Playing Sins of a Solar Empire: Survey

Do you "own" your copy of sins? (don't be ashamed if you don't) yes
Do you own entrenchment? yes
Let say you were to divide you time between Vanilla and Entrenchment sins, what percentage of time do you play Vanilla or Entrenchment? 1% for V 99% for E
Roughly how many hours a day do you play Sins (either)(count mutliplayer also)? 3 to 7 hours
If you play Vanilla Sins, do you play with mods? no
If you answer yes to 5., what mods do you play with?
If you play entrenchment, do you play with mods? yes
If you answer yes to 6., what mods do you play with? distant star
If you play with 2 or more mods on either sins, do you play one more than the other? yes
Do you play multiplayer? and which one (vanilla or entrenchment or both)? no
If you answer yes to 10, do you play with mods?
If you answer yes to 11, what mods do you play with?
Do you think you will buy the next expansion: dipolmacy? Definetly
Of course, do you think this survey is long? nok

1. Yes.  Purchased retail box.
2. Yes.  Purchased via Impulse
3. Vanilla - <1% Entrenchment >99%
4. 5-15 hrs a week (call it 2hrs a day for the avg) 
5. No mods.
6. --
7. No mods. 
8. -- 
9. -- 
10. Yes.  LAN. Entrenchment. 
11. No mods. 
12. -- 
13. Yes. 
14. Yes.  13 Questions seemed to be ok.  14 was excessive.  

1. Do you "own" your copy of sins? Yes
2. Do you own entrenchment? Yes
3. Let say you were to divide you time between Vanilla and Entrenchment sins, what percentage of time do you play Vanilla or Entrenchment? 100% Entrenchment
4. Roughly how many hours a day do you play Sins? 3-12
5. If you play Vanilla Sins, do you play with mods? N/A
6. If you answer yes to 5., what mods do you play with? N/A
7. If you play entrenchment, do you play with mods? Yes
8. If you answer yes to 6., what mods do you play with? Distant Stars, Go Big or Go Home
9. If you play with 2 or more mods on either sins, do you play one more than the other? YES
10. Do you play multiplayer? and which one (vanilla or entrenchment or both)? Entrenchment
11. If you answer yes to 10, do you play with mods? Yes
12. If you answer yes to 11, what mods do you play with? Distant Stars, Go Big or Go Home
13. Do you think you will buy the next expansion: dipolmacy? Yes
14. Of course, do you think this survey is long? Nope, a great idea!

1. YES
2. YES
3. 0% (vanilla) 100% (entrench)
4. 4-8 hrs. per week
5. NO
6. n/a
7. YES
8. RAKK balance mod, Mad Scientist, balknights visuals, Go Big or Go Home, Distant Stars
9. I play the most with the visual mod - cause its pritty
10. YES - Entrench
11. NO - would like too...
12. n/a
13. YES
14. NO - but it is a bit governmental in design...

 

1. Do you "own" your copy of sins?  Yes.
2. Do you own entrenchment?  Yes.
   
3. Let say you were to divide you time between Vanilla and Entrenchment sins, what percentage of time do you play Vanilla or Entrenchment?  Entrenchment--98%.  Vanilla--2%
   
4. Roughly how many hours a day do you play Sins (either)(count mutliplayer also)?  ~3 hours.
   
5. If you play Vanilla Sins, do you play with mods?
6. If you answer yes to 5., what mods do you play with?
7. If you play entrenchment, do you play with mods?
   
8. If you answer yes to 6., what mods do you play with?
9. If you play with 2 or more mods on either sins, do you play one more than the other?
10. Do you play multiplayer? and which one (vanilla or entrenchment or both)?  Both, 98% Entrenchment, 2% Vanilla.
    
11. If you answer yes to 10, do you play with mods?  No--mods are currently not viable for online multiplayer because the player counts are far too low to support them online.
    
12. If you answer yes to 11, what mods do you play with?  If they were viable, I might occasionally play the Go Big or Go Home mod.
    
13. Do you think you will buy the next expansion: dipolmacy?  Hard to say.  I'm taking a wait-see approach.  If it enhances the online multiplayer game and people like it then I'll probably get it.
    
