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Abby T 1: Too fast a pace. You're supposed to be talking to me, not reading to me. The last sentence... comical effect is overdone, IMHO. Skreev does not equal Skrive. Abby T 2: Same pace as above, uppity and youthful. Too youthful. I have the impression of dealing with a very young person, like 16 to 20 years old. I'd rather take over the command and send her back to cadet training, to make sure the human race survives. Amanda M: It sounds like having to read the text

[quote who="Vaelzad" reply="158" id="3618303"] So even a boring looking planet may have something interesting hiding on it. [/quote] Basically, you've just answered that we have to look at all planets in a system.

[quote who="Xenove" reply="25" id="3612550"] Quoting cuorebrave, reply 24 We humans finally developed a ship able to make small jumps, maybe to the nearest system, Centauri. We pool all of humanity's resources to build just one ship. We make the jump and get to Centauri - only to make first contact right away... </div

[quote quoting="post"] Merry Christmas Star Control founders and staff! If you've been good this year, may an Ur-Quan slither down your chimney and bless you... If you've been bad this year, may a Kor-ah slither down your chimney and eradicate your people... <img src="http

Dungeons & Dragons (yeah, I know, authoritative in sci-fi) says: Humanoid: One head, two arms and two legs, usually medium or small. (Larger than medium becomes a giant).

I agree with IBNobody that the alien is up there on the coolness scale. On a side note, the biological-like eyes sunken in a metal casing remind me somewhat of General Grievous.

Enjoy the holidays. Be Merry, but get rest aplenty. For we will hound you mercilessly in 2016 :-)

^ Great idea, GnarlyFurtardo

[quote quoting="post"] Do you guys want to see some random events? Like a month of efficient engineers that causes your engine to lower your fuel consumption by 5% or "sudden alien virus contamination" that reduces your crew by 15% or smth like that. It is not a timed event like Pkunk Death March that we had in an original SC but rather some small events with good artwork and description that might add some flavor....[/quote] This I do not like. It adds a random eleme

Would it pretty please be possible to have binary star systems? No, I'm not talking about star systems made up of 1's and 0's :-) Like in the real world? You could have fun with orbits and gravity, and it would be outlandish. For one, I'm a bit tired of always having the "Single star - X planets" trope.

[quote who="Kavik_Kang" reply="5" id="3609128"] Besides... "peeling the onion" is fun[e digicons]:)[/e] [/quote] I think I saw a SD post stating that this game wouldn't be 4x, nor a RTS.

[quote who="IBNobody" reply="17" id="3609043"] Quoting Tovanion, reply 16 My take on it is this: if I'm in babyland, I should expect baby toys. If I'm in a more difficult setting, I should get a few perks. What kind of perks? One of the problems I have with giving tangible g

[quote who="Hunam_" reply="114" id="3609042"] ^ You haven't even seen the in-game design. What are you gonna poll, an idea? Besides, this forum doesn't even have a built-in poll system as far as I explored, unfortunately . I dunno how viable it'd be to use strawpoll.me ... Also, Founders' opinion will always be different from the opinion of an average user, 'cause of dedication and commitment. [/quo

I utterly disagree. You're asking me to pilot the ship, shoot and monitor the 1st battery, activate second ability and monitor 2nd battery, monitor the enemy ship, monitor their plasma bolt/missile/etc. This is not a space combat simulator. Every time we add something, we complexify. I don't want to play Wing Commander. This also automatically brings up the question of ship design. If I have 2 batteries to recharge, I need twice as m

[quote who="Precursors_TiLT" reply="108" id="3608876"] Quoting TheUr-quanMaster, reply 86 Good points hunam and HenriHakl, I will stay my judgement until I see the finalized planets. Its ju

[quote who="Volusianus" reply="15" id="3608606"] Quoting IBNobody, reply 13 Quoting Volusianus, reply 12 <div class="meat

One point I might add... Bragging rights are... for braggarts. They are an out-of-game reward for those that complete the game on a harder setting. In my case, I know very well that, once the game is released, I will probably play it alone (if there is a coop mode, with my GF), and never go on a forum again. I'm just not that kind of gamer. I don't feel the need to compete against others, I don't feel the need to

[quote who="Mihos233" reply="27" id="3607068"] Syreen could be explained pretty easily, y chromosome extinction isn't a new concept and a race of nomadic, humanoids exposed to radiation could make a lot of cool story points. [/quote] There were female AND male Syreen. The reason why we don't see the male ones in SCII is because when Syra was destroyed, there was an all-female corps in space and so what few males they were able to save they kept VERY secure

[quote who="TheUr-quanMaster" reply="86" id="3607606"] Good points hunam and HenriHakl, I will stay my judgement until I see the finalized planets. Its just that I've never liked cartony planets, but maybe that's just me. Perhaps that will change when I see the further planet designs. I just don't know. <a class

Ringtone changed!!! Woot!!! Thank you, Vaelzad!

[quote who="IBNobody" reply="14" id="3607233"] Quoting Tovanion, reply 13 Facing my GF, mother or cousin in combat? Assuming THEY would be interested, still Meh. When I want to play with friends, we have a D&D session, play Vampire:TM or play Carcassone or another board game. So Meh,

[quote who="IBNobody" reply="11" id="3607169"] Quoting Tovanion, reply 10 Back to the question from the OP: If I wasn't a founder, I wouldn't shell a dime for a new ships DLC. To me, Supermelee is not such an attraction. I'm in for the exploration part, the dialogues part, the humor and the ali

New idea re: crafting: What if, say, halfway through the single player content, you discovered that, through mechanism/race/other xyz, you could build yourself a new capital ship entirely? Perhaps you find an underground factory that builds starships? (Unzervalt, is that you?) Perhaps you meet and greatly help a very ancient alien race that has first-class engineers that offer to create a new starship class for you? As you expl

Back to the question from the OP: If I wasn't a founder, I wouldn't shell a dime for a new ships DLC. To me , Supermelee is not such an attraction. I'm in for the exploration part, the dialogues part, the humor and the aliens. Combat during exploration? YAY! Combat for the sake of combat? Meh.

I like immersion and realism. If you decide, coming out of high school, to just try a couple jobs here and there for 10 years, so you get a feel of what you like best, then you decide to pursue a career, guess what? You're not going to get those 10 years back so you can use them for your new career. No timed quest = no evolution = I'm being babied = I get bored. Life is an adventure. This game should be a