You guys must realise that a boxed expansion is way off the timeline. Probably a year plus. The first micro expansion also got delayed...so you can guess lah how long will the boxed expansion take to be released.

Yeah,probably more than a year from now.

Damn.

I'm gonna pre order today and get the beta I'll report back to you guys about it once i have got it.

would like to hear from u soon.

Hope to hear some review from you.

Some screenshots too.

Argh. So this or the boxed expansion? Damn...

Just a small tease of Entrenchment...screnshot of loading screen and tech research.



Its still not out yet...These were posted by Brad Wardell. Note the new defense research tree.

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Added on December 17, 2008, 1:12 ampost by developer



This post has been edited by frags: Dec 17 2008, 01:12 AM

Here's some shots to give you an idea of the new features(some of it)...sneek peak...I've been playing TEC only for a while...haven't gone deeper yet...


You can place mines in a sector...


And they pop out...each mine will then be built by the constructor...it takes very fast to complete one mine.


Anythin that goes over this is dead meat...Mines can only be detected by scouts...The scout has limited mine sensor range and will only reveal it for limited amount of time.


New Rulov Heavy Contructor. The only constructor that can build your star base. It will be consumed when you build a star base. Move this to any sector that you want to have a star base.


This is where i wanted to place my star base


And its done...A bit too fast right now...But i'm sure it will be tweaked.


This is interesting...you can upgrade your star bases...with many different things...

Apart from these...they have added a defense tech tree and removed the hangar bay and gauss cannon part from the military tech tree and put it in this defense tech tree. Flak cannon on hangar bay and extra guns on gauss cannons. New torpedo/missile units to destroy structures, instrumental in taking out star bases. Plus all the new stuff of the other factions....minor engine tweaks...some new particle effects...

I might have missed some...but in a nutshell Entrenchment adds a much needed dynamic in the game. It really improves what is already a great game. Obviously with Beta 1.0 its not quite perfect...no proper balancing done...with things like cost of producing these new units and build times, range all seem a bit off. But I'm sure things will get better as Ironclad irons out these issues....no pun intended... It is Beta after all.

Oh btw...you cant move your star base ...It is stuck to where you build it...except for the Vasari, they can move their star base in the same sector/grav well that they are built in(they cant phase jump...thank god). You can have more than one star bases...no unit cap...but i think you can only have one in a single grav well.

PS : Sins of A Solar Empire was picked as IGN's Best PC Game of The Year

EDIT : The AI also seems to have been tweaked to be more aggresive with attacking your defenceless sectors.

This post has been edited by frags: Dec 17 2008, 06:27 PM

Mind showing these new ships? Also the Advent starbase.

Thanks.

Entrenchment looks good now.Those addons are much needed in the game,especially the bland late game.

Here's a few more screenshots(you can try to guess which one is from which faction)


Now this one is scary...you see it moving towards you as you warp into enemy grav well








Couldn't get all new units yet...still playing the game...

PS : Any one of these star bases may look slightly different from other screenshots that are press released due to the fact that...the upgrade path may be different or haven't upgraded yet...the star bases will sport the new upgrades on them.

Yeah,i saw the TEC starbase lack of a few things like the Koi's main weapon and a frigate factory.Looks smaller too.

Advent one looks good.

Thanks for the screenshots.

wow... I might still keep Sins in my drive yet. Thanks for sharing.

A little something I did. These are entrenchment footages. Nothing else better to do

Nice video.

The star base looks very fragile,though.Die so easy one.

Is it true that mines are very imba?

Yes...mines are imba...but I'm sure they will tweak it...next stage of beta should be released soon...

As for the star bases...without upgrades they are about 3500 HP...but there is an armour upgrade that will make it 9000HP

Damn long waiting for these guys to update the beta lah...currently it is 1.0(plus one hotfix for a crash issue)

PS : Next beta should be good...especially when they have taken into account the feedback from the community...interesting to see what changes they make for balance...And just need to state...this is a REAL beta...not like Relic's DoW2...which is mostly stress testing network, or looking for network issues...

This post has been edited by frags: Jan 19 2009, 09:32 PM

9k for a star base?

Thats too much la.If im not wrong,6k is the max life of a cap ship.

I think 9k is okay if they make it really expensive...the general consensus right now is that...starbases are too cheap...and its effective range too small...

Yeah,it looks scary,but when you fight against it,it's weak.

I played easy AI le Just for the footages only...they never upgrade their starbase much.their economy hurt because i expanded faster and stop them from expanding..Also don't forget that Ironclad has introduced a new torpedo/missile unit....for you know that death star like eperience...they will be vital for taking the fully upgraded ones down.

A starbase that has its weapons sub system fully upgraded now can eaily take down a bunch of frigates in a matter of second...I'll see if I can make a new video with an upgraded starbase of mine

This post has been edited by frags: Jan 19 2009, 09:44 PM

Actually,how many new ships did they introduce in Entrenchment?

I know there is the starbase deploy ship and the missile ship.Is there any more?