14. Of course, do you think this survey is long?  It's OK.  The biggest problem with the survey is that it's only representative of Sins players who care enough to ever read and register with the discussion forums.
    

1. Y

2. Y

3. 0-100

4. ~4

5. -

6. -

7. Y

8. Mash-up of my Cap Ability, Mad Scientist, Distant Stars, Dynamic, and a bunch of my own changes.

9. All at once.

10. N

11. -

12. -

13. Y

14. N

Do you "own" your copy of sins? (don't be ashamed if you don't)

I do have a store-bought copy of Sins.

Do you own entrenchment?

No, though I will likely buy it soon.

Let say you were to divide you time between Vanilla and Entrenchment sins, what percentage of time do you play Vanilla or Entrenchment?

100% Vanilla, obviously.

Roughly how many hours a day do you play Sins (either)(count mutliplayer also)?

Usually about 30 minutes-2 hours each day. It really does flucuate though, since sometimes I'll not play at all and another day spend a lot longer.

If you play Vanilla Sins, do you play with mods?

No.

Do you play multiplayer? and which one (vanilla or entrenchment or both)?

Yes, vanilla Sins.

Do you think you will buy the next expansion: dipolmacy?

Definately.

Of course, do you think this survey is long?

Not at all.

1. Do you "own" your copy of sins? (don't be ashamed if you don't)
   - I'm not ashamed!
2. Do you own entrenchment?
   - I'm not ashamed here either!
3. Let say you were to divide you time between Vanilla and Entrenchment sins, what percentage of time do you play Vanilla or Entrenchment?
   - Entrenchment 101%. SBs ftw.
4. Roughly how many hours a day do you play Sins (either)(count mutliplayer also)?
   - Ehm... let's see... I launch the game... realize I must build an egg... realize I am further than 3 jumps away from the enemy... realize I have to colonize spam... I get bored and turn the game off in anticipation of a balance patch. About 15 minutes per day.
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5. O        O        OOO
6. OO      O     O       O
7. O  O    O    O         O
8. O   O   O    O         O
9. O    O  O    O         O
10. O     O O    O         O
11. O      OO     O       O
12. O        O        OOO
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13. Do you think you will buy the next expansion: dipolmacy?
    - WELL... mixed feelings here. I probably am, but if there's nothing done to game balance, I will be having many second thoughts before I reach for my credit card.
14. Of course, do you think this survey is long?
    - it's over already? Damn I was just warmin' up.

1. Do you "own" your copy of sins? (don't be ashamed if you don't) 2
   
2. Do you own entrenchment? 2
   
3. Let say you were to divide you time between Vanilla and Entrenchment sins, what percentage of time do you play Vanilla or Entrenchment? 99.9999999% entrenchment
   
4. Roughly how many hours a day do you play Sins (either)(count mutliplayer also)?1-2 average majority not then will play for most of a day
   
5. If you play Vanilla Sins, do you play with mods? rearly just to test issues/ideas
   
6. If you answer yes to 5., what mods do you play with? soa 2 0.3c and others
   
7. If you play entrenchment, do you play with mods?yes
   
8. If you answer yes to 6., what mods do you play with?my uber star bases & phasescouts,dynamic and any other modthat takes my fancy at the time
   
9. If you play with 2 or more mods on either sins, do you play one more than the other? mostly my uber starbase & phasescout & dynamic
   
