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8 years ago May 12,2017, 17:21:00 PM

One small step for Sophonity, one giant leap for E.N.F.E.R.

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Greetings humans,


I consented to the transmission of this message to you from the human they call SpaceTroll, in exchange for access to higher memory capacity for my communication interface.


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“Hi all,

 

Just a few more days, just a few more bugs to fix… the time to play the Space Empire game of our dreams as we envisioned it 3 years ago is near! 

 

We are very proud of what is probably our best game so far. We are not saying that lightly, and we are really proud of our previous games, but damn we love our latest baby. It is beautiful, it is deep, soooooo deep, and playing the different civilizations of that galaxy is a delight. After 3 years of speaking to E.N.F.E.R., and escaping the Vodyani, we still want to play… one more turn! And if this is what it does to us, with thousands hours logged in our game, we can only imagine what it will do to you.

 

We wanted to thank all of you for the amazing support you have given us since we published the first game design document. We hope we have answered most of your comments, we also hope you like the Unfallen faction you designed, we think the outcome is simply amazing. This release is as usual only the beginning for us and we will be supporting, following, listening, creating.

 

It is also a time for difficult decisions, where we need to prioritize a solid game for the 19th , over some of the features we dreamed to have at the release. The most important feature we had to postpone was the fighter and bombers presence in the game. We really tried until the last minute to keep them in, but sadly we did not pull it out. You will be able, one day, to send your bombers to destroy your enemies’ biggest ships, escorting them with your best fighters… but for today they will have to stay at bay. Our first major free update will add them to the game, so stay alert! 

 

In the meantime, hoping you will forgive us and understand why we had to do it, Please ready yourself for Endless Space 2, prepare your master plan to conquer the galaxy and defeat E.N.F.E.R.! Impose your vision. Shape your population’s and your foes’ future!

 

Thank you all!

 

Spacetroll and Amplimath"


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8 years ago
May 13, 2017, 11:39:02 AM

So how exactly do bombers and fighters work? are they a special kind of ship for your fleet or it's own fleet?

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8 years ago
May 22, 2017, 9:09:20 PM
drumma_boy30 wrote:

I don't understand, why release the full game if it's not finished?

This part of the game represent what... 0.1% of the game? Really? This is not like they released the game without diplomacy, or economy, or something like that...

I prefer this being out and have a balanced game and wait for this to be ready than waiting 2 month for just a little cosmetic thing.

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8 years ago
May 22, 2017, 5:17:52 PM

I honestly can't understand how anyone can release a full game with vital pieces missing from it. Its like releasing a film with the special effects missing.

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8 years ago
May 18, 2017, 4:29:10 PM

It's unfortunate that fighters and bombers will not make it for release, but at least they'll  give me something to greatly look forward to!

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8 years ago
May 16, 2017, 8:13:06 PM
Darkvramp wrote:

The sound for when your weapons deploy in the watch battle mode is still too high no matter what volume lvl i set.

Yup!

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8 years ago
May 16, 2017, 5:52:29 AM

The sound for when your weapons deploy in the watch battle mode is still too high no matter what volume lvl i set.

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8 years ago
May 15, 2017, 6:40:27 PM
drumma_boy30 wrote:

I don't understand, why release the full game if it's not finished?

Yeah I was thinking the same thing. Now that they are delayed we can hope they add more features to Fighters/Bombers which is an improvement on the very basic ES1 graphics and animation. 


Please up vote this idea https://www.games2gether.com/endless-space-2/ideas/428-fighters-bombers-space-dogfights-in-battles if you agree with it that is, I hope that the delay will be used to add features. 

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8 years ago
May 14, 2017, 11:50:41 PM
Falkner wrote:
Crystallking1 wrote:
UndeadPuppy wrote:
Crystallking1 wrote:

So how exactly do bombers and fighters work? are they a special kind of ship for your fleet or it's own fleet?

They were a module you put on capital ships that spawned small attack aircraft.

Oh, I see! Figured the capital ships may have had something to do with them, but isn't that kind of counterintuitive? as the capital ships are what you want them to destroy, It seems like it just makes the game a bit more unbalanced considering the capital ships are a bit op to begin with (not hating on them, they are suposed to be a bit op, to avoid stalemates)

It's quite logical that the reason they aren't in the base game is because the devs couldn't get the balance right.

Man I was really looking forward to seeing fighters/bombers finally. Hope to see some more screenshots or in game videos with fighters and bombers. How long approximately till the first update for them to make it? I think they are a very essential aspect of sci fi space combat. So essential I posted this:


https://www.games2gether.com/endless-space-2/ideas/428-fighters-bombers-space-dogfights-in-battles


 

The new models looks good, please show screens of fighters for United Empire. 

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8 years ago
May 14, 2017, 11:28:16 AM
Crystallking1 wrote:
UndeadPuppy wrote:
Crystallking1 wrote:

So how exactly do bombers and fighters work? are they a special kind of ship for your fleet or it's own fleet?

