So what are your answers to the Question of the Day? Let me know them in the comments below guys! 🙂 === *Timestamps* _(I forgot in description lol)_ === 🔹 *Intro 🔹 **0:00* 🔹 *Rebellion Faction Changes 🔹 **1:26* 🔹 *Empire Faction Changes 🔹 **6:38* 🔹 *Black Sun Faction Changes 🔹 **10:15* 🔹 *Outro 🔹 **19:15*
It's pretty crazy to think I've been playing this freakin' game for that many years. Also with EA's exclusivity gone the chances are probably pretty good, especially with such an active modding scene for the game. Last we heard Petroglyph pitched a game to EA that they didn't respond to, so I have to wonder if they are going ahead with it now under a new name. I'd be surprised if we don't hear about an Empire at War 2, Rebellion 2 (or reboots of either) in the next year or so.
All of these great interviews and reveals have me in the hype train says something about the mod that we are getting press releases, systematic updates, and essentially dev interviews. More professional than most game studios
The ship roles is the main thing I'm most excited for. Makes it necessary to actually think about ship weaknesses but you have options to make interesting fleets to cover those weaknesses. How do you cover the Empire's capital ship weaknesses to star fighters and Corvettes? Do you exploit MC80s having weak hulls? Am I crazy for wanting to make a fleet of all Hammerheads and just throwing them at things? Yes, but crazy can be fun.
I absolutely love AOTR and am really excited to see the new version! It makes ground combat tolerable and even fun in a lot of cases, and also takes ship combat to a new level. Can't wait to try it!
Ive always been a TR guy, cause I could just never really get down the very powerful starfighters in AOTR, but I guess it worth a second shot now that this update is coming out.
I’ve been enjoying this mod for years now. One of its strengths is the original scripting added to it. There’s just a few minor tweaks that would make it stellar. I’d love to help with the writing. Where can I sign up?
You know what i love about this mod, the storyline and missions. It gives the game a somehow different dimension. I hope soon the Black Sun could get a storyline. I would love to aquire some elite units with a criminal rescue mission hehe
I just want to know where my Corellian Destroyers went for the Black sun. I remember using them alot 5 months ago, but I just can't find them on either Ship traders and Ship Refitters on a Level 3 station.
This sounds awesome! But I'm petrified by part of the Empire and the Black Sun getting territory tweaks to make some areas more effective to hold and the Rebellion getting places more spread out and their early targets more fortified.. And harder to break through to get your territory together..
Rebels get a shit load of Spec Op Units(plus Stealth Heroes). Assuming that ground warfare hasn't changed since 2.8 you can always go that route. My favorite unit are the Spec Op Sniper Teams. I found a bug in their programming where if after they fire if you turn them around and then turn them back towards an enemy they will cycle their shots faster. Snipers can usually one-shot non-hero infantry and can deal a respectable amount of damage to vehicles. That and the AI typically doesn't counterattack if you're just picking off a unit or two every couple of seconds.
@@generaljimmies3429 as a Empire player I HATE spec op raids but I respect the mechanic as it makes me have to keep strong ground bases on every planet cause those damn rebels will hit anything not properly defended on the ground causing a waste of my space investments
If you could create your own Star Wars era, what would it be called? Mine would be known as the United Republic era, I just turned the Republic into a true republic
Basically an era of mult-faction conflict somewhat akin to the Thrawn Era, but the New Republic is the ascendant and dominant faction while other new powers that aren't just Imperials rise to challenge them and eachother.
These mods always look incredible then I play them and just go crosseyed looking at: "Why is there dozens of flavors of basic foot infantry?" Like space ships and vehicles I can pick out roles and needs and costs at a glance. That stuff is fine. It's just imo, "soldiers with guns" have like a dozen flavors and skill tiers and I have no idea what is or isn't a waste of my time or resources. I barely think it's even worth the stress of "inventory micro-managing" all the types. I'm sure if you play EaW mods long enogh you crave the more and more complexity, but to new players it's boggling at a glance if all these types are even necessary? I'd love examples for all of them. I need a tutorial or something that rolls the infantry options into far more broad strokes. Cheap but weak. Expensive but elite. Fast with X weapon, slow with X ability, stuff like that.
I agree, I would love a stripped down version of AotR. For example just ships, vehicles, infantry and heroes off of the new canon. Maybe even start the timeline after the clone wars, then to the battle of Yavin and then Endor and into the new republic era. The empire focusing on the Tarkin doctrine of power and fear with the star destroyers then after Endor the units are more anti fighter based due the rebellions superior fighters and pilots and the lessons learned from Endor. The rebellion starts with small hit and run ships then unlocking bigger frigates then the MC75 then the liberty and independence MC80 variants then onto the MC85. The black sun I would replace with crimson dawn from solo and clone wars. With unique ships from the different criminal organisations and old clone wars tech as well.
