Personally I would be excited for the game to be

- made using Unreal Engine 5 with the new tech of the engine, lumen and nanite

- using Vulkan API to allow the game to be played in both Windows and Linux

- has DLSS/FSR to improve fps when zoomed in and out

- Ray Traced lighting, reflection and shadows

- has in-game store to purchase fleet skins, building skins, player frames, player (premium TEC, Advent, Vasari) profile pictures, player logo, extra bgm, episodes of campaign missions, maps for multiplayer, AI scripts, user interface, premium weapon effects, jump effects, phase effects, explosion effects, sky background and mods

- no loot boxes, no gambling, no gacha etc

I'm looking forward to zooming in on the ships during combat to see the weapon effects.

The 27th October will be perfect timing, as I'll have my new rig by then.

Thanks, everyone! I read every comment here and I do share your feedback - the good and the bad - with the team.

We are focused on delivering the best game possible to all of you and appreciate your presence, enthusiasm, and criticism over the years.

Thank you for being here.

I am most interested to see how far the new Iron Engine 3 can push the game. In SINS1 we had huge massive maps - which nobody ever played on because the lag was unbearable when it came to End Game. Most of the time 50-75 Planets was like the max most players would play on.

So my wish list:

- Large galaxy maps (maybe planets in the hundreds if possible?)

- Larger Fleets

- More complex faction mechanics

- More complex Planet mechanics 

- More complex diplomacy mechanics

- Full modding tools and support

Are we finally going to find out what the Vasari have been running from? Will one of the devs please answer this question? We have waited 15 years to know what else was out there......

You guys should really get your act together wtf. Stardock delivers what we longed for and a lot of stuff I read here is hate for choice of publishing. I mean, obviously I'd prefer steam too but now what? Get down of your high horse and support this dev studio that actually wants to deliver what you wanted. If you by no means want the epic games launcher thing, just wait until it gets released else where and remain silent please.

100% the expansion of whatever was chasing the Vasari, either as a story element, or even a new playable race down the line.

So hyped for this announcement.

I had always wished the original game would include some mechanic to introduce a trade off for focus firing (the main weapons, at least) of all ships on a single target. For instance,a suppression effect altering accuracy/output on ships under fire that would be lost if you directed everyone to attack one target.

And I still want my Advent battle balls!

I wish pirates in the game would have unlocked potentials rather than stats increase such as

Threat Level 1

Pirates use outdated technologies of gauss weapons gained from TEC Rebel scientists and focuses on maximizing this single technology to it's best, creating varieties of gauss weapons on their fleets. Gauss weapon is a cheap technology, fires a straight line trajectory and always misses their targets if the target is constantly moving.

Hull, Hull Regen & Armor: Basic

Shield, Shield regen & Shield Mitigation: None

Antimatter, Antimatter Regen & Skill Cooldown Reduction: None

Weapons:

Small sized gauss weapon on frigates,

Large sized gauss weapon on tactical buildings.

Movement Speed: Basic

Fleets: Frigates only (assault & siege)

Capital Ships: None

Titan: None

Logistics Buildings: 1x Frigate Factory (pirates build their fleets instead of coming out of nowhere)

Tactical Buildings: Basic

AI Script: Attack targets with highest bounty, patrols nearby planets to hunt trade ships and resource ships to progressively increase their threat level based on income gained from attacking trade ships, patrol fleets do attack scouts and colony ship but run away when player fleets is in the gravity well, rebuilds defense platform and repair platform if no combat in base gravity well

Diplomacy: Cease fire with rebels and militia, accepts cease fire from TEC Rebel

Threat Level 2

Scientists working in Black Market introduces the Pirate with research papers of outdated shield technologies sold by scientist of other races. Unlocking potentials of pirate fleets and increasing their effectiveness. Meanwhile, pirate's internal scientists created a new prototype of gauss weapon to counter squadrons on their tactical buildings aside from improving their current tactical building and fleet chassis. They also added abilities to their fleets to slow down targets' movement speed and created support fleet prototypes to increase survivability.

Hull, Hull Regen & Armor: +10%

Shield, Shield regen & Shield Mitigation: equivalent to 10% of max hull, 20% of hull regen & 10% shield mitigation.

Antimatter, Antimatter Regen & Cooldown Reduction: equivalent to 10% of max hull, 20% of hull regen & 10% cooldown reduction.

Weapons:

Micro sized gauss weapon on frigates and tactical building (squadron counter),

Small sized gauss weapon on frigates,

Medium sized gauss weapon on cruisers,

Large sized gauss weapon on tactical buildings.

Gauss weapon Trajectory Speed +0%.

Gauss weapon cooldown reduction +5%

Movement Speed: +5%

Fleets: Frigates and Cruisers (assault, support & siege), have shield and antimatter tech

Capital Ships: None

Titan: None

Logistics Buildings: 2x Frigate Factory (pirates build their fleets instead of coming out of nowhere)

Tactical Buildings: Gained shield technology, has repair platforms.