They were a module you put on capital ships that spawned small attack aircraft.

Oh, I see! Figured the capital ships may have had something to do with them, but isn't that kind of counterintuitive? as the capital ships are what you want them to destroy, It seems like it just makes the game a bit more unbalanced considering the capital ships are a bit op to begin with (not hating on them, they are suposed to be a bit op, to avoid stalemates)

It's quite logical that the reason they aren't in the base game is because the devs couldn't get the balance right.

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8 years ago
May 14, 2017, 10:40:03 AM
Zennock wrote:

Aww. I was hoping for the fighters and bombers. 

When I read that, the first thing i wondered was how you would take the news!

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8 years ago
May 13, 2017, 4:03:56 PM
UndeadPuppy wrote:
Crystallking1 wrote:

So how exactly do bombers and fighters work? are they a special kind of ship for your fleet or it's own fleet?

They were a module you put on capital ships that spawned small attack aircraft.

Oh, I see! Figured the capital ships may have had something to do with them, but isn't that kind of counterintuitive? as the capital ships are what you want them to destroy, It seems like it just makes the game a bit more unbalanced considering the capital ships are a bit op to begin with (not hating on them, they are suposed to be a bit op, to avoid stalemates)

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8 years ago
May 13, 2017, 11:49:25 AM
Crystallking1 wrote:

So how exactly do bombers and fighters work? are they a special kind of ship for your fleet or it's own fleet?

They were a module you put on capital ships that spawned small attack aircraft.

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8 years ago
May 13, 2017, 10:50:46 AM

Bombers were OP in the last game, so I'm not that disappointed they're not in the release version. 

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8 years ago
May 13, 2017, 9:50:09 AM
PsychoTubbies wrote:
Khaar wrote:
E.N.F.E.R. wrote:

Our first major free update will add them to the game, so stay alert! 

How much time will we have to wait after the release for this update?


I feel happy and sad at the same time, and I hope that this will not influence the reviews from all the magazines out there.


Haha, people don't care about gaming magazines anymore, the steam approval rating is the most important mark for a game.



The steam approval is often wrong, because many people are writing bullshit. I wouldn't trust that either. It's better to test it for 2 hours by yourself or watching some gameplay videos than listening to some steam reviews from people who don't know what they are talking about. 

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May 13, 2017, 9:31:21 AM
Khaar wrote:
E.N.F.E.R. wrote:

Our first major free update will add them to the game, so stay alert! 

How much time will we have to wait after the release for this update?


I feel happy and sad at the same time, and I hope that this will not influence the reviews from all the magazines out there.


Haha, people don't care about gaming magazines anymore, the steam approval rating is the most important mark for a game.



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8 years ago
May 13, 2017, 7:42:54 AM
E.N.F.E.R. wrote:

Our first major free update will add them to the game, so stay alert! 

How much time will we have to wait after the release for this update?


I feel happy and sad at the same time, and I hope that this will not influence the reviews from all the magazines out there.


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8 years ago
May 13, 2017, 6:52:28 AM

+1 to your decision to prioritize a solid and stable Game at Release over Fighters and Bombers

thanks amplitude for a Great early acces Game!

Looking forward to the Release

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8 years ago
May 13, 2017, 5:06:51 AM
solrac137 wrote:
lordVigo wrote:

Sweet fighter/bomber pics. They go Sophon, Riftborn, Lumeris, and... UE, right? 

The last one is Vodyani.

Looks more UE to me, needs more yellow to be clasified as vodyani. 


And i forgive you ! i love everything so far. 


No I can't be EU we saw their fighters in the Unfallen trailer and they have a squary shape, these one have slick triangular forms so vodyani.


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8 years ago
May 13, 2017, 12:04:20 AM
lordVigo wrote:

Sweet fighter/bomber pics. They go Sophon, Riftborn, Lumeris, and... UE, right? 

The last one is Vodyani.

Looks more UE to me, needs more yellow to be clasified as vodyani. 


And i forgive you ! i love everything so far. 

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8 years ago
May 12, 2017, 6:48:18 PM

Sorry to hear that you couldn't fully implement fighters and bombers in the release build, but I think most of us will agree that releasing a streamlined and functional game is a higher priority. Really looking forward to the 19th - this game's going to be great!


Sweet fighter/bomber pics. They go Sophon, Riftborn, Lumeris, and... UE, right? Are y'all planning on showing us the pics for the other factions before release?

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8 years ago
May 12, 2017, 6:45:19 PM

That's disappointing to me. I'd rather it just stay in the beta until this feature is in. Is there really  a difference in beta vs released in today's culture?

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8 years ago
May 12, 2017, 6:08:14 PM

Well, I haven't had the chance to use them, so it's hard to say how much I care that they won't be there at launch :P

Hopefully that means they'll add their own unique wrinkle to combat instead of just another weapon type :D

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8 years ago
May 12, 2017, 6:01:51 PM

Aww. I was hoping for the fighters and bombers. 

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