@@MartinFinnigan I don't even need even nearly that. I just want "Soldiers with Gun" to be rolled into fewer types of units because in game design, there's a point where the return on investment for complexity doesn't work for most player's playstyle options. Look at every unit and say "Who is this for?" and see if anything supplants or power creeps into obsolescence. Trim the fat.
While I agree a more expanded tutorial would be nice, I disagree with the idea of simplifying the mod. There's always the base game if you want that, or other mods. But it's really not all that hard to grasp. You usually only have access to the tier 1 units (with a few exceptions - there are a couple Tier 2 buildings on a couple planets to start with) and there should really only be 3 types of infantry per tier (excluding unique/ special planetary units); Basic infantry, anti-vehicle / weapons teams, support (medics/mechanics, etc.). I don't know if they've made any big changes to the infantry in 2.9, but it's really not too complex. To begin with just make a lot of the tier 1 stuff, and make sure to bring medics and mechanics with if you can. You can always experiment with the units in a skirmish to find their strengths, or ask the mod board on Steam or whatever other forum. Or watch any number of videos that cover it ;-)
I feel exactly the same. I tried the tutorial they gave in game but it didn't really help much. Something I also find difficult is like what you said all the different types and I don't know which is best. And the space combat, yh it's getting some changes sure but for example the fog of war, makes no sense to me. Were in the future, sensors in the star Wars galaxy detect things that are possibly 3 times as far as the moon away but when ever I start a space battle I can't see shit.
@@ii-vadersfist-ii501st3 Actually, star wars sensors are notoriously bad. That's why capital ships have windows on exposed bridges and the targeting screens look only slightly better than a game of pong. The sensors are really only good for getting an idea on the bigger stuff. Notice how when you have large capital ships outside in the fog of war you can see the shape on the mini map? That's what the sensors are good for. "Its out there, we just need a visual."
@ Mr. Prez, PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE let us play the minor factions! Also, will Corellia ever get a unique defence station or at least a heavy discount to the destroyers to whoever owns the planet?
Honestly I think having Black Sun having the Intersections might potentially be a NERF to the them, because it kind of stretches their supply lines out into more vulnerable areas.
Good mod, not great, but ok...Pirate factions are extremely overpowered (both canon and not canon) who can bypass your frontline worlds with Lucrehulk ships and attack systems as far as the deep core undeterred and undetected which is a problem that I hope gets fixed with the new update. The economic deficit is worst here than in the vanilla games. You basically stretch your forces thin trying to keep pirates off your systems (pirates need a huge nerf) and remove their ability to summon CIS capital ships. My other issue comes when they end up cornering the rebels and take their systems even before you can climb out of deficit to stop these pirates. Played sessions where the rebels simply barricaded their 2 or 3 systems left while the pirates conquer 3 quadrants of the galaxy which is unfair for the main factions. Again, all pirate factions need a huge nerf and remove their ability to build massive armadas for less $. This mod should be called (Awakening of pirates, not rebellion) since they can barely fight to hold their systems.
I've honestly never had issues against the black sun. Just keep corruption in check the best you can and have at least okay, well rounded fleets and the squishiness of their units will show it's ugly head in a big way.
Cmon Lucasarts...l've played this game for 8 long years and still no new games such as this (star wars only l mean) since 2007...Even new fans are coming into the game...How much more mods and popularity do you want till they make new games such as this???? #The good old days xD
So what are your answers to the Question of the Day? Let me know them in the comments below guys! 🙂
=== *Timestamps* _(I forgot in description lol)_ ===
🔹 *Intro 🔹 **0:00*
🔹 *Rebellion Faction Changes 🔹 **1:26*
🔹 *Empire Faction Changes 🔹 **6:38*
🔹 *Black Sun Faction Changes 🔹 **10:15*
🔹 *Outro 🔹 **19:15*
I just wanted my PC to run the mod
@@neves5083 I Know the feeling
@@neves5083 We did testing on low end machines to improve frame rate, so it should be better
@@mr.president7190 Great
Sometimes it’s hard to believe this game came out 15 years ago and it’s still hasn’t gotten a sequel. I hope that changes one day.
It's pretty crazy to think I've been playing this freakin' game for that many years.
Also with EA's exclusivity gone the chances are probably pretty good, especially with such an active modding scene for the game. Last we heard Petroglyph pitched a game to EA that they didn't respond to, so I have to wonder if they are going ahead with it now under a new name. I'd be surprised if we don't hear about an Empire at War 2, Rebellion 2 (or reboots of either) in the next year or so.
Honestly everything, but to me the most I’m looking forward to is the space combat overhaul.