AI Script: Attack targets with highest bounty, patrols nearby planets to hunt trade ships and resource ships to progressively increase their threat level based on income gained from attacking trade ships, patrol fleets do attack scouts and colony ship but run away when player fleets is in the gravity well, rebuilds defense platform and repair platform if no combat in base gravity well

Diplomacy: Cease fire with rebels and militia, accepts cease fire from TEC Rebel

Threat Level 3

Pirate internal scientists managed to get their hands on research papers of capital ship prototypes and railgun system from black market scientists thus mix matching the design with their current technology. All pirate capital ships uses all sizes of gauss weapons. Gauss weapons now have railgun system mixed in their gauss weapons, increasing all gauss weapons' trajectory speed.

Hull, Hull Regen & Armor: 10% > +20%

Shield, Shield regen & Shield Mitigation: equivalent to 20% of max hull, 40% of hull regen & 20% shield mitigation.

Antimatter, Antimatter Regen & Cooldown Reduction: equivalent to 20% of max hull, 40% of hull regen & 20% cooldown reduction.

Weapons:

Micro sized gauss weapon on frigates, capital ships and tactical building (squadron counter),

Small sized gauss weapon on frigates and capital ships,

Medium sized gauss weapon on cruisers and capital ships,

Large sized gauss weapon on capital ships & tactical buildings.

Gauss weapon Trajectory Speed +20%.

Gauss weapon cooldown reduction +10%

Movement Speed: +10%

Fleets: Frigates and Cruisers (assault, support, interrupt & siege), have shield and antimatter tech

Capital Ships: Siege (have shield and antimatter tech)

Titan: None

Logistics Buildings: 3x Frigate Factory, 1x Capital Ship Factory (pirates build their fleets instead of coming out of nowhere)

Tactical Buildings: Gained shield technology, has repair platforms, micro sized gauss weapons added on gauss defense platform

AI Script: Attack targets with highest bounty, patrols nearby planets to hunt trade ships and resource ships to progressively increase their threat level based on income gained from attacking trade ships, patrol fleets do attack scouts and colony ship but run away when player fleets is in the gravity well, rebuilds defense platform and repair platform if no combat in base gravity well

Diplomacy: Cease fire with rebels and militia, accepts cease fire from TEC Rebel

Threat Level 4

Pirates gained planetary shield technology sold by other scientists with objective of protecting its base from players' superweapon. Meanwhile, internal scientists managed to cram engines on their tactical buildings to allow the movement of gauss defense platforms and repair platforms to concentrate their defenses upon large fleets of uninvited guests arriving on their base.

Hull, Hull Regen & Armor: 20% > +30%

Shield, Shield regen & Shield Mitigation: equivalent to 30% of max hull, 60% of hull regen & 30% shield mitigation.

Antimatter, Antimatter Regen & Cooldown Reduction: equivalent to 30% of max hull, 60% of hull regen & 30% cooldown reduction.

Weapons:

Micro sized gauss weapon on frigates, capital ships and tactical building (squadron counter),

Small sized gauss weapon on frigates and capital ships,

Medium sized gauss weapon on cruisers and capital ships,

Large sized gauss weapon on capital ships & tactical buildings.

Gauss weapon Trajectory Speed +30%.

Gauss weapon cooldown reduction +15%

Movement Speed: +15%

Fleets: Frigates and Cruisers (assault, support, interrupt & siege), have shield and antimatter tech

Capital Ships: Assault, Siege (have shield and antimatter tech)

Titan: None

Logistics Buildings: 4x Frigate Factory, 2x Capital Ship Factory (pirates build their fleets instead of coming out of nowhere)

Tactical Buildings: Gained shield technology, has repair platforms, micro sized gauss weapons added on gauss defense platform, can move around, builds 3 planetary shield platform to mitigate 60% bombardment damage (20% per shield platform).

AI Script: Attack targets with highest bounty, patrols nearby planets to hunt trade ships and resource ships to progressively increase their threat level based on income gained from attacking trade ships, patrol fleets attack scouts, colony ship and small player fleets, gauss defense platforms chase down enemy in base gravity well, retreats to nearby repair platforms when damaged, gauss defense platform now prioritize repair platform safety, rebuilds defense platform and repair platform if no combat in base gravity well

Diplomacy: Cease fire with rebels and militia, accepts cease fire from TEC Rebel

Threat Level 5

Pirates hired military officers that were dismissed of their ranks from other races military institution, systematically coordinating their fleets into numerous formations instead of an uncoordinated large fleet without fleet leaders. In addition, pirate scientists successfully purchased titan prototypes from other scientists in black market, and mix matching the design with their current technologies at hand. They also managed to create a massive size gauss weapon variety to be refitted into their titan.

Hull, Hull Regen & Armor: 30% > +40%

Shield, Shield regen & Shield Mitigation: equivalent to 40% of max hull, 80% of hull regen & 40% shield mitigation.

Antimatter, Antimatter Regen & Cooldown Reduction: equivalent to 40% of max hull, 80% of hull regen & 40% cooldown reduction.

