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Exactly. Withing the pop cap limit, you have to optimise the fleet structure, instead of just grabbing tons of cash and building gigantic fleets and not really using any tactics.

(hope this is in the correct part of the forums) I have made my first RTW scenario, entitled the battle of Frigidus (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Frigidus). If anyone wants to be a beta-tester, or just have some fun criticizing me, drop me your e-mail and I'll send it to you.

An XP system. In a game with persistent units, it's really really strange not to have that.

Niiiiice. If you enlarge the image of Piett, it shows the ISD firing some funky laser. What's that on about?

So if I understand this correctly, you have e.g. 6 ISDs battling it out against the Rebels, making your popcap 18/20. One of them is destroyed, and if you have more available, another one enters the battle immediately?

Wonderful!

Wow, that is killer dude...I gotta get me one of those!

The Bundeswehr is the German Army.

9 months...ouch. Glad there's no conscription here haha...lots of EaW goodness!

Stop it, you're killing us. No more talk of the demo until it's actually out, too much conflicting info on it every day...

I kinda like that sig, I chuckle every time I see it.

Ummm, he said that the demo was completed, and that he would give us the date soon?

I don't think that bonus maps means that the campaign map will be different or something...maybe extra maps for skirmishes?

Also, too bad the demo thread got locked. DMUK, any news on that demo update?

Now THIS is more like it!

I'm always for 100% realism in any game I play, even if that means clicking through 1000 options before even starting to play.

You aren't a dev of Empire At War, so don't speak about DEMO, release date, ... You have already done a mistake with Dev chat and another one today. Wait & See and stop fake news.... You had to sign up just for that?

I don't think (at least I hope not) that anyone is thinking anything bad about Petro, it's probably just disappointment, that the announcement wasn't mega-positive as was anticipated, but was rather negative.

Or "I've been waiting for a demo for 6 months and all I got was this lousy t-shirt" free t-shirts!

I'd rather wait for the game 2 more weeks, and not have to download 5 patches, just to iron out all the bugs, I agree with you, we should be optimistic. On the other hand, there wasn't any concrete news on the state of the game in quite a while, and coming out with something like this is not good. Not to mention that what we do hear, is mostly taken by the community as bad news (pop cap, etc.). What EaW needs right about now, is some good news. Maybe a demo, maybe a new trailer, maybe just a few new screens. But SOMETHING, sooner rather than later. The fanbase behaves like a pack of wild beasts when it comes to delays and similar, and it is best that they be thrown a bone.

well. sh*t. that was NOT what I was expecting

Maybe SDs are 1-2 points each, and cost loads of credits, so even if you wanted to, you realistically couldn't afford much more than 3 SDs per fleet, making the cap barely noticeable.

Well, I have suffered a few disappointments with the game, I mostly fear that the game may be too simplistic (which is always good for a week or two, but games that hook you fast also become boring quickly). BUT, the game still looks sweet, and I am getting it without a doubt. The graphics are great, combat looks exciting, and best of all -> multiplayer campaign mode!

Am I correct in assuming that there will be a SP skirmish map, and a MP skirmish map as well? EDIT: that clip with the x-wings taking off, and the sign YOU ARE VICTORIOUS...could that be the mission where you have to steal the X-wings?

Agreed. Just look at some cities after WW2. Barely a wall still standing in the entire city, but they were completely rebuilt in several years. A few thousand years shouldn't be a problem.