The new pathfinding is something I'm looking for the most! Finally!
The new AI is pretty exciting. Having the computer use ships properly against you is awesome.
This is going to be amazing
Hello fellow early person.
Yes
All of these great interviews and reveals have me in the hype train says something about the mod that we are getting press releases, systematic updates, and essentially dev interviews. More professional than most game studios
The ship roles is the main thing I'm most excited for. Makes it necessary to actually think about ship weaknesses but you have options to make interesting fleets to cover those weaknesses. How do you cover the Empire's capital ship weaknesses to star fighters and Corvettes? Do you exploit MC80s having weak hulls? Am I crazy for wanting to make a fleet of all Hammerheads and just throwing them at things? Yes, but crazy can be fun.
I absolutely love AOTR and am really excited to see the new version! It makes ground combat tolerable and even fun in a lot of cases, and also takes ship combat to a new level.
Can't wait to try it!
i like the mc75 and would be nice if we got more canon mc special from that comic where the mon cala fleet trying to escape the empire
Ive always been a TR guy, cause I could just never really get down the very powerful starfighters in AOTR, but I guess it worth a second shot now that this update is coming out.
It was the other way around for me 🙃
I’ve been enjoying this mod for years now. One of its strengths is the original scripting added to it.
There’s just a few minor tweaks that would make it stellar. I’d love to help with the writing. Where can I sign up?
You know what i love about this mod, the storyline and missions. It gives the game a somehow different dimension. I hope soon the Black Sun could get a storyline. I would love to aquire some elite units with a criminal rescue mission hehe
I just want to know where my Corellian Destroyers went for the Black sun.
I remember using them alot 5 months ago, but I just can't find them on either Ship traders and Ship Refitters on a Level 3 station.
This sounds awesome! But I'm petrified by part of the Empire and the Black Sun getting territory tweaks to make some areas more effective to hold and the Rebellion getting places more spread out and their early targets more fortified.. And harder to break through to get your territory together..
Rebels get a shit load of Spec Op Units(plus Stealth Heroes). Assuming that ground warfare hasn't changed since 2.8 you can always go that route.
My favorite unit are the Spec Op Sniper Teams. I found a bug in their programming where if after they fire if you turn them around and then turn them back towards an enemy they will cycle their shots faster. Snipers can usually one-shot non-hero infantry and can deal a respectable amount of damage to vehicles.
That and the AI typically doesn't counterattack if you're just picking off a unit or two every couple of seconds.
@@generaljimmies3429 as a Empire player I HATE spec op raids but I respect the mechanic as it makes me have to keep strong ground bases on every planet cause those damn rebels will hit anything not properly defended on the ground causing a waste of my space investments
@@alekheil9579 Black Suns too
I am so excited to play this!! Hope it’s soon
Super excited to play this new update!
What are you most waiting for in update 2.9.....yes!
Somehow algorth knew i liked this old gem. Ty fot vid i'll ddff check it out
If you could create your own Star Wars era, what would it be called? Mine would be known as the United Republic era, I just turned the Republic into a true republic
Deviantart era
- Charlie
Basically an era of mult-faction conflict somewhat akin to the Thrawn Era, but the New Republic is the ascendant and dominant faction while other new powers that aren't just Imperials rise to challenge them and eachother.
@@KaiserMattTygore927 cool
9:48 saw a mission to go north on ecks stream lol
These mods always look incredible then I play them and just go crosseyed looking at:
"Why is there dozens of flavors of basic foot infantry?"
Like space ships and vehicles I can pick out roles and needs and costs at a glance. That stuff is fine.
It's just imo, "soldiers with guns" have like a dozen flavors and skill tiers and I have no idea what is or isn't a waste of my time or resources. I barely think it's even worth the stress of "inventory micro-managing" all the types. I'm sure if you play EaW mods long enogh you crave the more and more complexity, but to new players it's boggling at a glance if all these types are even necessary? I'd love examples for all of them.
I need a tutorial or something that rolls the infantry options into far more broad strokes. Cheap but weak. Expensive but elite. Fast with X weapon, slow with X ability, stuff like that.
I agree, I would love a stripped down version of AotR. For example just ships, vehicles, infantry and heroes off of the new canon. Maybe even start the timeline after the clone wars, then to the battle of Yavin and then Endor and into the new republic era. The empire focusing on the Tarkin doctrine of power and fear with the star destroyers then after Endor the units are more anti fighter based due the rebellions superior fighters and pilots and the lessons learned from Endor. The rebellion starts with small hit and run ships then unlocking bigger frigates then the MC75 then the liberty and independence MC80 variants then onto the MC85. The black sun I would replace with crimson dawn from solo and clone wars. With unique ships from the different criminal organisations and old clone wars tech as well.
