 17, 2018.
To learn more, visit: www.sinsofasolarempire.com
Contact: press@stardock.com
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@Ryo_Wufei: There are no plans, at this time, to bring this DLC to GOG. If and when that changes we will be sure to make an official announcement about it. I ask that you please do not necro old posts.
@SchismNavigator: Thanks for the quick reply.
Rest assured, the purpose was not to resurrect an old topic for pleasure.
I hope you will forgive a fan, but as you may have noticed, this game meant a lot to me and my group of friends. Sadly, since the abandon of GOG, we could not find another game that everyone enjoys as much. Playing with an outdated version leaves a bitter taste and buying it again on a different platform is a no go for most of us.
The communication of Stardock on the topic has ben abyssmal (I am not blaming you specifically but that's a fact that must be acknowledged). I can totally see how these situations are handled "by the book". However please understand that putting this under the carpet will leave it pending there and it does not make the situation clean for some of your customers. In other words, "there are no plans for now" means either that it will never happen (in a sneaky way) or that it may happen at some point (which makes it relevant to check in every other year or so, especially when the game receives updates).
That being said, here is what happened : I accidentally realized that there were some "recent" updates on the game with the 1.95 patch which made me wonder if the game had been updated on GOG. Looking for that info, I found those recent comments from customers. I checked in GOG and saw that the latest DLC was still absent. That's why I decided to share these comments in case they had not been seen (and somewhat hoping they may add more opinions and updated context to that debate... if it really exists).
To my knowledge, this post (despite being old) was totally related to the content I added. Should I have created a new topic ?
@Ryo: I understand and appreciate the frustration the situation currently presents. Nothing would make me happier than just to announce a release of the DLC on GOG for you guys. I don't want to say something concrete unless... well I can do so with confidence though. We're going on break for the holidays right now but I will try to get some better clarification for folks if I can.
As for future discussion of this topic I don't mind people starting a new thread if you feel there is enough cause for it and people want to add their voices. But the purpose of this thread was to discuss the DLC's original release that is quite a few months old now.
Understood and thanks for the kind reply This will be my last post on this thread, great holidays to you.
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