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An updated MOO2 with merely a graphic overall was never going to happen. If people want to play MOO2 they click on the MOO2 icon on their desktop and play it. Nobody in their right mind pays 49.99 just for a reskin, I am aware there are crazy people in the world who would pay 49.99 for just...

You should listen to the explorminate podcast. The lead WG guy brought on the MOO1 Simtex team as advisors: everyone, including the original Simtex team all said the same thing: you can't just make a reskinned MOO2. Yes, I am sure you would like it, but you'd be in the minority. Early...

I actually thought he was referring to your "I want MOO2 gosh dangit with no new-fangled changes and so does the entire world, I'm sure" post. But I wasn't positive.

Yes Grasshopper, if you are taking out a giant three-row Psilon fleet with only one or two doomstars combat can take an hour or more and be really boring. But feel free to add an "s" to my un-edited comment if that makes you feel better. And now that I think about it, I probably should have...

Explorminate will also be having a gameplay session tomorrow morning EST with some WG on hand to answer questions. Pretty positive comments in their podcast, but then again it was with WG. Should be here ->Explorimate Twitch Edit: Paradogs stream starts at midnight PST tonight here...

Ship Design Article up on Steam MOO Hub Steam Community :: Group Announcements :: Master of Orion Section on weapon facing: Also Michael Bayification of Ships Confirmed. And perhaps the secret of what happened to MH370 lies in the Gamma Quadrant?

Strategic eXpanse #26: Chris Keeling of Wargaming eXplorminate Interview with WG Director. Discusses why pausable RTS at 10:00-11:00 and 41:00- "We had turn-based combat for the first year of the design, it wasn't fun or fast enough." Disagree with his Emperor comment at 42ish. Clarified...

Valid point? Oh you mean someone's feelz. Yes, there are a lot of feelz in this thread, you've got feelz, Tarrant has feelz, Phazael and Gavinrad have feelz. I've got some feelz too. I've been gone and hadn't realized that feelz now count as valid points on the new, improved PC Principal...

RiF. Reading is fundamental. Live streaming of Alpha 3/early Beta gameplay tomorrow by various random non-WG people include the guy in the linked thread which should get to youtube ASAP so Phaz can dump on the game and/or mock my white-knighting after that, no need to wait until Friday...

With respect to the "Alternate Frigate" in the above. IIRC, there are at least three models for each ship currently. Standard, Alternate and Pixel Ship. You can see different themes in the latest video. Let's you Michael Bay up your ships a bit.

Transformers is a fun movie even with Shia, and if you can't enjoy it you're a douche and a poser, but that's neither here nor there. We'll see how the combat goes in five days. Edit: Beta Ship Design Screen

When you see someone tractor an enemy ship into an asteroid blowing it up, you'll change your mind young Jedi.

Nah. MOO2 AI cheats heavily on the higher levels, will build itself ships and buildings for free. So fair is fair.

Totes the same. Totes! I think it's already been noted that custom ship design video comes out on Weds and custom races will be in the game in a few weeks after default races are balanced. But please don't let facts in anyway alter the reality distortion field that is your brain.

"Smacks"? In other words, you recognize your objections are currently completely baseless, but you're going to continue pushing them anyway. What makes your rant today particularly stupid is that actual player gameplay videos are only five-six days out; so instead of turning into the a rabid...

1. You never go on auto in MOO2? Ever? If you are telling me you start, play through, and finish all combats manually, then you're a masochist. 2. You're saying you won't use a hybrid RTS/TBS system as a turn-based system because of... Well, I really don't know why, I guess "just cause"...

Early Access update on Steam with yet another 2 minute marketing video. Steam Community :: Group Announcements :: Master of Orion I spoke to soon about the video seems that at 0:26-27 you can see a brief example of space combat. Given that per Dev comment on Steam, combat is completely...

From the official forums: Old build of the tactical battle screen UI (according to devs has gone through significant polish since this picture). Specifically the buttons on the bottom screen allows you to pause, slow or speed game speed to give units specific orders. Edit: Controls for...

Single player is standard turn-based, you can see that on the Aus PAX gameplay video on youtube. Repeated claim is that the RTS tactical combat is not a twitch fest, we'll see on Friday (or maybe Saturday given you can't pre-load the game).

Actual info about the combat from a WG dev on the official forums. So ramming speed is now a thing. Suggests "hybrid" means RTS that you can pause or slow.

Early Access Steam or GOG Feb 26th. Can't pre-order/pre-load as it is an EA game. For Quineloe here's a hot Russian chick talking about MOO4 for 15 seconds: Master of Orion ?????? - YouTube Edit: download is around 5.6 gb

It's turn-based but hybrid RTS for tactical battle per official forum. Ship design video is due out on weds, but the battle video may not be out before the EA release on Friday. However tactical battles will be in the EA release so we'll know what's up with it on Friday (though...

Always twitch to watch before you buy. Also @Gavin I wrote too quickly, the research is a hybrid: there are some techs where you research and then get a choice of one of two or three (example developers have shown is genetic mutation research gives you either heightened intelligence or psionics...

Seems to be the case that we're getting the game the Russians MOO2 fans want, which is not necessarily the game the US MOO2 fans want. Devs are much more involved with the Russian official board & etc. and I gather that Russian players were the origins of starlane movement instead of...

I wouldn't worry about the space lanes, after the upcoming combat video, odds are you'll never bother with MOO4. According to devs it is a hybrid TBS/RTS.

Relax.

Two more Victory condition screen (excluding Antarean Victory - which is supposed to be in the game in its final form AFAIK) Tactical Combat and Custom Races may be in at Early Access per this SS

Recent Images. Spoilered for ease of access. Races: First six available at EA release Trading Screen. Some new options like "Share Charts" Spacelanes and wormholes (previously called blackholes) Random shot. Random shot. Planet Management Screen

Wargaming giveth and Wargaming taketh away. Much is similar, but there are starlanes. Edit: No tactical combat at release, but it has been promised and def must choose research. Older build gameplay with the old everybody's creative tree (now gone - see Steam forums), end comment promises...

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Choose Research Gavin.

Don't be going Full Jait and psych yourself into hating the game before you've even played. AFAIK, Tech is still one of two or three choices at each level, unless you're creative. If this is still the case, then it means even more difficult tech choices.

Immediately relevant. They even have tech for some kind of mini-station for guarding them as well as setting up fleet blockades Edit: see this->Empire Defense | News | Master of Orion. I suppose that's nice for giving you an extra turn warning before you're attacked. I'm guessing the...

Mmmmmm. Snake Oil....

Meh. The $$ on voice talent is further proof that this is the wargaming head guy's passion project which is far more likely to yield something really interesting than giving to to Firaxis.