@@MartinFinnigan I don't even need even nearly that.
I just want "Soldiers with Gun" to be rolled into fewer types of units because in game design, there's a point where the return on investment for complexity doesn't work for most player's playstyle options.
Look at every unit and say "Who is this for?" and see if anything supplants or power creeps into obsolescence. Trim the fat.
While I agree a more expanded tutorial would be nice, I disagree with the idea of simplifying the mod. There's always the base game if you want that, or other mods.
But it's really not all that hard to grasp. You usually only have access to the tier 1 units (with a few exceptions - there are a couple Tier 2 buildings on a couple planets to start with) and there should really only be 3 types of infantry per tier (excluding unique/ special planetary units); Basic infantry, anti-vehicle / weapons teams, support (medics/mechanics, etc.). I don't know if they've made any big changes to the infantry in 2.9, but it's really not too complex. To begin with just make a lot of the tier 1 stuff, and make sure to bring medics and mechanics with if you can.
You can always experiment with the units in a skirmish to find their strengths, or ask the mod board on Steam or whatever other forum. Or watch any number of videos that cover it ;-)
I feel exactly the same. I tried the tutorial they gave in game but it didn't really help much.
Something I also find difficult is like what you said all the different types and I don't know which is best. And the space combat, yh it's getting some changes sure but for example the fog of war, makes no sense to me. Were in the future, sensors in the star Wars galaxy detect things that are possibly 3 times as far as the moon away but when ever I start a space battle I can't see shit.
@@ii-vadersfist-ii501st3 Actually, star wars sensors are notoriously bad. That's why capital ships have windows on exposed bridges and the targeting screens look only slightly better than a game of pong. The sensors are really only good for getting an idea on the bigger stuff. Notice how when you have large capital ships outside in the fog of war you can see the shape on the mini map? That's what the sensors are good for. "Its out there, we just need a visual."
Great Video!
I have a question so with the minor factions will smuggling cause their AI
@ Mr. Prez, PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE let us play the minor factions! Also, will Corellia ever get a unique defence station or at least a heavy discount to the destroyers to whoever owns the planet?
I think the Dark Times sub mod is aiming to make the CSA playable
where do you get this mod
Say when are they going to make this possible to play
Holy crap i'm just picturing the black sun washing over the entire south galaxy geonosis forces plus everything else could take literally every planet
Honestly I think having Black Sun having the Intersections might potentially be a NERF to the them, because it kind of stretches their supply lines out into more vulnerable areas.
Not if you build the defense stations, but the catch there is _you’ve gotta afford it._
Quick qustion, is this mod multiplayer compatible (Galactic conquest) yet?
it is, you can find multiplayer players on our discord
@@mr.president7190 Thank you very much!
Does this mod have the executor or mandator lines?
both
I cant wait for this mod aotr 2.9 to play empire baby, can ask the devs if can add more canon hero's please.
Does this mod heps land battle ai too?
yup, we have done a lot to make ground combat fun, a not completely brain dead AI is a huge part of that
OMG SO AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I wonder if the Liberation had changed at all
it has
OOOO can’t wait to see
How fun is the black sun?
very
I don't really find the pirate/underworld part of star wars very interesting and so I resent the fact the black sun is so good lol.
Soon TM
MC75!!!!!
Good mod, not great, but ok...Pirate factions are extremely overpowered (both canon and not canon) who can bypass your frontline worlds with Lucrehulk ships and attack systems as far as the deep core undeterred and undetected which is a problem that I hope gets fixed with the new update.
The economic deficit is worst here than in the vanilla games. You basically stretch your forces thin trying to keep pirates off your systems (pirates need a huge nerf) and remove their ability to summon CIS capital ships. My other issue comes when they end up cornering the rebels and take their systems even before you can climb out of deficit to stop these pirates. Played sessions where the rebels simply barricaded their 2 or 3 systems left while the pirates conquer 3 quadrants of the galaxy which is unfair for the main factions. Again, all pirate factions need a huge nerf and remove their ability to build massive armadas for less $. This mod should be called (Awakening of pirates, not rebellion) since they can barely fight to hold their systems.
there are campaigns without the black sun, and we did touch up the economy too
@@mr.president7190 can't wait to try it with the new updates...Hopefully Empire and rebels will be able to hold their own against these pirates.
I've honestly never had issues against the black sun. Just keep corruption in check the best you can and have at least okay, well rounded fleets and the squishiness of their units will show it's ugly head in a big way.
Cmon Lucasarts...l've played this game for 8 long years and still no new games such as this (star wars only l mean) since 2007...Even new fans are coming into the game...How much more mods and popularity do you want till they make new games such as this????
#The good old days xD
corruption system is annoying
Path finding 😂
First