Weapons:

Micro sized gauss weapon on frigates, capital ships, titan and tactical building (squadron counter),

Small sized gauss weapon on frigates, capital ships and titan,

Medium sized gauss weapon on cruisers, capital ships and titan,

Large sized gauss weapon on capital ships, tactical buildings and titan.

Massive sized gauss weapon on titan

Gauss weapon Trajectory Speed +40%.

Gauss weapon cooldown reduction +20%

Movement Speed: +20%

Fleets: Frigates and Cruisers (assault, support, interrupt & siege), have shield and antimatter tech

Capital Ships: Assault, Siege, Support (have shield and antimatter tech)

Titan: 1 (have shield and antimatter tech)

Logistics Buildings: 5x Frigate Factory, 3x Capital Ship Factory, 1x titan foundry (pirates build their fleets instead of coming out of nowhere)

Tactical Buildings: Gained shield technology, has repair platforms, micro sized gauss weapons added on gauss defense platform, can move around, builds 4 planetary shield platform to mitigate 80% bombardment damage (20% per shield platform).

AI Script: Attack targets with highest bounty, patrols nearby planets to hunt trade ships and resource ships to progressively increase their threat level based on income gained from attacking trade ships, patrol fleets attack scouts, colony ship and small player fleets, gauss defense platforms chase down enemy in base gravity well, retreats to nearby repair platforms when damaged, gauss defense platform now prioritize repair platform safety, rebuilds defense platform and repair platform if no combat in base gravity well

Diplomacy: Cease fire with rebels and militia, accepts cease fire from TEC Rebel

Threat Level 6

Pirates are now confident with their fleets, revoking cease fire agreement with all TEC Rebels, recreating the Great Equalizer for all players and work solely for bounty and gold. Pirates now created a movable starbase at their base gravity well to maximize their own security.

Hull, Hull Regen & Armor: 40% > +50%

Shield, Shield regen & Shield Mitigation: equivalent to 50% of max hull, 100% of hull regen & 50% shield mitigation.

Antimatter, Antimatter Regen & Cooldown Reduction: equivalent to 50% of max hull, 100% of hull regen & 50% cooldown reduction.

Weapons:

Micro sized gauss weapon on frigates, capital ships, titan and tactical building (squadron counter),

Small sized gauss weapon on frigates, capital ships and titan,

Medium sized gauss weapon on cruisers, capital ships and titan,

Large sized gauss weapon on capital ships, tactical buildings and titan.

Massive sized gauss weapon on titan

Gauss weapon Trajectory Speed +50%.

Gauss weapon cooldown reduction +25%

Movement Speed: +25%

Fleets: Frigates and Cruisers (assault, support, interrupt & siege), have shield and antimatter tech

Capital Ships: Assault, Siege, Support, Interrupt (have shield and antimatter tech)

Titan: 2 (have shield and antimatter tech)

Logistics Buildings: 6x Frigate Factory, 4x Capital Ship Factory, 2x titan foundry (pirates build their fleets instead of coming out of nowhere)

Tactical Buildings: Gained shield technology, has repair platforms, micro sized gauss weapons added on gauss defense platform, can move around, builds 5 planetary shield platform to mitigate 100% bombardment damage (20% per shield platform), 1 starbase.

AI Script: Attack targets with highest bounty, patrols nearby planets to hunt trade ships and resource ships to progressively increase their threat level based on income gained from attacking trade ships, patrol fleets attack scouts, colony ship and small player fleets, gauss defense platforms chase down enemy in base gravity well, retreats to nearby repair platforms when damaged, gauss defense platform now prioritize repair platform safety, rebuilds defense platform, repair platform, and starbase if no combat in base gravity well

Diplomacy: Cease fire with rebels and militia, revokes cease fire from TEC Rebel

played sins for years, its one of my go back to games when im bored, currently on 777 hours on steam, im hoping to get answers on who chased the vasari out of there own turf, as for gameplay im just happy that it will be updated and made for modern machines, every year at some point i would google sins 2 to see if any updates, then out of the blue i checked last night and and seen sins 2 i couldnt believe it after all this time, and i never get this way about a game, within 2 minutes i had downloaded epic and bought the pre-order, i then read all posts i could find about the game, youtube, steam, here, a big topic that stands out is it ons epic, i see soo many people angry about that and tbh i dont get it, everyone should just buy the game, support the development and enjoy the final game when its out.(keep in mind i dont know why people hate epic before sh*t posting me   )

Happy to see Sins 2, not happy about Epic exclusive   will get it when it goes to steam waited this long can wait a little longer. 

This is quite a welcome announcement. But:

• don't save in the wrong place: offer localization
• release on GOG

I'm super excited to see Sins 2 actually be announced! I've been playing off and on since the 2008 release, I still have my boxed copy of the original, and my collector's edition of Rebellion. I'm most excited for improved late game performance, but I'm also hype for everything else, including any extended lore. The story of this game has a lot of potential, I think.