10. Do you play multiplayer? and which one (vanilla or entrenchment or both)?not yet
    
11. If you answer yes to 10, do you play with mods?not yet
    
12. If you answer yes to 11, what mods do you play with?not yet
    
13. Do you think you will buy the next expansion: dipolmacy? DEFINATLY possibly twice
    
14. Of course, do you think this survey is long? ok
15. harpo

1. Do you "own" your copy of sins? (don't be ashamed if you don't) yes
2. Do you own entrenchment? yes
3. Let say you were to divide you time between Vanilla and Entrenchment sins, what percentage of time do you play Vanilla or Entrenchment? 0-100%
4. Roughly how many hours a day do you play Sins (either)(count mutliplayer also)? 1-3
5. If you play Vanilla Sins, do you play with mods? -
6. If you answer yes to 5., what mods do you play with? -
7. If you play entrenchment, do you play with mods? as of right now, no. i would like to try 7 deadly sins, when update comes out
8. If you answer yes to 6., what mods do you play with? -
9. If you play with 2 or more mods on either sins, do you play one more than the other? -
10. Do you play multiplayer? and which one (vanilla or entrenchment or both)? no, though i am thinking about giving it a try
11. If you answer yes to 10, do you play with mods? no
12. If you answer yes to 11, what mods do you play with? no
13. Do you think you will buy the next expansion: dipolmacy? absolutely
14. Of course, do you think this survey is long? took me all of 3 hours to complete. no, its quite short

   1. Do you "own" your copy of sins? YES
   2. Do you own entrenchment? YES
   3. Let say you were to divide you time between Vanilla and Entrenchment sins, what percentage of time do you play Vanilla or Entrenchment? Current none, before 1.02 ALL ENTRENCHMENT
   4. Roughly how many hours a day do you play Sins (either)(count mutliplayer also)? Currently 0 before 1.02 over 40 hours
   5. If you play Vanilla Sins, do you play with mods? NO
   6. If you answer yes to 5., what mods do you play with? n/a
   7. If you play entrenchment, do you play with mods? NO
   8. If you answer yes to 6., what mods do you play with? n/a
   9. If you play with 2 or more mods on either sins, do you play one more than the other? NO
  10. Do you play multiplayer? and which one (vanilla or entrenchment or both)? NOT CURRENTLY
  11. If you answer yes to 10, do you play with mods? NO
  12. If you answer yes to 11, what mods do you play with? n/a
  13. Do you think you will buy the next expansion: dipolmacy? Depends if they fix the balance. No point in upgrading a game you won't be playing now is there?
  14. Of course, do you think this survey is long? NO

1. Do you "own" your copy of sins? (don't be ashamed if you don't) Yes
   
2. Do you own entrenchment? No
   
3. Let say you were to divide you time between Vanilla and Entrenchment sins, what percentage of time do you play Vanilla or Entrenchment? No idea since I don't have Entrenchment, but if I did, probably all Entrenchment
   
4. Roughly how many hours a day do you play Sins (either)(count mutliplayer also)? Anywhere from 0 to 7 hours
   
5. If you play Vanilla Sins, do you play with mods? Yes
   
6. If you answer yes to 5., what mods do you play with? Bailknight's Graphical Mod
   
7. If you play entrenchment, do you play with mods? N/A
   
8. If you answer yes to 6., what mods do you play with? N/A
   
9. If you play with 2 or more mods on either sins, do you play one more than the other? N/A
   
10. Do you play multiplayer? and which one (vanilla or entrenchment or both)? Not yet
    
11. If you answer yes to 10, do you play with mods? N/A
    
12. If you answer yes to 11, what mods do you play with? N/A
    
13. Do you think you will buy the next expansion: dipolmacy? I wish I could...
    
14. Of course, do you think this survey is long? Answering the questions: no. Colouring the answers in my post? Tedious work.
    

1) yes
2) yes
3) 100% entrenchment
4) usually 1 (less than 1 game per day)
7) no
10) yes (entrenchment)
11) rarely
12) those recommended by friends (to join mod games)
13) very likely
14) yes (you probably could have been more concise with all the mod-related questions)

1. Do you "own" your copy of sins? (don't be ashamed if you don't) Yes
2. Do you own entrenchment? Yes
3. Let say you were to divide you time between Vanilla and Entrenchment sins, what percentage of time do you play Vanilla or Entrenchment? 1% Vanilla - 99% Entrechment
4. Roughly how many hours a day do you play Sins (either)(count mutliplayer also)? Maybe an hour on weekdays, 3-4 on weekends
5. If you play Vanilla Sins, do you play with mods? -
6. If you answer yes to 5., what mods do you play with? -
7. If you play entrenchment, do you play with mods? Yes
8. If you answer yes to 6., what mods do you play with? My own (Sins of the 13th Tribe), 7DS, Requiem, Dynamic Battle, Volumetric Explosions
9. If you play with 2 or more mods on either sins, do you play one more than the other? Mostly it's mine or Volumetric
10. Do you play multiplayer? and which one (vanilla or entrenchment or both)? Occasionally on LAN with my friends
11. If you answer yes to 10, do you play with mods? Yes
12. If you answer yes to 11, what mods do you play with? Volumetric Explosions
13. Do you think you will buy the next expansion: dipolmacy? Of Course!!
14. Of course, do you think this survey is long? No, not really, although in the future you might try Survey Monkey to make it easier to answer.

