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[Orb]

I figure this deserves a bump. The last patch just added teleporters, tweaked a lot of unit stats, and redesigned orbital. It's almost an entirely new game.

Spoiler: Paraphrase of changes, if anyone is curious (click to show/hide)

>Units and defenses cost less, but are less effective. Gameplay overall is more "spammy" and less deathball/teching. You'll generally see a lot of groups of units moving around very early game.

>Bomber behavior has been changed. T1 bombers drop one bomb on target, and are effective against raiders and artillery. Gunships were added for T2.

>Pelters were nerfed hard. They fire slower and have a higher arc but have an area of effect. They also didn't receive the cost reduction.

>Combat engineers were added. They cost more, but have a larger repair radius and have more health. They can also build landmines. Generally considered OP due to commander repair power.

>T2 bot artillery was changed to be a sniper bot.

>Orbital has been redesigned. All orbital buildings are much cheaper and can be built at T1. Orbital defense satellites can be launched and
the advanced orbital units (fighters, solar, laser) can only be built by an orbital fabber. Also radars are much cheaper but are as effective as their land based counterparts.

>Teleporters. Look and work a lot like stargates. Teleporters are T1 and have to be connected to another teleporter to work. They require positive energy to operate and can instantly teleport anywhere (even between planets). If your opponent isn't paying attention, you can also use enemy teleporters.

[Rakonas]

Apparently it's in "Gamma" now. Anyway I just got it for $30 on steam and it should still be that cheap for the next 24 hours.
I had a crash on startup which was somehow fixed by running the game in compatibility mode for windows 7 despite already running windows 7, if anyone has a similar problem in the future.
That said, anyone here play this still?

[Aklyon]

I can play it now (as compared to the nope of before), but I want to see the new PoE stuff first, Rakonas. That and I have no idea how to play, I haven't palyed SupCom in awhile.

Also, I haven't heard of anyone making a 'Gamma' since MechQuest. Which was a browser game.

[Rakonas]

It's definitely got a big learning curve. I think I understand why most the games in the lobby are more than 1v1: it's really impossible to practically manage every aspect at once. I played against the AI for a bit and really got a taste of how great the game can be but I felt I couldn't compete because it's too much management to expand and produce constantly.

[Aklyon]

It's definitely got a big learning curve. I think I understand why most the games in the lobby are more than 1v1: it's really impossible to practically manage every aspect at once. I played against the AI for a bit and really got a taste of how great the game can be but I felt I couldn't compete because it's too much management to expand and produce constantly.

I'd looked at the interface a bit yesterday, and one thing I noticed that I know very well from AI War: Loop build. Setup the queue, make sure its on loop build, try not to run out of resources, set a rally point somewhere. It should keep going while you focus other things.

[ductape]

need more feedback before I decide to purchase!

[Djohaal]

The game is shaping up nicely. Still not totally content with their balance direction (I hoped a more turtle-focused approach like supcom, but it'll be moddable  ) but it has improved a lot. Map loading is much faster now too.

[Aklyon]

need more feedback before I decide to purchase!

Look at some of pamatches videos on youtube. Dunno if theres any gamma matches yet, but they've got plenty of games of PA to look at.

[Orb]

I have to agree, the game is shaping up nicely. I'm part of the tournament community and I've almost won a few tournaments (curse you Godde!). The game still isn't ready for orbital yet, though. I mean sure, it's playable, but orbital in itself is still a gimmick unfortunately, at least in a competitive 1vs1.

AI is decent if you don't want to play against other players. It's made by Sorian, so someday we're going to enter his AI into our tournaments and see how far it gets.

Lots of fun doodads in already, such as teleporters, combat engineers, and formations.

Game balance has been out of whack since last December as the devs try to iron something out. I also don't like where they're going with it (early teching). But that's what mods are for. 

Overall, I think it's worth a purchase. I've put over 240 hours into PA and I feel like someday it will be better than Supreme Commander. It just needs a little more shine.

Note: Gamma won't be doing much gameplay wise. They're just adding in community features (such as a 1vs1 ladder). So it's a good time to jump in as game features will remain pretty stable.

[Retropunch]

Any further news on this? I've held off buying as with this kinda game I think it's easy for it to look awesome but actually be pretty boring after you get over the novelty factor. I watched the videos and it looked great, but I'm still very much on the fence - anyone care to share more of their thoughts?

[etgfrog]

while its interesting...its annoying since if the servers go down your galactic war game vs ai disconnect

[BigD145]

while its interesting...its annoying since if the servers go down your galactic war game vs ai disconnect

..... what?!

[etgfrog]

while its interesting...its annoying since if the servers go down your galactic war game vs ai disconnect

..... what?!

yes, if your in the middle of playing galactic war, it will keep your overall war progress but even if your 2 hours into a battle you will get kicked if you either lose internet or if the servers goes down since the game still needs to confirm every move with the server apparently.

[hermes]

So, the devs did a quick look over at Giantbomb... here.  Aside from initially failing to do what they were trying to do for 30 mins by accidentally winning the game, I have to say I was pretty underwhelmed.  The game has been in development for such a long time now I feel (almost 2 years by the age of this thread), nothing really leapt out and grabbed me and said, "hey, this game looks awesome to play!".  The planetary collision... not epic.  I'm willing to assume that with a few more months of polish the gameplay and atmosphere will be better, but the rather dull and technically bungled demonstration didn't fill me with confidence.

[Orb]

The game doesn't have a lot of "cool" stuff yet, like in Supreme Commander.  Stuff like the unit cannon or death stars have been put off quite a bit by the team.

To be honest, there's still not a lot of content yet unless you plan to play competitively. The random maps are a lot of fun for competitive battling, and the sphere maps are really a different beast altogether compared to the standard RTS. However, if that doesn't really interest you then it might be a good idea to hold off until release. At release they'll release the servers so you can play offline or host your own servers. The modding scene should be able to supplement the lack of content.