They would be useless then. They'll be probably huge, slow moving "battering rams" with dmg bonus vs structures, evil bombing dmg  and some nice abilities (I would bet on AoE dmg or stun). You need to take out heavily entrenched system with fleet defending it? Get titan.

PS I will sell my soul to Ironclad for mobile factory titan for Vasari (as long as TEC doesn't get it!!!  )

Definitely cool but when will you tackle re-doing exploration, its barely received any iteration since the start, and to me its the main vexxing point with the game ive spent countless hours playing. 

i.e. as suggested many times more planet types is a start & strategic celestial* objects

Would also be cool to redo the idea of research its all passive with multipliers, would be cool to make that more interesting, not that it is already interesting.

To be fair though there are many many ways Sins can develop im just glad Ironclad are commited to this awesome game!

I'll continue to buy and support Ironclad.

P.S. can u tell im a Distant Worlds fan kehe.

Thanks

Adam

Yes alive and kicking, nice to see you guys coming back with such awesome news of an expansion.

This is the best news all day! I simply can't wait for this addition, already on board. I hope they can implement some of the suggestions on here, because that would further improve the game quite a bit. I know I for one thought the same way for planets and such. Hopefully that will be in with the improved visuals. Shame there is still no news on any kind of storyline and campaign, but I still have hope. Future DLC maybe?

PS. That Titan looks stellar! Corvette class sounds awesome aswell. Keep up the good work StarDock+IronClad, you folks make a good game.

When I first read this I immediately thought of death golf-balls and snub fighters

I'm  really looking forward to this (gives me more incentive to upgrade my computer).

"Additional capital ship ability levels, for greater strategic choice."
"New Capital Ships:  A new capital ship class arrives, giving players new strategic options."

I haven't seen anyone discussing those two!

Im sure rumours will be going crazy by the time we learn what the new Capital Class will be... 

All the better for Sins of a Galactic Empire, 

- new factions, check
- super-capital "Titan" ships, check
- new capitals and corvettes, check
- Loyalist and Rebel activities, check
- new capital abilities, check
- new lightning and particle effects, check

Pretty much anything that a Star Wars mod can ask for. Beautiful 

 

great news

too bad the weapons will still be purely cosmetic

Hmmm, missed that one.

I honestly don't think too much of it.  You'd need to be level 7 before any new level becomes available, and level 7 is a pretty rare achievement for capital ships.  I can see the motivation to add choice to level 7+, but I suspect it will be an empty choice where you'll continue to ignore one ability and instead pump points into your primary abilities.  A Rapture will still max out either Vertigo or Vengeance and put the odd points into Concentration.  A Dunov will still max two of its abilities and neglect the third.  You'd need to do some considerable changes to the scaling of abilities in order to make it a serious choice rather than an automatic one.

I think SB will stil have a punch vs titan they will just raise hull shield and armor of them. So you almost need titan to kill SB  .

I read no multithreading support.

What about 2GB limit???? 

Me too - so I can crush the pathetic liberal minded clowns and expunge their genepool from the cloning archives.

Edit: Any kind of ETA on this? Is it something you guys have been sneakily working on for a while now... or is it something we will see in a year?

I have a feeling the Rebel faction is the only one that is going to have access to the Titan class ships, just to balance the Titan-Star Base units

I will be interested to see how you have chosen to move forward with a little more freedom afforded by a standalone expansion.

The issue with multi-threading is a mute one as long as the absence of multithreading isn't holding back features at this point.

The issue of the campaign is still valid though one could argue you simply aren't ready, and are therefore wise to hold off until it can be done properly (as long as interest in the franchise doesn't die off).

I think Sins offers a pretty rich experience with regards to strategy already. For me the single biggest step is making the experience more alive and less like a board game. I think you have an excellent oppourtunity to do that with the Titan-class ships given that they cannot be many of them in game, so please pour detail and animations into them and make them appear alive...

I think you are also wise to get in early incase Relic announce a space RTS in August, as you can potentially capitalise on Rebellion first then have the option of developing a full sequel without eating off each others dinner plates so to speak. 

I still think they have to do something to add character and depth somehow. Sometimes at the moment I feel so detached from my chosen faction.

am i the only one who wants to see a titan v titan slug fest, or to watch an oppenents fleet just vanish once it lets all hell loose?