1. Yes

2. Yes

3. 0%  /  100%

4. around 3 hours

5. -

6. -

7. Yes

8.

9.

10. No

11. -

12. -

13. probably yes

14.yes but just fine

Hmmm.

I own my copy of sins of course.

I own Entrenchment.

I played my last full game of Entrenchment back in April 2009. (best game I had against 4 hard AI)

I played my last full Vanilla game probably in May 2009. (Heavy focus on LRF with small LF clean up fleets)

Yikes!!! I've really been out of the ring for awhile! Too much testing!

1. Yes.  Bought online.
2. Yes.  Bought online.
3. V < 1%; E > 99%.
4. Varies.  About 2 hours or so.
5. -  9. No.

     10. Occasionally, w/my best friend only.

     11/12. No.

     13.  Maybe - I haven't been keeping tabs on it much.

     14.  A few of these could've been meshed together...

1. Do you "own" your copy of sins? (don't be ashamed if you don't) Yes
   
2. Do you own entrenchment? Yes
   
3. Let say you were to divide you time between Vanilla and Entrenchment sins, what percentage of time do you play Vanilla or Entrenchment? Entrenchment > 99%
   
4. Roughly how many hours a day do you play Sins (either)(count mutliplayer also)? 0-5 depending on the day.
   
5. If you play Vanilla Sins, do you play with mods? I don't play vanilla anymore.
   
6. If you answer yes to 5., what mods do you play with? Used to play sins plus.
   
7. If you play entrenchment, do you play with mods? Yes
   
8. If you answer yes to 6., what mods do you play with? Requiem, Mad Scientists
   
9. If you play with 2 or more mods on either sins, do you play one more than the other? Requiem
   
10. Do you play multiplayer? and which one (vanilla or entrenchment or both)? Not often
    
11. If you answer yes to 10, do you play with mods? nope
    
12. If you answer yes to 11, what mods do you play with? nope
    
13. Do you think you will buy the next expansion: dipolmacy? probably
    
14. Of course, do you think this survey is long? No, but some of the questions could be combined.
    

1. Do you "own" your copy of sins? (don't be ashamed if you don't) yes
2. Do you own entrenchment? yes
3. Let say you were to divide you time between Vanilla and Entrenchment sins, what percentage of time do you play Vanilla or Entrenchment? 100% Entrenchment
4. Roughly how many hours a day do you play Sins (either)(count mutliplayer also)? less than 1hr per day, I used to play more but in all honesty the skirmish mode of gameplay gets kind of dull pretty soon.
5. If you play Vanilla Sins, do you play with mods? - Yes
6. If you answer yes to 5., what mods do you play with? - my own custom B5
7. If you play entrenchment, do you play with mods? Yes

8. If you answer yes to 6., what mods do you play with? - my own custom B5
9. If you play with 2 or more mods on either sins, do you play one more than the other? -
10. Do you play multiplayer? and which one (vanilla or entrenchment or both)? No, I do not like MP systems which allow players to hide their identities or thier rank/game history. With RTS games this is much more important than other genres and spoils the whole experience so I just don't go there.

11. If you answer yes to 10, do you play with mods? N/A
12. If you answer yes to 11, what mods do you play with? N/A
13. Do you think you will buy the next expansion: dipolmacy? Possibly I am concerned that IC are focusing too much on expanding gameplay updates rather than adding depth to the game with graphical improvements, story, characters and campaign. So we will see soon enough too early to say for sure.
14. Of course, do you think this survey is long? No but it does ask a lot of questions about mods.

