If I could use PayPal to pre-order, I would probably do it, but by the time I will be able to, during the beta, the discount will be over, which defeats the purpose of pre-ordering in the first place.

... the purpose of pre-ordering Sins games has always been to gain access to the beta.

I don't know if I'll be able to bring myself to do it in the next couple days before the discount ends.  The player counts for people who play real Sins games (online multiplayer PvP) are so low that I don't think I'd want to shell out $30 for it.  For me to want to purchase it, it's going to need to bring hundreds of new people online, which means that Rebellion needs to sell to a new crowd of people who never played any of the earlier Sins games and who support online multiplayer PvP.

I'll probably break down and order it in a couple days, but I'll feel like I'm taking a huge gamble.

Not for me.. Just showing support for the devs really.

Please remind me what else beside bigger ships and rebel factions.  I haven't read anything regarding game play and how rebel factions work in the general game play.  I don't have enough information to pre-order.  Also, Impulse is now Gamestop product and I don't use Impulse anymore.  Can I get update without Impulse?

No, you cannot get updates without Impulse. Impulse is still the same relatively unobtrusive platform it always was, though. Kinda like how the local Del Taco changes management every 5 wks but the employees are always the same.

i bought main game and all other in impulse - cant register the serial numbers to get discount ;/ 

Got a bit of a problem - I got the discount when I pre-ordered a few months ago, but my credit card got cancelled accidently by the credit company and I received a new credit card, instead. Since my original payment method is no longer valid, what can I do? How can I update my payment method for a pre-order? Or will it simply ask me for a different payment method when the expansion will be released?

Or better yet - should I cancel my preorder and preorder again using my new credit card?

Thanks!

For sales/ordering issues please e-mail sales@stardock.com and they will get you sorted.

oh i sorted it - seems that i have 2 account using the one from impulse works  

Short List of New Rebellion Features:

• 12 all new ships
• 2 new structures
• 6 new tech trees
• 6 new factions (subfactions of the original 3)
• New victory conditions (including updated Diplomatic Victory condition)
• New scenario maps
• Updated capital ship balance and level 4 abilities for each
• Improved AI
• Updated Galaxy Forge w/trigger system for more interesting map designs
• Updated graphics w/shadows, in-game anisotropic filtering, many new updated particle fx, skyboxes and more
• Plus a bunch of other stuff

On top of everything that's already been added to the game, much of which is also being tweaked in some fashion.

Sounds awesome! Can't wait until it comes out.

Yarlen, is Impulse Reactor still a go as the replacement for ICO?  If so, will the beta be using that platform or the ICO platform?

What, I haven't heard about any new structures before, I wonder what those will be.