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Oh I can't WAIT

Oh absolutely. I'm currently trying to just bust out my XCOM recordings so I can get the space on my hard drive but Advent is a very high priority for me

Yeah... Was still learning TEC in this 😅 Can you tell I never played it in the first games? Over 2k hours combined in Trinity and Rebellion, nothing more than the Trinity tutorial was TEC for me

We shall see what new things they add. It's not supposed to be a direct sequel as much as it is a remake and upgrade of the core engine, models, and mechanics. I do think they are planning to introduce the evil thing the Vasari are running from based on marketing, but not sure what that will entail

Expected in August!! So close

Gonna do a playthrough with only scout and colony frigates at some point

It's canonically taking place during Rebellion, so it's not a full remake. But it is a new engine and new base mechanics

I have heard it's Frank's Red Hot in the original recipe. I prefer garlic Tabasco, myself

Thank you! The items for planets, ships, and stations is a great system and I love the way it allows fleet customizability. Multiplayer should be pretty awesome

The game is fully released through their website which links through the Epic Game Store. It is not yet launched on Steam but is coming this summer

Yes, there are research upgrades for it and I do go through them later in the playthrough. And you can build one on each world you own, though I didn't realize that at the time

Thank you! I'll enjoy this play through :D you just got yourself a new follower

Exodus is more militarily powerful but Alliance doesn't have the economic issues that Exodus does. So depends on what you are looking for

I mean... I guess. I'm a Vasari/Advent player myself but a 3-way war is way more interesting

Which TEC

Another player here. Running it on a system that only meets minimum reqs. Zooming in late game battles with ship explosions and abilities galore is a death sentence - fps drops to 15 or worse. HOWEVER, strategic/galaxy view is 60 fps comfortably, zooming is smooth, planetary system view on big battles without getting too close(just close enought to control fleet) holds fine too. So overall I'd say it's pretty good performance-wise.

I have the minimum CPU and it chunks pretty hard late game, but without all of the settings and still in a working build the game is not well optimized yet

It's fully been released, it'll be on Steam this summer but if you go to the game website you can get it now.

@@fractalspecter Thank you!

It's available through the game website and the epic launcher

@@fractalspecter If I get it through Stardock will I get a Steam key on release do you know?

So far it feels great, holding off my complete review until we get Advent and all the new major features

Can you tell I don't ever really play TEC, even in Rebellion? 😂

I think so, but that's kind of a subjective opinion

@@fractalspecter no it is not. Everyone knows what a cartoon is

It's still available through the Sins 2 website, which will go to Epic Games store but hopefully it's out on Steam with the Advent release.

I'm not sure how that would go since you'd be extremely limited to basically just pirate raids after the planets all get colonized. Campaigns for the three main factions would be sick but making 6 different campaigns is asking a lot. Would have to be like Supreme Commander where all three campaigns are fully separate

In this version access to them is extremely limited. From the factions released, only the TEC rebels have a superweapon.

@@fractalspecter That's one superweapon too many :) I played a TON of the original, but only with the mod that let us remove those damned things.

It actually feels pretty good now, and it's range doesn't seem to be infinite from what the AI use with it. When I do my playthrough/faction intro series for the TEC rebels I'll look more heavily into it

@@fractalspecter If there was a COUNTER to them, that would be one thing. But the main problem with them is that they effectively made choke points meaningless if memory serves.

Planetary defense shields are available on every starbase now, planet health is really easy to upgrade, and with the moving planetary systems, the whole dynamic for defense has completely changed. So far Novaliths haven't been that important, but I haven't tested it myself

The graphics update was the April update, check out the videos released this week to see the updates.

WAIT REALLY? That would make a lot of sense, I'll have to watch more carefully on those.

@@fractalspecter Check 18:00 xD Thought you noticed that haha

The most recent videos I have are just after the April update, which includes a complete graphics rework and UI update. Feels way less plastic

@@fractalspecter i see i will check again, because i watch it now and meh i have to see the new versions

This video here is the one where I talk about the April update th-cam.com/video/lAWu-6IdDY8/w-d-xo.html

Yeah, I went through the roadmap and talked a little about it. Sad to see a wait for the Advent but also hopeful it's more complete than the two Vasari releases were. I'm playing on normal for these first playthroughs in order to show off the faction a bit more and not necessarily to into strategy and such. I will be doing higher difficulties for my general games, just with the faction intro ones I'm keeping it easier. Also allows me to explain the mechanics with less likelihood of catastrophe unfolding

I think once the game is fully done with major installments, and more just maintenance updates that could be something to look into! Right now there's still so much on the roadmap

I don't know if it'll be a playable that, though that would be cool. I definitely think it'll be a minor faction like the pirates or a special game mode maybe. Best I think would be to do it like a crisis in Stellaris

Glad you enjoy it! One of my favorite game series for sure

Shhhhhhhhhhhh 😂

It's in a great, stable state right now. Both TEC and Vasari are fully released, including their sub factions. Advent are coming out by mid June, expected to be mid May release. I think right now it feels better than rebellion, there are more expanded features and mechanics, but until we get all the major pieces, I'm holding it to a side grade of rebellion. That being said, this takes Rebellion and runs towards Stellaris and it's currently somewhere in the middle.

I would love to see a campaign as well, I think it could be done like Supreme Commander 2 or like a Galactic Conquest from Empire at War. That being said, plenty of other strategy games don't have campaigns and with each game in Sins supposed to be one of the star systems or sectors out of thousands in the in-universe was, I think a campaign with a canon battle path could be very tricky to pull off correctly.

@@fractalspecterbest option in my opinion would be galactic conquest from Star Wars but after let’s say like “10 in game years” the map expands, you have time to explore your own “sector” first and expand locally, then as time moves on the map expands and you start facing more external threats

Make a mod.

The new road map shown after the full release last month includes a campaign as a future expansion. No idea if it will cover all 3 factions, but a fourth faction will be added as well.

Steam release summer

great news it now wishlist on steam but coming out summer time

Your wish has been granted it's going to come out soon on steam

Next faction will be Vasari Alliance to take advantage of that!

@@fractalspecter I suggest you play on the 10 play map that has the Aluixi dynasty Minor faction

You absolutely should, I loved the first few games and have thousands of hours in Rebellion alone. This one is easily the best and looks so good