1. Do you "own" your copy of sins? (don't be ashamed if you don't) Yes
2. Do you own entrenchment? Yes
3. Let say you were to divide you time between Vanilla and Entrenchment sins, what percentage of time do you play Vanilla or Entrenchment? 100% Entrenchment
4. Roughly how many hours a day do you play Sins (either)(count mutliplayer also)? was 9, closer to 3 now that i work
5. If you play Vanilla Sins, do you play with mods? Only with Mods (though most mods nowadays are for ENT), and only if its a fantastical mod at that
6. If you answer yes to 5., what mods do you play with? N/A
7. If you play entrenchment, do you play with mods? Yes
8. If you answer yes to 6., what mods do you play with? Distant Stars, Stargate Races, Star Wars Requiem, 7DS (when it comes out for Entrenchment...), Stargate Invasion (when it comes out), plus other utility mods and some other mods-in-progress
9. If you play with 2 or more mods on either sins, do you play one more than the other? Atm, Distant Stars is the most complete and gratifying of all the mods i have/like. So yes, i do, but its more out of necessity than anything else, as most other mods are still in early-mid beta form. (That said, i love DiSt, so id probably still play it alot regardless).
10. Do you play multiplayer? and which one (vanilla or entrenchment or both)? No
11. If you answer yes to 11, what mods do you play with? Id like to, but i dont play MP so...
12. Do you think you will buy the next expansion: dipolmacy? Yes
13. Of course, do you think this survey is long? Its fine, it asks what it needs to pretty concisely

1. Do you "own" your copy of sins? (don't be ashamed if you don't) Yes, Digital copy
   
2. Do you own entrenchment? Yes
   
3. Let say you were to divide you time between Vanilla and Entrenchment sins, what percentage of time do you play Vanilla or Entrenchment? about 20/80
   
4. Roughly how many hours a day do you play Sins (either)(count mutliplayer also)? Haven't played in months now
   
5. If you play Vanilla Sins, do you play with mods? yes
   
6. If you answer yes to 5., what mods do you play with? mans00ters effect mod (whatever it's real was)
   
7. If you play entrenchment, do you play with mods? yes
8. If you answer yes to 6., what mods do you play with?  mans00ters effect mod (whatever it's real was)
9. If you play with 2 or more mods on either sins, do you play one more than the other?
10. Do you play multiplayer? and which one (vanilla or entrenchment or both)? no
    
11. If you answer yes to 10, do you play with mods?
12. If you answer yes to 11, what mods do you play with?
13. Do you think you will buy the next expansion: dipolmacy? yes, $10 are ready to go as soon as the beta is announced
    
14. Of course, do you think this survey is long? not at all, compared to many others
    

Are you planning to make some sort of summary from these answers?

More than likely

1. Yes, 2 copies
2. Yes, 2 copies
3. 100% Enctrenchment
4. When I do play it, it'll be on a streak of 3-4 days, 8+ hours each time. (I can go a few weeks without playing it... it's very draining)
5. N/A
6. N/A
7. No
8. N/A
9. N/A
10. Yes, Enctrehcment
11. N/A
12. N/A
13. Yes, I hope it adds more content than just 'diplomatic' stuff though.
14. No.

1. Do you "own" your copy of sins? (don't be ashamed if you don't) YES
2. Do you own entrenchment? YES
3. Let say you were to divide you time between Vanilla and Entrenchment sins, what percentage of time do you play Vanilla or Entrenchment? 100% Entrenchment
4. Roughly how many hours a day do you play Sins (either)(count mutliplayer also)? 0 these days waiting for Diplomacy
5. If you play Vanilla Sins, do you play with mods? NO
6. If you answer yes to 5., what mods do you play with? NO
7. If you play entrenchment, do you play with mods? NO
8. If you answer yes to 6., what mods do you play with? NO
9. If you play with 2 or more mods on either sins, do you play one more than the other? NO
10. Do you play multiplayer? and which one (vanilla or entrenchment or both)? NO
11. If you answer yes to 10, do you play with mods? NO
12. If you answer yes to 11, what mods do you play with? NO
13. Do you think you will buy the next expansion: dipolmacy? YES
14. Of course, do you think this survey is long? NO

why do you own two copies?